I'm a new plant parent and I know it's only a matter of time before I have to deal with pests. This video helped desensitize me and mentally prepare. We're here for you 🥺💜 and it's perfect valid to be upset. Plants mean so much to us and not everyone will understand.
thank you so much for being honest -- ive been going through something super similar, with depression leading me to not check my plants as often and kind of pretending there aren't any problems...you're not being dramatic at all!! this is a total crisis, especially since it's all in your room. i have all of my plants in my studio too, so i totally get how stressful it is to see it and not deal with it. i really appreciate your honesty and would love to have more videos like this from you (hopefully not about more pests LOL) but truly, this is exactly what i needed to see to get a real life understanding of what i should do. cutesy warm 10 mins video about pests that just recommend a product and move are honestly largely useless when a crisis like this happens. thank you for sharing with us, and i hope you can get some rest soon!
I only had time to treat the 30 closest plants to where I found the pests, but will be going through and treating every plant in the next couple days!!
So sorry Tate! I got thrips too in the beginning of really collecting house plants. It’s stressful at first but now if I get them it’s no big deal, if you have plants you’ll eventually get them. I remember feeling the way you do right now. Now that you’ve had them though you’ll learn how to treat them and what works for you. Good luck!
I don't generally comment but honestly i felt your stress watching you checking your plants leaf by leaf. Its totally NORMAL!!! AND IM SO GLAD YOU WERE HONEST. It did help me alot!!! I do check my plants leaf by leaf and I think people would actually think im crazy, but yah, just a plant parent would understand. I have a 100+ plant collection and just discovered thrips 4 days ago.. So i totally feel you and feel FOR you! I did an organic treatment of neem oil+dish soap and water. I found thrips on maybe 5-6 of my 100+ collection but i treated them all. I started off really excited and after taking 7 hours i still wasn't done. 3 hours into the process it was getting to me. Now i have to repeat this whole thing in a week.. arghhh 😫 Im with you through this... Or through ur video atleast 😁 Lets all support each other getting rid of these buggers 👍👍👍 we just love our plant babies tooo much.
People (like me) need to watch videos like this before rushing into this hobby. I would not have bought so many plants if I knew they came with bugs. Definitely should buy one plant per two months basically. Unless you have that extra extra room for quarantine!
@@Tinavvv honestly I think they just spawn from nowhere at this point... I have thrips one plant after another. So tired of it. Lost so much money and plants:(
@@Tinavvv I try to just .. get used to them. Lol. I'll just wash my plant off with the shower head once a week or so. Still see them once in a while though. Hard to spot until there is visible damage. Good luck 😩
I can relate so much! Yesterday I started to take care of an infestation in my house.. I only saw it on 2 of my plants and I got so sad I even started to cry.. not only for the money I spent on them, but to see them not as happy as they used to be.. I hope you can save your babies and not get thrips again!
Just discovered your channel and I ❤️ it! A few months ago I discovered thrips and spider mites 😬. I tried neem oil, but even when diluted, the smell was unbearable. I decided to get some green lacewing larvae, and it was the BEST thing! My husband was a little freaked out about the whole ‘beneficial insect’ thing 🙄, but it’s been 3 months now and we haven’t seen a single lacewing, thrip, or spider mite 🤞. I do appreciate your authenticity, humor, and wit. You were not being “dramatic” at all... you were being real, and that is so refreshing 😊
I know what you went through. I'm going through it now. I have thrips, spider mites, and I'm finding flat mites (aka false mites) on my hoyas. I've started treating with systemic and spraying with Captain Jack's dead bug killer. I'm treating my hoyas by using the warm bath method suggested by Betty Begonia. I'm so stressed and just want to sleep through the whole ordeal but I know that if I'm not proactive, I'll lose my plants. I think my micans are a goner and they were so pretty. We suck it up and do what we have to do.
Be kind to yourself! I think every plant parent learns about pests the hard way and we can only take on what we are emotionally able to at any given time. I let my collection of 100+ rare aroids get thrips and it took me a year to get rid of them all because I didn't have the emotional capacity to keep up the battle. You can do what you can do and plants are resilient (and even when they're not, they're just plants so don't feel bad if they die).
I have little tiny like brown clear bugs I can see crawling slowly on a few of my plants. So I treated a bunch today and even just chopped some to propagate and start fresh. I’ve been using neem and Castile soap
Not dramatic at all!!!! 💙 You are so passionate about your plants and I know I am devastated when I get pests. It is natural, yes, but I still feel guilty though. I hope you are able to go through this calmly and that the eradication of the thrips will happen super duper quickly. Don't be discouraged! We are all so proud of you and support you 110%!!!!! 🌱💙
Thanks for showing this! I had the same issue when I decided to put a new plant in with my other plants. I am going to try the systemics on all my plants now too. 🥲
I know your pain. Yesterday I had something in the back of my head tell me I needed to repot my seltipicana, I knew it needed to be up-potted but was holding off. I walked over and grabbed it, not only had it been sitting in water 😲 (thankfully no root rot) but as I was getting ready to repot I saw it- webbing. 😵😩. I quickly pulled the webbing off, did some heavy spray washing and treated it. After that process, I set it aside and inspected everything on that whole shelf and cleaned it. I didn’t find anything else but because I was already doing the work I did some preventative spraying. Hope the rest of your plants do well and make a comeback. A side note, we’re not perfect, we don’t expect you to be. I appreciate the journey and the lessons we learn from each other more than perfection. Give yourself grace. 💚
These things can fly and hop around everywhere so it's best to treat every plant. I'm a little crazy and paranoid when it comes to pests so the moment I noticed them on my plants I treated the soil with systemic, sprayed aggressively with insecticide, and when everything dried I poured DE over everything and left it for a few days LOL. Quite extreme but I don't have thrips anymore.
Feel your pain. I ve very little money and I ve slowly built a collection of 70 plants. Live in a small space and while plants do not touch , they’re close. Recently bought three plants all quarantined and turns out they have thrips after I placed with my veterans. I live in canada where we don’t have access to bug killers. I m so sad. I very much invested time (so much time) repotting with good soil products, new pots, checking daily. This feels like it exploded overnight. I just tossed 15 plants and am treating the rest. All my baby monsteras I grew from seed infested, tossed. My huge monstera and thai are now in my bathtub. .😩😩😩This is heartbreaking. Hope my hoyas arent infested and i have a 29 year old ficus tree and 6 ficus bushes. How the hell do you check those. I ll be following your journey. You are not alone in this. I have vowed never to buy another plant again.
