Reave's Soilless: Peat, Bark, Sphagnum, Perlite, White Widow 2018

[Emilya Green]

Thrips live under the leaves, so a layer of DE on the soil won't be all that helpful. What will be is mixing the DE with water in a spray bottle. Shake shake spray, shake shake spray! Mostly the undersides as you don't want to coat the tops and block the light.

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• Add 4 tablespoons of diatomaceous earth into a one-gallon container of water with a lid the seals tightly. Screw the lid on and shake vigorously until the DE dissolves into the water.
• Fill a spray bottle or garden pump sprayer with the mixture.
• Spray the plants with a fine mist until they are wet but not dripping. Spray the undersides of leaves too.
• Allow the plants to dry. As the water evaporates the DE is left behind as a protective barrier which adheres to the plant’s leaves and stems.

That is diabolical. How could they possibly have even a slim chance after that?

 

[Reave]

Thanks shed. I think the idea behind putting it as a layer on the soil is that part of the life cycle of thrips is the pupa form. It drops to the soil and eventually emerges as a flying insect. The earth on the soil is said to break that cycle. So yes you won’t kill the thrips on the leaves but they won’t be able to procreate.

I will try hitting the clones and the vegging plants with your posted solution.

 

[Reave]

Some pictures I took this morning. I thought it was feed day but the girls were stilly happy. The yellow thing is my PH pen.

 

[West Hippie]

Some pictures I took this morning. I thought it was feed day but the girls were stilly happy. The yellow thing is my PH pen.

How does that make you feel ? Photo of the month pic or plant of the month , your turn just showed up !

 

[InTheShed]

Loads of sugar on there, thought it was your diabetes testing pen!

I didn't know that thrips used the soil in their life cycle. I seem to have every version under my leaves! (Which I won't post pics of so no one freaks out. )

 

[Reave]

Thrips cycle. The females lay 40 to 100 eggs in the leaf tissue. The first two instar phases are on the leaf. Then they drop to the soil.

 

[Reave]

Oh and thanks for the compliment West Hippie. I may just have to enter.

 

[InTheShed]

Thrips cycle. The females lay 40 to 100 eggs in the leaf tissue. The first two instar phases are on the leaf. Then they drop to the soil.

I have a big bag of DE! The only downside is that it needs to be reapplied after each watering once the topsoil dries out.

 

[Carcass]

Beautiful plants,Reave! Sorry I'm late to the party,
but I'll be following along from here on in...
@West Hippie is right-that pic of your flowering plants is
awesome-looks like a blue ribbon winner to me!

 

[Reave]

Thanks carcas. I have learned a ton. Could not have done it with out the fine people here. One of the best communities I have come across online. A very good experience.

 

[West Hippie]

Beautiful plants,Reave! Sorry I'm late to the party,
but I'll be following along from here on in...
@West Hippie is right-that pic of your flowering plants is
awesome-looks like a blue ribbon winner to me!

Needs to get the pics it in the gallery ! Carcass I was just finishing catching up on your thread .

 

[West Hippie]

Oh and thanks for the compliment West Hippie. I may just have to enter.

You better it’s right there on InTheShed’s post !

 

[Reave]

My DE came but the sticky cards didn’t. Damn you zon prime.

 

[Pennywise]

That should break one side of the life cycle!

 

[InTheShed]

No watering or you have to scrape it off and start again!

 

[Reave]

I just fed today. I left it off of the 3 plants I didn’t feed. Will feed tomorrow morning and then add the DE. The small plants need to feed soon but I thought I would put it on them anyway since shouldn’t be a big deal to scrape it off those.

 

[Carcass]

Looks like frosting on a cake-that'll stop the little buggers in their tracks...literally

The HVAC co. I used to work for serviced Celite in Lompoc,Ca.,where they mine the DE-they've been digging on that mountain for over 100 years,and have hardly put a dent in it.

We used to put it across the doorways into the shop,and you could actually watch the ants grind to a stop when they tried to walk through it.

 

[Reave]

Oh nice it works for ants too. Got some of those to murder in my yard.

 

[Dusty Kiefers]

Jumping in or maybe get my toes wet.

 

[Reave]

Welcome aboard dusty. Journal is a bit long I had a lot of learning to do. Moves a bit slower now that things are smoother.