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@Louisxvi avatar @Louisxvi Ā· 2M
Update on the Thrips Apocalypse. We are about 3 days away from hitting the one month mark for the second wave of the thrips apocalypse. I want to give feed back on the nematodes. I have to say they must be extremely effective because I haven’t seen a single sign of new damage on any leaves and I haven’t seen any live adults or larva in two weeks. I have been cleaning my plant every 3 days and all of them with the exception of a few have been bagged for high humidity. First two weeks was completly bagged sealed and I have now moved to poking air holes for ventilation. I have barely watered the plants during time time I’ve been misting the soil on top to keep nematodes moist and effective. Once nematodes have no more food they slowly die off so I just reapplied yesterday on all my bigger plants. I will say having green houses and bagging plants individually might not be the esthetic we hope for but I only have another 30 days to go and it’s been extremely helpful to prevent spread or reinfection to other plants. At the end of the next 30 days I will be receiving greenlace wing larva ( EWWWWW I KNOW BUT HEAR ME OUT ), and releasing them inside my greenhouses. These would never be able to grow into adults and die off once they don’t have anymore food source as well, it’s going to be a one time application at the end of there 30 days to ensure I or the nematodes haven’t missed a thing. POSSIBLY PREVENTATIVE IM JUST REALLY GROSSED OUT BY BUGS. 😭 I continue to deep clean my house on a daily basis. I also have nematode traps. I made small soil pots with no plants but nematodes mixed in so if anything is missed outside the green houses they might travel upon my trap and be eaten by nematodes. I wouldn’t wish this upon my worst enemy. #louisxvioasis #thrips #thripsapocolyspe #nematodes