Happy belated birthday!!! pests are so annoying I hope you get them under control :) I had spider mites thrips and mealy bugs all at once two weeks ago so that was interesting for a first pest experience... as of now I haven't seen anything but that doesn't mean I won't find them again soon
I know exactly what you’re going through but please don’t worry. I just had thrips and swear by Captain Jacks Dead Bug Brew. Only one of my plants visually had thrips but I treated all my plants to play it safe. The infected plant I retreat once a week and it’s been well over a month that I’ve seen any pests or pest damage. So don’t worry and just keep treating your plants. 😊
I totally agree, Captain Jack's dead bug brew concentrate is one of the best treatment for Thrips. It contains Spinosad, which will slowly kill the larvae. Best to treat everyone, every three days, especially under the leaves, even the soil. Wear a mask if spraying indoors, as although its organic, it's a bacteria, and you don't want it up your sinuses.
@@TatesPlants whatever it says on the bottle and a little more! I don't measure! 😆 Just don't put it on the leaves when the sun or the grow lights are on it, cos sometimes it can cause some photosensitivity damage.
I have a 32 oz container I use so put in about 3 - 4 tablespoons of the concentrate, which I don’t measure but just guesstimate. Be sure to soak the plants and the soil. You and your plants will get through this, no worries! 🌱😊🌿
I had thrips a couple of plants awhile ago. I freaked out and sprayed literally **all** of my plants with Captain Jack's, even the ones that didn't show signs of thrips. I think I caught it early and got rid of it before it became a major outbreak, but it was a nightmare.
Hi Tate. So I have over 200 plants and I also freak out a bit over pests, but I found a systemic treatment that I just add to the watering can when I water my plants. So the plant takes it up, and any pests that bite the plant will die from it. I found it on Amazon. Good luck, I hope you wipe out all those little suckers!
It's better to treat them all as best you can and redo it a while after. I'm not sure what the life cycle of thrips are but to prevent reinfection its better to retreat them. It's also good to treat all new plants you get before you introduce them into your collection as not all nurserys are vigilant about pests and they have a lot of plants together its easier for them to have pests.
I am a fairly new plant mom too. I have used systemic on all my plants and although this will be the first true growing season for all my plants, I have not had any bug problems so far. Knock on wood. But, I highly recommend using it. Thrips scare the crap out of me.
Thrips are not a root feeder. They're just on the leaves and flowers. They lay eggs in the plant tissues, and pupate on the soil surface. Diatomaceous earth would kill them as they emerge. They have preferred host plants, which is why they all targeted the same type of plant. However, they are polyphagous and absolutely will go to other plants. The black spots are their frass (poop). Treat monthly to keep the eggs from developing. But you didn't need to remove the roots from the soil, as thrips are not root feeding insects.. they just go after what they can see above ground. Happy belated birthday and good luck with the thrips.
My only solution for a big thrips problem: predatory bugs. Its easy, effectiv and not so time consuming like when threatening every plant for weeks. First shower the plant, get rid of some thrips than hang the container with the predatory bugs. And let it work. When the problem is just 1-3 plant or so, I will spray them and separate. Repeat for some weeks. And its okay, bad bugs are just a matter of time in every plant collection. Even in botanical gardens they are always present, and the plants a thriving because its all about the harmony between "good and bad" bugs. Also my routine: check plants every other week for bugs. Shower them once a month for reducing bugs problems and dust carpets. Good luck and health everybody!
I use systemic Bonide granules every few months in my plants. It automatically goes into the soil for new houseplants while they're in the mandatory quarantine period. It's worth it for the peace of mind it gives me.
Poor you, it's such a pain!!! So the little round blobby ones are the larvae, and the longer ones are the more mature, and thrips can come in a bunch of colours. As others have said, the adults can fly, so yeah, unfortunately treating them is all is going to be the safest thing!!!
I use neem oil on all my plants when watering and it seems too mostly prevent bugs, also I learned just recently that you are not supposed to re-pot plants with an infection because it puts them in shock...not sure how true that is but someone recently told me that and now I put neem oil in my watering tin and water/treat for any bugs that way.
Yes, I'd get Bonide plant systemic granules and treat all. The plants you saw thrips you treated, so keep treating with dishsoap, neem, alcohol spray, let sit 15 min. Then rinse off vigorously.
OMG same thing happened to my peperomia caperata. I went to check the roots cause it was very droopy and sad looking and it had NONE left ??? It's propagating now. Praying 4 our peperomias
@@TatesPlants yes! It actually went surprisingly well, like you I've all my plants in my own room.. so I was super worried that it had spread badly. But only a few plants got badly hurt. Some of them did loose a lot of leafs.. but it took around 2 weeks before all signs up bug were gone, and I check frequently still and there's so fare no longer any signs. Also I felt like I needed to say it, but seeing you dealing with pests too (it's doesn't make me happy ofc but) it's just nice to know that it's something that happens to everyone! Regardless of how hard you try to prevent it.❤ I really enjoy your content!.
@@TatesPlants also idk if I've any tips for you, we pretty much did the same things.. if anything my treatment was in a just as stressed state I'd not worse than of yours. 😂😂 Maybe the bugs saw the panic in my eyes and ran away.
Im p-oed ex mother in law sent a houseplant home with my daughter I said no not pet friendly so she picked it up in a few days but by them my other plants now hove thrips and they're just ravaging some of my other plants. Hoping you have the solution because I'm in the middle of battle and they just keep reappearing even after spraying miticide etc.
Man, I had the same little black dots, I thought it was soil on the leaves from touching them after sticking my fingers in the soil, but now my orchid has limpy leaves, my monstera too I had just repotted it but I guess another plant infected them or maybe when I repotted it outside thrips attacked it. I only saw the long shaped black fly like bug crawling recently and figured it was what was harming my plant. I've only been a plant parent for a year, so I knew of fungus gnats but not of thrips. Really sucks. And in Belgium I can't easily find neem oil. I hope hydrogen peroxide might do the trick
I found this video because I found thrips on my philodendron hope 😭 very small case but still makes me VERY upset, so I feel you on that! How is it going with your battle? All better since this video was a month ago?!
I feel for you. I have a large collection of plants that cannot be isolated and this winter I had scale and spider mites. I would not repot. I would treat with a systemic imidacloprid soil drench or granule or permethrin long acting foliar spray.
It’s normal to be emotional, plants are like our babies and parents never like to see their children sick. It’s not you being a bad plant parent tho, nobody is healthy all the time :)
I literally found thrips on my plants today, they are small, thin and seem to be black too. I’m gutted. I’ve got over 100 plants and just don’t know what to do. I’ve found them on three different plants in three different rooms in my house. I treated them with a neem oil, washing up liquid and water solution. I’m not sure how often I need to spray them 🪴🥺
If you feel a little bit overwhelmed by your pest I can recommend you to see this planttuber called "planet houseplant". in her houseplant winter tour 2021 she talks so calmly and relaxed about her pests with a little twist of British humor. It would not help you directly but al least maybe it can make you a little bit less stressful about it. Her channel is not that old but It made me smile with my own miserable pests.
