Im with you bro!
I Just came out of a huge infestation that basically ruined my summer …hahahah
But I won! Ha!
I was lucky enough to catch this basterds in early veg, so I was able to treat em with Abamectin and Hexitiazox, a pinch of Spinosad (Conserve sc 11%) and a final spray of Beauveria Bassiana before flipping to flower and introducing Neoseiulus Californicus that right now are all over the garden keep the situation in check.
The garden is finally healthy and blooming but I noticed that some particular phenotypes are more affected by their phytotoxic saliva than others, where even the treatment with aspirin and Chitosan couldn’t help to heal some branches…
There are some Sapphire Ogs that after 4 weeks from the infestation still show some weird leaf, but they are completely bug free…
I noticed that the effect of their toxin can last few weeks after the infestation is gone that’s why is crucial to have a 60x scope to check daily if there is some survivor or some eggs, otherwise you could keep battling a ghost enemy!!!
After this war (that I hope is over…) I learned that everything is possible…If you have a serious pest problem, organize a serious IPM and start looking online , reading article on how real farmers deal with it (BM are affecting lots of greenhouse crops especially strawberries, peppers, roses etc…) university researches and lots of reading will bring you to the solution…aaaand…dont hang out too much on weed related website cause they make things waaaaaay more ridiculously complicated and paranoid…
Would be cool to hear if anyone had experience with long lasting damages from the toxins…