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Posted 2M ago by @Louisxvi

I have survived the thrips apocalypse! ๐ŸŽ‰๐Ÿ•บ๐Ÿผ After releasi...

I have survived the thrips apocalypse! ๐ŸŽ‰๐Ÿ•บ๐Ÿผ

After releasing my beneficial bugs they started to eat each other because lack of food, now thereโ€™s only a few โ€œwinner bugsโ€ left and they are slowing dying off of hunger.

I havenโ€™t see a single sign of thrips damage, but I have seen some stress on my plants that were in high humidity isolation. Now we just have to give them time and return to regular watering and hope everyone bounces back nicely!

I still vow by the nematodes, by the time I release the beneficial bugs as a last insurance they had already done the hard work.

Itโ€™s so nice to be able to let my babies breathe again and not have to stair at plastic bags all over the place, BUT the two months of hard work and dedication to the system has WORKED! ๐ŸŽ‰๐Ÿ•บ๐Ÿผ
#thrips #thripsapocolyspe #louisxvioasis
@Louisxvi
Dear Karine...
You are an example to us all!!!!
Congratulations ๐ŸŽŠ ๐Ÿ‘ ๐Ÿ’ ๐Ÿฅณ for your patience and love.
It's very rare...if fact, you're the only person I know...for anyone to use Nematodes.
The second post that I'm aware of is myself,being one of those people.
It took a while, but thanks to the advice of @SuperbRaspfern, who recommended to use to finally use them as a "last resort".
We tried lots of other things, but the heavy infestation of those persistent and annoying fungus wouldn't leave my poor Golden Pathos alone!
She's now ๐Ÿ’ฏ bug free and gorgeous. And, those tiny miserable fungus gnats are gone!!!
They also hit some other of my plants, but we were able to get those under control organically.
I will not, and do not, use pesticides.
@CutePolypremum I am in the the same boat as you my friend! Thank you for the kind words insecticidal soap is as far as I would go! ๐Ÿ˜‡ so happy to hear success stories Iโ€™m not going to lie, when they came back for round two I was so close on just GIVING UP! Iโ€™m so glad I didnโ€™t and as annoying as they are, what a learning journey! ๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿ˜ญ๐Ÿ•บ๐Ÿผ
@Louisxvi

As they say: "Slow and steady wins the race..."

You're so welcome ๐Ÿค—! We all need encouragement at one time or another.

You go girl! ๐Ÿ˜‰๐Ÿคฉ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ’ชโฃ๏ธ