Poor thing, I've never had thrips but I've had spider mites a few times. The only thing that has helped me is to regularly shower the leaves. I do this every other week and checking the plant while spraying it down.
I think it’s one of the reason why I don’t want to collect a lot of plants is bec I think if I ever get an infestation I might just burn everything. I’m max at 20 plants and can monitor them everyday.
Girl I feel you! I have over 400 plants and found spidermites on almost all pf them. I have spend the fast 4 days trying to treat all my plants. Im usually good at checking my Spidermite prone plants often but that was obviously a huge mistake and the mythe that they dont thrive in humidity is a lie and not true. I found them both in my ikea cabinet that stays in the high 80s and my terrarium thats at 90.
I posted in my plant group what happened to me, I was so surprised when i had three different people message me admitting to there plant problems or what issues they are going through and just felt relieved to talk with someone cause they felt ashamed to reach out in the group about it which is sad to me. Alot of these plant groups have become so toxic and instead of being helpful and supportive I see alot of shaming and Im better then you attitude. You were not over reacting and I completely feel what your going through. Good luck and Ill be looking for your updated crossing my fingers for you.
Hey girl, don’t feel ashamed for having pests it literally happens to all of us! I’ve had both the black and clear thrips and although extremely annoying I find them to be kinda selective and “picky” and stick to only a few plants rather than spreading far and wide. Good luck!!
hey Tate, so almost a year later how are things going? I just discovered thrips in my cultivation. uhg. your vid made me feel like i can deal with it, tho, so ty.
I totally get it, pests suck. Every time I find spider mites on a plant, I felt like my world falls apart, haha. I recently bought a cat palm from a reputable nursery, took it home and sure enough 😣 I quarantine all my new plants now.
@@TatesPlants It happens ☹️ As a new plant person, I’ve lost several plants to pests, because I didn’t know the signs. Spider mites are my biggest enemy though.
I LITERALLY just found thrips on my hoya retusa while I had this video on😐NO JOKE😭 I've only had it for about 2 months, and it had mealy bugs when I first got it, I got rid of those, but it hadn't bounced back and a lot of the leaves were just looking a bit yellowed..so I decided to check it more thoroughly once I started watching what you were dealing with..and well...FREAKING THRIPS! It's now in the tub😐 and so it goes.
Hey! 😄So real and geniune! And there is always a first time for an outbreak and I believe everybody feels like you did 😅 total stress and shame 🙈🙊🙄 i made the same misstake, also with a spiderplant, The variegated one. Saw trips(didn't know at The time about trips) knew it was bad but just washed her of and but her back.... Well 😑 a few days later... Kaos! So now, weekly checks and monthly sprays! Hate The little buggers!! Dont worry youre a Great plantparent !! 😁👍
I hope your plants survive! I had thrips a while ago and treated it with Captain Jack's. All my plants survived and are thriving now. I had a watermelon peperomia and peperomia pink lady that were infested too. Luckily I didn't need to repot them because their root systems are so delicate.
I just found out that I have these monsters on my plants 😭😭 I'm so sad, so annoying, feel you. Hope I'll get rid of them without loosing too many plants :(
Thank you so much for sharing! You just confirmed what I was thinking! I need to start doing preventative care, NEVER DONE it! Did you ever end up using the concentrated dead bug brew inside? I have one and haven’t used it for the same reasons
Also I saw noone talk about it - with my current thrips problem all i saw were white long tiny "worms" so small i can't explain how small... anywho i only found a few adult thrips black ones once i treated my plants and they died. anywho 38 plants 8 sprayed with insecticide, 4 replanted, 38 sprayed and watered with neem oil and the fight has just begun :(((
Spray all of them with alcohol/dish soap mixture, brush all the leaves with an old paint brush or makeup brush, then rinse off 10 min later. Let dry and spray with Captain Jacks dead bug brew or insecticidal soap.
Clicking on ur videos thinking "She might be a fellow gay, ginger, plant mom" when she do be. I support you and your a great plant mom from what I can tell after binging your videos.
What a bummer. Sorry! I have many houseplants and haven’t had any bugs, but I put Bonide systemic granules in my plants as a preventative measure. Hope things go well for you.
Ugh, so sorry you have to deal with this. Thrip are the worst. A couple of things to note - thrip look different at each stage of their lifecycle. When they are in the larva and pupa stages they'll appear a pale yellow or green color. When they mature to their adult stage they appear long and black. Once they are adults they can fly and will start attacking any plants in your collection that they find tasty, no matter how far away they are so it's important to treat every plant in that room. I would suggest getting some beneficial insects. That will make quick work of them. Also, the little black dots you see on the back of the leaves are the frass or droppings from the thrip. I hope this helps 🙂
@@TatesPlants You're welcome! Oh, one other thing. If you decide you use beneficial insects, make sure you haven't used any insecticides, systemics, etc on your plants prior as this will kill the beneficial insects. I believe you have to wait at least 30 days for those products to wear off. But definitely a good idea as a preventative in the future!
I swear everybody is getting thrips this year. I get them once a year in the fall. They are a pain, but manageable. Insecticidal soap along with wiping all leaves and stems works great but make sure you spot treat (just spray a paper towel with insecticidal soap and use it to removed strays) everyday when you see new larvae pop up. Cut off the worst infected leaves. Spray and wipe down completely every 3-7 days. Ive never had thrips on the same plant twice.
Since i had an infestation that killed 2 of my plants, i just treat all my plant periodicly. Like once every 3-4 month, and not all my plant are on the same cycle, and since then, I've had nothing! I also alwayyss treat new plants, even when it is straight from the nursery.
I tryed so many things to treat Thrips and the only way that works for me is Diatomés Earth !!! Throw it on all your plants and its done and there is no danger for your plants.
I am in the same predicament . Are these Thrips? I can't really see the bugs. Oh know, the leaves are changing quickly. One day the plants looked normal, the next day I see signs on the leaves that I have ever seen before. This is so driving me nuts😳
18:05 where the plant has "no sign of pests" i think the white stuff is the larva and baby thrips that's what i mostly had on my plants and thought it was nothing :( My friend has been battling with thrips for 1 year now so good luck :(
also people disinfect all the surfaces thrips can invade everywhere and they can fly. and always treat all plants and do it at leas 1 time per week :( my monstera deliciosa i checked her new leaf it was perfect, 5 days later whole leaf was thrips damaged :(
I know the stress that comes with unwanted pests! I picked up lice in college and it was such a nightmare to deal with, it traumatized me for years. How about beneficial pests? I heard lacewings are kind of indoor friendly.
