Thrips or something else?

[McTrish]

hi all

Please see pics and help me to confidently identify these bugs. They are on my outside cherry pie og. I have given 2 applications of neem with insecticide soap and rinsed off next day. I want to bring them indoors to flower but don't want to risk indoor crop. I can get amblyseius satchels for thrips which I am very hopeful for. Has anyone tried these? Now that they are going into flower, I don't want any other pesticides. I also don't want to treat for wrong bug. Thanks for help.

 

[Auggie]

The white ones are thrips ... the little black ones look like aphids.

I use Plant Therapy every Tuesday and Thursday throughout the grow with the exception of the first week, and the last.

There are other products out there that basically do the same thing. PT is mint oil, dish soap and alcohol.

Check your soil too so see if there is movement. If there is find a root treatment for aphids in the soil.

 

[McTrish]

Is it safe to smoke peppermint oil ?
I've been leary of putting anything on flowering plants.

 

[Auggie]

Is it safe to smoke peppermint oil ?
I've been leary of putting anything on flowering plants.

That's why you got bugs ...

Yea, according to the bottle, you can spray the day of harvest.
As with anything - read the directions and follow them.
You're going to have to resign yourself to spray something on flowering plants, or the bugs are going to get it all.