Thrips or no thrips? My daily game. 😭
Can’t some one tell me if that line near the middle of the leaf is giving thrips damage. You will not see anything on the leaves I just cleaned them yesterday and treated them, but anyone who has a Ruby tineke and has seen thrips damage can you please tell me if it’s consistent. I really can’t tell if my fig is affected or not. 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😞😞😞😞😞😞😞😞
#thrips #louisxvioasis
#thrips #louisxvioasis
10ft to light, indirect
5” pot with drainage
Last watered 2 months ago
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@Louisxvi i'm not seeing any obvious signs of thrips.
What you could try is putting her in an environment that's close to 100% humidity. A large plastic bag or whtvr. According to a Reddit post i found recently, thrips can't seem to survive very long in super crazy high humidity. I myself is in 83% natural humidity, i caught some thrips earlier this month [but probably started way before, coz i seriously thought the silver markings was mechanical damage until i noticed it spreading], and the thrips don't act very fast. A government hydroponics lab i volunteered in was in full AC and therefore significantly lesser humidity [they're not a conventional hydroponics system. It's a fill-and-drain system, so there's rarely any water that's pooled for longer than an hour] and they've got terrible with the thrips. I've since put the plants in a little cup dome and i haven't seen any sign of them. Of course, i cut the affected leaves, but they lay eggs in soil and really, none have come out. I also notice that thin-leaved plants but with a glossy surface seem more susceptible to thrips. The plants affected were only those with this criteria
What you could try is putting her in an environment that's close to 100% humidity. A large plastic bag or whtvr. According to a Reddit post i found recently, thrips can't seem to survive very long in super crazy high humidity. I myself is in 83% natural humidity, i caught some thrips earlier this month [but probably started way before, coz i seriously thought the silver markings was mechanical damage until i noticed it spreading], and the thrips don't act very fast. A government hydroponics lab i volunteered in was in full AC and therefore significantly lesser humidity [they're not a conventional hydroponics system. It's a fill-and-drain system, so there's rarely any water that's pooled for longer than an hour] and they've got terrible with the thrips. I've since put the plants in a little cup dome and i haven't seen any sign of them. Of course, i cut the affected leaves, but they lay eggs in soil and really, none have come out. I also notice that thin-leaved plants but with a glossy surface seem more susceptible to thrips. The plants affected were only those with this criteria
@Araceae also this was a cutting from my old tineke that had thrips, I propagated and now since the thrips are back I don’t trust them . I know I sound crazy but they took out.. over 40 plants since June I’m in Canada I cant get systemic… I’m about to beg people on here to mail me some
@Araceae also I got a grow tent yesterday to isolate my figs, I just got a new weeping fig, and it’s propogating right now , I have it breathing in the grow tent while the other ones are bagged, if this safe ? 🥺 I’m very limited for space and this one is toxic to cats to so I need to have it isolated from them as well.
@Louisxvi if you're not confident than it's perfectly fine to cut it off