Oh jeez I’m so sorry that sounds so horrible!! I live with my parents and they’re not really into the whole bug thing, even if they’re good unfortunately
I have never had bugs on ANY of my plants and rn I am dealing with a huge infestation of thrips on my two biggest plants, elephant ear and likity split. It's so annoying
I use the Captain Jack's Dead Bug Brew spray (not the concentrate) and it's been the only thing that has not only killed thrips and spidermites, but also kept them away. I soak the plant, let is sit for ~5 minutes then use a microfibre cloth to wipe down the entire plant. Rinse the plant then soak again and spray the soil before letting it sit for 10 minutes. Then rinse thoroughly. It may be a pain to treat a ton like this but it works like a charm! I was able to save my monsteras and croton a couple months ago in one treatment and it was the most relieving feeling ever.
I had a severe infestation of fungus gnats, and I know they are one of the most harmless pests... but it was so bad I decluttered most of my plants and got rid of them. :( I felt so bad but I couldn’t deal with it, they were flying into my food and coffee and it made me feel disgusting. I’ve never had thrips but I’m so scared to get them!!! I’m sorry you’re dealing with this
OOoooooff that sounds so rough!! I have struggled with fungas gnats as well, they're soooo annoying it's like psychological torture lol not to be dramatic
Last year I had Spider mites and they killed my Alocacia Polly so after that what I do is clean clean arround them and add a spoon of "neem oil" to all my mist water, that way any crazy bug will go away...🙏🏼🙏🏼
Miss Thang, I watched your video and I am amazed and horrified that you have all that pesticides and plant cleaning and spraying so close to your toothbrush at that sink.. I think your health is more important than those plants.
We all have thrips one day or another so don't feel guilty 😉 I have thrips too. When they're grown UP, they look like sciarides which can't fly. Good luck ! You can use nématodes or lacewings PS : are lacewings"chrysopes" in french ? Because I'm french 😉
@@TatesPlants I checked on Google it's lacewings 😉 I've been told nématodes work better than lacewings for thrips (I don't care because I think I have also spidermites...). I'll use them in three weeks For fungus nuts they worked so well ! And you don't see them 😉
Take your hose and put each plant in a plastic bag, don't cover the plant. Hose each off on force mode. This won't kill the ones in soil. I have tried everything. Neem mixed with a soap and spray the soil and plant. That's as far as I get 😢
Hi don’t be discouraged! Thrips can be defeated! Dunk all your plants in soapy water, change all soils and spray down all pots. Those black ones are adults, they can fly and lay eggs in soil. As you awared by now they will multiply fast bc of their life cycles. Separated are affected plants. Another solution is order yourself a box of live lady pugs, they will you eat the babies. They love anything that’s pink and white and yellow color foliage.
I am so sorry to hear about your plants. You might want to give your plants a soil drench in addition to spraying the leaves. I use neem oil ( cold press with azadirachtin) rosemary oil, and peppermint soap as a preventative measure about once a month. I've read that drenching the soil is effective because the plant absorbs the mixture and when the pest chew on the leaves, they are exposed to the mixture and eventually die. I hope that you can eradicate this problem.
I'm a new plant parent and I know it's only a matter of time before I have to deal with pests. This video helped desensitize me and mentally prepare. We're here for you 🥺💜 and it's perfect valid to be upset. Plants mean so much to us and not everyone will understand.
I'm glad this helped you!! It's totally normal but doesn't mean it doesnt suck 😭
thank you so much for being honest -- ive been going through something super similar, with depression leading me to not check my plants as often and kind of pretending there aren't any problems...you're not being dramatic at all!! this is a total crisis, especially since it's all in your room. i have all of my plants in my studio too, so i totally get how stressful it is to see it and not deal with it. i really appreciate your honesty and would love to have more videos like this from you (hopefully not about more pests LOL) but truly, this is exactly what i needed to see to get a real life understanding of what i should do. cutesy warm 10 mins video about pests that just recommend a product and move are honestly largely useless when a crisis like this happens. thank you for sharing with us, and i hope you can get some rest soon!
Do not make a selection. Treat them all. Otherwise you are entering a vicious cycle
I only had time to treat the 30 closest plants to where I found the pests, but will be going through and treating every plant in the next couple days!!
@drend wooooow! Those sneaky bastards!!
So sorry Tate! I got thrips too in the beginning of really collecting house plants. It’s stressful at first but now if I get them it’s no big deal, if you have plants you’ll eventually get them. I remember feeling the way you do right now. Now that you’ve had them though you’ll learn how to treat them and what works for you. Good luck!
Aw thank you so much this really made me feel better 😭
I don't generally comment but honestly i felt your stress watching you checking your plants leaf by leaf. Its totally NORMAL!!! AND IM SO GLAD YOU WERE HONEST. It did help me alot!!!
I do check my plants leaf by leaf and I think people would actually think im crazy, but yah, just a plant parent would understand. I have a 100+ plant collection and just discovered thrips 4 days ago.. So i totally feel you and feel FOR you!
I did an organic treatment of neem oil+dish soap and water. I found thrips on maybe 5-6 of my 100+ collection but i treated them all. I started off really excited and after taking 7 hours i still wasn't done. 3 hours into the process it was getting to me.
Now i have to repeat this whole thing in a week.. arghhh 😫
Im with you through this... Or through ur video atleast 😁
Lets all support each other getting rid of these buggers 👍👍👍 we just love our plant babies tooo much.
People (like me) need to watch videos like this before rushing into this hobby. I would not have bought so many plants if I knew they came with bugs. Definitely should buy one plant per two months basically. Unless you have that extra extra room for quarantine!
I do have a room for quarantine, and still I just got this bugs 😢
@@Tinavvv honestly I think they just spawn from nowhere at this point... I have thrips one plant after another. So tired of it. Lost so much money and plants:(
@@Twitch.lovelystar_x same :( I just spent 70 € on chemicals to get rid of them, if this doesn't work, I'll give up 😭
@@Tinavvv I try to just .. get used to them. Lol. I'll just wash my plant off with the shower head once a week or so. Still see them once in a while though. Hard to spot until there is visible damage. Good luck 😩
I can relate so much! Yesterday I started to take care of an infestation in my house.. I only saw it on 2 of my plants and I got so sad I even started to cry.. not only for the money I spent on them, but to see them not as happy as they used to be.. I hope you can save your babies and not get thrips again!
I delt with thrips last season, I'm sort of traumatized because of it. It was rough but I learned alot. You got this❤
Just discovered your channel and I ❤️ it!
