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Originally Posted by b54red
I don't think Sevin will help since it is a stomach poison and works mostly on chewing insects but a strong dose of permethrin and soapy water will get the ones it hits and so will Malathion. I sprayed a couple of times when the thrips were coming in really heavy and it did seem to clear a lot of them out but that was well over a month ago. I have only seen a few sporadically since then and have only had about one more infection every 10 days or so which with the number of plants I have set out is not a major problem.
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Thank you for the response. Now that you point this out, it does make good sense. Thanks also to travis for his points.
I'm going to give it a shot, even if it's just so that I can feel like i'm doing SOMETHING!
It is frustrating. I've lost a couple more plants since the last message.