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Originally Posted by z_willus_d
Ginger, I thought I read somewhere that it is the blue sticky traps which most atraccts thrips. One anecdotal bit of evidence I have of this is that I asmall plastic babypool on the backyard patio about 10' away from some of my tomato vines. That pool is the exact color of those blue sticky traps, almost cerulean, but a bit lighter in tone. It's constantly swarming with thrips top to bottom, which makes it easy spray them down on the pool surface. Next day, they're more. Unfortunately, it never seemed to be enough to reduce the population in the plants. Maybe I should hang a few plastic pools up above the cages. 
-naysen |
I don't know Naysen, that may just be the case. I'll have to research that. I know the yellow did the trick, but it sure could be that blue is even better. I got a good laugh from that swimming pool visual I just got.
-Marsha