A few months ago I discovered thrips and spider mites 😬. I tried neem oil, but even when diluted, the smell was unbearable. I decided to get some green lacewing larvae, and it was the BEST thing!
My husband was a little freaked out about the whole ‘beneficial insect’ thing 🙄, but it’s been 3 months now and we haven’t seen a single lacewing, thrip, or spider mite 🤞.
I do appreciate your authenticity, humor, and wit. You were not being “dramatic” at all... you were being real, and that is so refreshing 😊
Aw thank you so much for all your kind words 🥰 I would love to do the helpful bugs but my parents don’t love the idea haha
I know what you went through. I'm going through it now. I have thrips, spider mites, and I'm finding flat mites (aka false mites) on my hoyas. I've started treating with systemic and spraying with Captain Jack's dead bug killer. I'm treating my hoyas by using the warm bath method suggested by Betty Begonia. I'm so stressed and just want to sleep through the whole ordeal but I know that if I'm not proactive, I'll lose my plants. I think my micans are a goner and they were so pretty. We suck it up and do what we have to do.
I have heard about Capt Jacks Sinosis?
I feel your pain! But, that which does not kill us -- makes us stronger! Hang in! 💚
💪🏻!
Be kind to yourself! I think every plant parent learns about pests the hard way and we can only take on what we are emotionally able to at any given time. I let my collection of 100+ rare aroids get thrips and it took me a year to get rid of them all because I didn't have the emotional capacity to keep up the battle. You can do what you can do and plants are resilient (and even when they're not, they're just plants so don't feel bad if they die).
Aw thank you so much Cailey that really means a lot. It's hard to keep up sometimes but I'm going to work on it!!
You were so stressed.. i could feel you😂 even i feel the same way whenever i see pests on my plants
It’s so stressful but well get though it!
I have little tiny like brown clear bugs I can see crawling slowly on a few of my plants. So I treated a bunch today and even just chopped some to propagate and start fresh. I’ve been using neem and Castile soap
Sounds like you’re doing the right thing!
Thank you for identifying them without showing a microscope's eye view of what to look for!!
Not dramatic at all!!!! 💙 You are so passionate about your plants and I know I am devastated when I get pests. It is natural, yes, but I still feel guilty though. I hope you are able to go through this calmly and that the eradication of the thrips will happen super duper quickly. Don't be discouraged! We are all so proud of you and support you 110%!!!!! 🌱💙
Awww this almost made me cry thank you so much for your support 💚🌿
@@TatesPlants 💙💙💙💙💙
@@TatesPlants Aaaaaaand I have thrips. 😭 I thought of you and I hope they're finally gone for you!!! 💙
Thanks for showing this! I had the same issue when I decided to put a new plant in with my other plants. I am going to try the systemics on all my plants now too. 🥲
Good luck! We’re in this together!!
I know your pain. Yesterday I had something in the back of my head tell me I needed to repot my seltipicana, I knew it needed to be up-potted but was holding off. I walked over and grabbed it, not only had it been sitting in water 😲 (thankfully no root rot) but as I was getting ready to repot I saw it- webbing. 😵😩. I quickly pulled the webbing off, did some heavy spray washing and treated it. After that process, I set it aside and inspected everything on that whole shelf and cleaned it. I didn’t find anything else but because I was already doing the work I did some preventative spraying. Hope the rest of your plants do well and make a comeback.
A side note, we’re not perfect, we don’t expect you to be. I appreciate the journey and the lessons we learn from each other more than perfection. Give yourself grace. 💚
Thank you so much for your kind words 💖 I’m glad your plant parent senses told you something was wrong with your siltipicana!
These things can fly and hop around everywhere so it's best to treat every plant. I'm a little crazy and paranoid when it comes to pests so the moment I noticed them on my plants I treated the soil with systemic, sprayed aggressively with insecticide, and when everything dried I poured DE over everything and left it for a few days LOL. Quite extreme but I don't have thrips anymore.
Yeahhh after reading many comments I will be treating every single plant in my collection this week! Thanks so much for the tips
Beautiful plants, luv the way u care about them .
I love them all so much 😭
@@TatesPlants going to watch the 2nd video about the cleanup of the thrips. Luving ur UA-cam channel. Keep up the good work.
Feel your pain. I ve very little money and I ve slowly built a collection of 70 plants. Live in a small space and while plants do not touch , they’re close. Recently bought three plants all quarantined and turns out they have thrips after I placed with my veterans. I live in canada where we don’t have access to bug killers. I m so sad. I very much invested time (so much time) repotting with good soil products, new pots, checking daily. This feels like it exploded overnight. I just tossed 15 plants and am treating the rest. All my baby monsteras I grew from seed infested, tossed. My huge monstera and thai are now in my bathtub. .😩😩😩This is heartbreaking. Hope my hoyas arent infested and i have a 29 year old ficus tree and 6 ficus bushes. How the hell do you check those. I ll be following your journey. You are not alone in this. I have vowed never to buy another plant again.
Happy belated birthday!!! pests are so annoying I hope you get them under control :) I had spider mites thrips and mealy bugs all at once two weeks ago so that was interesting for a first pest experience... as of now I haven't seen anything but that doesn't mean I won't find them again soon
Would be nice to see an update video, to see how this worked out for you :)
I know exactly what you’re going through but please don’t worry. I just had thrips and swear by Captain Jacks Dead Bug Brew. Only one of my plants visually had thrips but I treated all my plants to play it safe. The infected plant I retreat once a week and it’s been well over a month that I’ve seen any pests or pest damage. So don’t worry and just keep treating your plants. 😊
I totally agree, Captain Jack's dead bug brew concentrate is one of the best treatment for Thrips. It contains Spinosad, which will slowly kill the larvae. Best to treat everyone, every three days, especially under the leaves, even the soil.
Wear a mask if spraying indoors, as although its organic, it's a bacteria, and you don't want it up your sinuses.
Ugh thank you so much this is so nice to hear. I will be treating all of them!!!
What is the ratio you use for the brew? I want to make sure I’m doing it right!!
@@TatesPlants whatever it says on the bottle and a little more! I don't measure! 😆
Just don't put it on the leaves when the sun or the grow lights are on it, cos sometimes it can cause some photosensitivity damage.
I have a 32 oz container I use so put in about 3 - 4 tablespoons of the concentrate, which I don’t measure but just guesstimate. Be sure to soak the plants and the soil. You and your plants will get through this, no worries! 🌱😊🌿
I would be crying as well. I had a little break down when my plants were suffering. Treat everything like it has everything!!
It’s so hard to see them struggle 😭
I had thrips a couple of plants awhile ago. I freaked out and sprayed literally **all** of my plants with Captain Jack's, even the ones that didn't show signs of thrips. I think I caught it early and got rid of it before it became a major outbreak, but it was a nightmare.
