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Thrip aggravation!!!
I have sprayed my roses and I can't seem to get rid of this thrip. I assume
that is what they are....I open the buds and these little slivers move around. They discolor the edges of my buds.... Any help to completely eradicate this problem would be helpful!! Thank you, Linda |
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Thrip aggravation!!!
Linda wrote:
I have sprayed my roses and I can't seem to get rid of this thrip. Have you sprayed with things that are supposed to kill thrips? Cygon is one. Orthene is another. You apply the latter to the buds before they show color. There is no other way to combat thrips. The anti-chem folks might chime in and suggest you ignore or stop growing light colored roses. Or ... well, folks, any better solutions? |
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Thrip aggravation!!!
In article , saki
wrote: "Shiva" wrote in news:aHlwYXRpYQ==.dd66d540e484854cfdbdd52779dc6522 @1051811285.cotse.net: I would like to hear more about this. You are in California, right? Have you had good results with the above beneficials? I've used lacewings before, as well as ladybugs. Both work but the trick (as always) is to get them at the right time of the year, when it's not too cool, so they have an appetite. And yes, I'm in California. I haven't used predatory mites. Insecticidal soap (Safer makes a nice concoction) or Neem oil are also worth a try; persistence helps in cases like these. I had never heard of Safer for thrips. Is this what you use? Yes, their standard insecticidal soap; also worked a charm on rose slugs this year. Neem oil we have to be very careful with, because it remains on the flowers and foliage and will burn in hot areas. We're hot too, on occasion. :-) Saki, if you have a preferred concoction that really works, please tell us more. I do not spray for thrips, because I am not spraying one more thing in my garden, as far as noxious chemicals go. So I just suffer with thrips, and try to cut the light roses before they can get to them. It would be great to have an alternative to spraying Cygon II, etc. I don't think there's much more to tell. Safer soap works for me on a number of different levels when I have pests that can't be discouraged otherwise. Jets of water also seem to work for me but this requires regular and persistent application, sometimes twice a day, and that's not always possible for folks who work long hours and miss daylight in the garden. It might also not be an option when you have several hundred roses that require individual attention. I think there's thrips and then, there's THRIPS. I've seen them so thick on light colored roses that they shake off on a dark surface to reveal a sprinkling of moving dust. I'm not comfortable with systemic insecticides, so I've considered spraying just the buds of the light colored roses. Safer has never done anything to the aphids here, so maybe I can use it up by trying it for the thrips. Oddly, thrips are the biggest problem on the edges of my garden, closest to my neighbors. |
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