Ahh that's really great to year it worked. Gotta be proactive!
I did this exact same thing when I found a few thrips on a few plants right before Christmas 2020 and haven’t seen any since 🤞🏻
Hi Tate. So I have over 200 plants and I also freak out a bit over pests, but I found a systemic treatment that I just add to the watering can when I water my plants. So the plant takes it up, and any pests that bite the plant will die from it. I found it on Amazon. Good luck, I hope you wipe out all those little suckers!
Do you know the name of what you used??
@@maryj7912 Yes! It is SNS 209 all natural systemic pest control. 🙂
@@faeriegardener84 thank you!
Thank you so much!!
Oh awesome thank you so much for the tips!
It's better to treat them all as best you can and redo it a while after. I'm not sure what the life cycle of thrips are but to prevent reinfection its better to retreat them. It's also good to treat all new plants you get before you introduce them into your collection as not all nurserys are vigilant about pests and they have a lot of plants together its easier for them to have pests.
Yes I will for sure be treating all new plants to my collection from now on!
I am a fairly new plant mom too. I have used systemic on all my plants and although this will be the first true growing season for all my plants, I have not had any bug problems so far. Knock on wood. But, I highly recommend using it. Thrips scare the crap out of me.
Thrips are not a root feeder. They're just on the leaves and flowers.
They lay eggs in the plant tissues, and pupate on the soil surface. Diatomaceous earth would kill them as they emerge.
They have preferred host plants, which is why they all targeted the same type of plant. However, they are polyphagous and absolutely will go to other plants.
The black spots are their frass (poop).
Treat monthly to keep the eggs from developing.
But you didn't need to remove the roots from the soil, as thrips are not root feeding insects.. they just go after what they can see above ground.
Happy belated birthday and good luck with the thrips.
I make a spray with the captain Jack's, dish soap, and alcohol. I've only seen spider mites but I spray them regularly just as prevention.
Ah nice thank you for the tips!
My only solution for a big thrips problem: predatory bugs. Its easy, effectiv and not so time consuming like when threatening every plant for weeks. First shower the plant, get rid of some thrips than hang the container with the predatory bugs. And let it work.
When the problem is just 1-3 plant or so, I will spray them and separate. Repeat for some weeks.
And its okay, bad bugs are just a matter of time in every plant collection. Even in botanical gardens they are always present, and the plants a thriving because its all about the harmony between "good and bad" bugs.
Also my routine: check plants every other week for bugs. Shower them once a month for reducing bugs problems and dust carpets.
Good luck and health everybody!
I use systemic Bonide granules every few months in my plants. It automatically goes into the soil for new houseplants while they're in the mandatory quarantine period. It's worth it for the peace of mind it gives me.
Yess that’s what I’m going to do now!
Poor you, it's such a pain!!!
So the little round blobby ones are the larvae, and the longer ones are the more mature, and thrips can come in a bunch of colours.
As others have said, the adults can fly, so yeah, unfortunately treating them is all is going to be the safest thing!!!
Ah thank you so much for the info!!
Good day. thank you very much for the interesting review. looked with pleasure
I use neem oil on all my plants when watering and it seems too mostly prevent bugs, also I learned just recently that you are not supposed to re-pot plants with an infection because it puts them in shock...not sure how true that is but someone recently told me that and now I put neem oil in my watering tin and water/treat for any bugs that way.
Oh shoot I didn’t know about the shock thing! We’ll have to wait and see haha
Yes, I'd get Bonide plant systemic granules and treat all. The plants you saw thrips you treated, so keep treating with dishsoap, neem, alcohol spray, let sit 15 min. Then rinse off vigorously.
Great tips thank you!!
OMG same thing happened to my peperomia caperata. I went to check the roots cause it was very droopy and sad looking and it had NONE left ??? It's propagating now. Praying 4 our peperomias
Hahaha the roots really just peaced out
this entire video was literally a throwback to one month ago where i was dealing with pest for the first time
Oooofff I'm so sorry were you able to improve them?
@@TatesPlants yes! It actually went surprisingly well, like you I've all my plants in my own room.. so I was super worried that it had spread badly. But only a few plants got badly hurt. Some of them did loose a lot of leafs.. but it took around 2 weeks before all signs up bug were gone, and I check frequently still and there's so fare no longer any signs.
Also I felt like I needed to say it, but seeing you dealing with pests too (it's doesn't make me happy ofc but) it's just nice to know that it's something that happens to everyone! Regardless of how hard you try to prevent it.❤ I really enjoy your content!.
@@TatesPlants also idk if I've any tips for you, we pretty much did the same things.. if anything my treatment was in a just as stressed state I'd not worse than of yours. 😂😂
Maybe the bugs saw the panic in my eyes and ran away.
Im p-oed ex mother in law sent a houseplant home with my daughter I said no not pet friendly so she picked it up in a few days but by them my other plants now hove thrips and they're just ravaging some of my other plants. Hoping you have the solution because I'm in the middle of battle and they just keep reappearing even after spraying miticide etc.
Man, I had the same little black dots, I thought it was soil on the leaves from touching them after sticking my fingers in the soil, but now my orchid has limpy leaves, my monstera too I had just repotted it but I guess another plant infected them or maybe when I repotted it outside thrips attacked it. I only saw the long shaped black fly like bug crawling recently and figured it was what was harming my plant. I've only been a plant parent for a year, so I knew of fungus gnats but not of thrips. Really sucks. And in Belgium I can't easily find neem oil. I hope hydrogen peroxide might do the trick
I feel your pain! SEPARATE, Quarantine, treat all! Good luck.
Thank you!!!
I found this video because I found thrips on my philodendron hope 😭 very small case but still makes me VERY upset, so I feel you on that! How is it going with your battle? All better since this video was a month ago?!
I adore the way your birthday look matches your plants🪴
Aww haha thanks
I feel for you. I have a large collection of plants that cannot be isolated and this winter I had scale and spider mites. I would not repot. I would treat with a systemic imidacloprid soil drench or granule or permethrin long acting foliar spray.
Ok awesome thank you for the tips!! So sorry you had an outbreak 😭
It’s normal to be emotional, plants are like our babies and parents never like to see their children sick. It’s not you being a bad plant parent tho, nobody is healthy all the time :)
This almost made me cry aww thank you for your words of support 💚
@@TatesPlants 🥰❤️
I literally found thrips on my plants today, they are small, thin and seem to be black too. I’m gutted. I’ve got over 100 plants and just don’t know what to do. I’ve found them on three different plants in three different rooms in my house. I treated them with a neem oil, washing up liquid and water solution. I’m not sure how often I need to spray them 🪴🥺
It’ll be ok!!! It was hard and scary at first but after treating they go away, it’ll be ok!! You got this 🥰
@@TatesPlants Thank you so much for your reply x New subscriber too x
If you feel a little bit overwhelmed by your pest I can recommend you to see this planttuber called "planet houseplant". in her houseplant winter tour 2021 she talks so calmly and relaxed about her pests with a little twist of British humor. It would not help you directly but al least maybe it can make you a little bit less stressful about it. Her channel is not that old but It made me smile with my own miserable pests.
Oh awesome thank you so much!! I'll check her out for sure!
Thanks for the recommendation! I also just started making content if you’d ever like another planty channel to check out 💚🌿
@@KaylasPlants I will thnx
Im such a person. I would cry all day and throw away my plants and then regret throwing them away. I would be a mess. You handled it so well
I tossed a huge 6 year old pothos I thought had bugs. Could have treated but I frraked.. and yah..
Poor thing, I've never had thrips but I've had spider mites a few times. The only thing that has helped me is to regularly shower the leaves. I do this every other week and checking the plant while spraying it down.
Thanks it's been rough 😭 we'll get through it though!!
I think it’s one of the reason why I don’t want to collect a lot of plants is bec I think if I ever get an infestation I might just burn everything. I’m max at 20 plants and can monitor them everyday.
Yeah that’s def the sad part of having a big collection 😭
@@TatesPlants good luck and you got this.
I have thrips right now and I am so sad and emotional. My parents did a big room surprise for me and now a month later I have thrips😭🍁
Girl I feel you! I have over 400 plants and found spidermites on almost all pf them. I have spend the fast 4 days trying to treat all my plants. Im usually good at checking my Spidermite prone plants often but that was obviously a huge mistake and the mythe that they dont thrive in humidity is a lie and not true. I found them both in my ikea cabinet that stays in the high 80s and my terrarium thats at 90.
I posted in my plant group what happened to me, I was so surprised when i had three different people message me admitting to there plant problems or what issues they are going through and just felt relieved to talk with someone cause they felt ashamed to reach out in the group about it which is sad to me. Alot of these plant groups have become so toxic and instead of being helpful and supportive I see alot of shaming and Im better then you attitude. You were not over reacting and I completely feel what your going through. Good luck and Ill be looking for your updated crossing my fingers for you.
Hey girl, don’t feel ashamed for having pests it literally happens to all of us! I’ve had both the black and clear thrips and although extremely annoying I find them to be kinda selective and “picky” and stick to only a few plants rather than spreading far and wide. Good luck!!
Ah I hope that happens for me!!
Really felt that exhale
hey Tate, so almost a year later how are things going?
I just discovered thrips in my cultivation. uhg. your vid made me feel like i can deal with it, tho, so ty.
I totally get it, pests suck. Every time I find spider mites on a plant, I felt like my world falls apart, haha. I recently bought a cat palm from a reputable nursery, took it home and sure enough 😣 I quarantine all my new plants now.
Oooof that sucks I’m sorry!! It’s a bummer, but not the end of the world!
@@TatesPlants It happens ☹️ As a new plant person, I’ve lost several plants to pests, because I didn’t know the signs. Spider mites are my biggest enemy though.
I LITERALLY just found thrips on my hoya retusa while I had this video on😐NO JOKE😭 I've only had it for about 2 months, and it had mealy bugs when I first got it, I got rid of those, but it hadn't bounced back and a lot of the leaves were just looking a bit yellowed..so I decided to check it more thoroughly once I started watching what you were dealing with..and well...FREAKING THRIPS! It's now in the tub😐 and so it goes.
My P. caperata also had thrips and they look reddish-black because of the pigment of the plant.
Ooo that's interesting I didn't think about that!
Hey! 😄So real and geniune! And there is always a first time for an outbreak and I believe everybody feels like you did 😅 total stress and shame 🙈🙊🙄 i made the same misstake, also with a spiderplant, The variegated one. Saw trips(didn't know at The time about trips) knew it was bad but just washed her of and but her back.... Well 😑 a few days later... Kaos! So now, weekly checks and monthly sprays! Hate The little buggers!! Dont worry youre a Great plantparent !! 😁👍
Aw thanks so much this means a lot!! It’s totally normal but sooo annoying
It will be ok, just breathe. Hugs
I hope your plants survive! I had thrips a while ago and treated it with Captain Jack's. All my plants survived and are thriving now. I had a watermelon peperomia and peperomia pink lady that were infested too. Luckily I didn't need to repot them because their root systems are so delicate.
Hmmm interesting I wonder if they’re more attracted to Peperomia?
I just found out that I have these monsters on my plants 😭😭 I'm so sad, so annoying, feel you. Hope I'll get rid of them without loosing too many plants :(
Can't get it here in Mexico The dust is for outside. The liquid is for indoor babies
Thank you so much for sharing! You just confirmed what I was thinking! I need to start doing preventative care, NEVER DONE it! Did you ever end up using the concentrated dead bug brew inside? I have one and haven’t used it for the same reasons
I didn’t end up using it, but am going to spray them down with a mix of it tomorrow!
Also I saw noone talk about it - with my current thrips problem all i saw were white long tiny "worms" so small i can't explain how small... anywho i only found a few adult thrips black ones once i treated my plants and they died. anywho 38 plants 8 sprayed with insecticide, 4 replanted, 38 sprayed and watered with neem oil and the fight has just begun :(((
Spray all of them with alcohol/dish soap mixture, brush all the leaves with an old paint brush or makeup brush, then rinse off 10 min later. Let dry and spray with Captain Jacks dead bug brew or insecticidal soap.
Ooo great tips thank you!
Clicking on ur videos thinking "She might be a fellow gay, ginger, plant mom" when she do be. I support you and your a great plant mom from what I can tell after binging your videos.
Hahahahahahha I just laughed out loud. We add the saaaaame
What a bummer. Sorry! I have many houseplants and haven’t had any bugs, but I put Bonide systemic granules in my plants as a preventative measure. Hope things go well for you.
Yep that's what I'm gonna do moving forward! So glad you have success with it!
Ugh, so sorry you have to deal with this. Thrip are the worst. A couple of things to note - thrip look different at each stage of their lifecycle. When they are in the larva and pupa stages they'll appear a pale yellow or green color. When they mature to their adult stage they appear long and black. Once they are adults they can fly and will start attacking any plants in your collection that they find tasty, no matter how far away they are so it's important to treat every plant in that room. I would suggest getting some beneficial insects. That will make quick work of them. Also, the little black dots you see on the back of the leaves are the frass or droppings from the thrip. I hope this helps 🙂
Ahh thank you so much for all this info!!
@@TatesPlants You're welcome! Oh, one other thing. If you decide you use beneficial insects, make sure you haven't used any insecticides, systemics, etc on your plants prior as this will kill the beneficial insects. I believe you have to wait at least 30 days for those products to wear off. But definitely a good idea as a preventative in the future!
I've had plants for years its common treat them all ♡
I swear everybody is getting thrips this year. I get them once a year in the fall. They are a pain, but manageable. Insecticidal soap along with wiping all leaves and stems works great but make sure you spot treat (just spray a paper towel with insecticidal soap and use it to removed strays) everyday when you see new larvae pop up. Cut off the worst infected leaves. Spray and wipe down completely every 3-7 days. Ive never had thrips on the same plant twice.
Ahh thank you so much for your tips!!! I’ll do that!
I have thrips too 😫Thanks for making this video.
I’m so sorry 😭 we’ll get through this!!
Since i had an infestation that killed 2 of my plants, i just treat all my plant periodicly. Like once every 3-4 month, and not all my plant are on the same cycle, and since then, I've had nothing! I also alwayyss treat new plants, even when it is straight from the nursery.
I also NEVER repot infested plant, I Feel like it's si much for them To handle at the same time hahahah
That sucks I’m so sorry 😢 i think i will probably go into shock and denial a well *hug*
Thank you 😭 just hoping I can control it!
very nice video, i like it, keep up the work.
Thank you very much!
I tryed so many things to treat Thrips and the only way that works for me is Diatomés Earth !!! Throw it on all your plants and its done and there is no danger for your plants.
I hope they are ok and sorry about the ones you lost 😞 But, Happy Birthday !
Thank you so much!!
I am in the same predicament . Are these Thrips? I can't really see the bugs. Oh know, the leaves are changing quickly. One day the plants looked normal, the next day I see signs on the leaves that I have ever seen before. This is so driving me nuts😳
18:05 where the plant has "no sign of pests" i think the white stuff is the larva and baby thrips that's what i mostly had on my plants and thought it was nothing :( My friend has been battling with thrips for 1 year now so good luck :(
also people disinfect all the surfaces thrips can invade everywhere and they can fly. and always treat all plants and do it at leas 1 time per week :( my monstera deliciosa i checked her new leaf it was perfect, 5 days later whole leaf was thrips damaged :(
I know the stress that comes with unwanted pests! I picked up lice in college and it was such a nightmare to deal with, it traumatized me for years. How about beneficial pests? I heard lacewings are kind of indoor friendly.
Oh jeez I’m so sorry that sounds so horrible!! I live with my parents and they’re not really into the whole bug thing, even if they’re good unfortunately
I have never had bugs on ANY of my plants and rn I am dealing with a huge infestation of thrips on my two biggest plants, elephant ear and likity split. It's so annoying
I use the Captain Jack's Dead Bug Brew spray (not the concentrate) and it's been the only thing that has not only killed thrips and spidermites, but also kept them away.
I soak the plant, let is sit for ~5 minutes then use a microfibre cloth to wipe down the entire plant. Rinse the plant then soak again and spray the soil before letting it sit for 10 minutes. Then rinse thoroughly. It may be a pain to treat a ton like this but it works like a charm! I was able to save my monsteras and croton a couple months ago in one treatment and it was the most relieving feeling ever.
Oh cool thanks for the tips!!
HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAAAY!
Ahh thank you haha
I had a severe infestation of fungus gnats, and I know they are one of the most harmless pests... but it was so bad I decluttered most of my plants and got rid of them. :( I felt so bad but I couldn’t deal with it, they were flying into my food and coffee and it made me feel disgusting. I’ve never had thrips but I’m so scared to get them!!! I’m sorry you’re dealing with this
If you would’ve changed the soil and started bottom watering that would’ve solved the problem :)
OOoooooff that sounds so rough!! I have struggled with fungas gnats as well, they're soooo annoying it's like psychological torture lol not to be dramatic
It's sooo emotional. I have to deal with mine today.
Last year I had Spider mites and they killed my Alocacia Polly so after that what I do is clean clean arround them and add a spoon of "neem oil" to all my mist water, that way any crazy bug will go away...🙏🏼🙏🏼
I’m so sorry about your plant, but glad to hear you figured out a good system!!
Miss Thang, I watched your video and I am amazed and horrified that you have all that pesticides and plant cleaning and spraying so close to your toothbrush at that sink.. I think your health is more important than those plants.
Hahaha I know I realized that half way through and move them when I am doing any spraying in the sink from now on!!
We all have thrips one day or another so don't feel guilty 😉 I have thrips too. When they're grown UP, they look like sciarides which can't fly. Good luck ! You can use nématodes or lacewings
PS : are lacewings"chrysopes" in french ? Because I'm french 😉
Ahhh that’s so scary!! I’m not sure what they are called in French tho!
@@TatesPlants I checked on Google it's lacewings 😉 I've been told nématodes work better than lacewings for thrips (I don't care because I think I have also spidermites...). I'll use them in three weeks For fungus nuts they worked so well ! And you don't see them 😉
Take your hose and put each plant in a plastic bag, don't cover the plant. Hose each off on force mode. This won't kill the ones in soil. I have tried everything. Neem mixed with a soap and spray the soil and plant. That's as far as I get 😢
Happy birthday!
Thank you!!
I just today found out I have thrips too 😢
(Edit: and I totally get why it makes you so emotional!)
Ugh I’m so sorry!! we’ll get through this tho!!
Hi don’t be discouraged! Thrips can be defeated! Dunk all your plants in soapy water, change all soils and spray down all pots. Those black ones are adults, they can fly and lay eggs in soil. As you awared by now they will multiply fast bc of their life cycles. Separated are affected plants. Another solution is order yourself a box of live lady pugs, they will you eat the babies. They love anything that’s pink and white and yellow color foliage.
I will kill all adult when u see them, they can actually bite you, you will feel a little stings.
Ahh thank you for all the tips!! Really appreciate it
Oh no so sorry I found a bug on two of my plants and I've been in panic mode bathing and spraying all my plants
Haha better than ignoring it trust me!!
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use the systemic (granuals) stuff, and treat all your plants
That’s exactly what I’m doing!!
24:47 OMG! :)
I am so sorry to hear about your plants. You might want to give your plants a soil drench in addition to spraying the leaves. I use neem oil ( cold press with azadirachtin) rosemary oil, and peppermint soap as a preventative measure about once a month. I've read that drenching the soil is effective because the plant absorbs the mixture and when the pest chew on the leaves, they are exposed to the mixture and eventually die. I hope that you can eradicate this problem.
Yes that’s what my objective was with putting the systemic into the soil!
black one is it
Omg you made me tear up and it's because of plants 😓
It was so emotional 😭