Of plain water? Thanks!
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Yes plain water
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Well, I’ve sen some outdoors. Not much but on one plant I only found two, they were green but full size. They’re weird. They can move sideways as fast as running forward. They didn’t like the light when I flipped the leaf over. I’ve never seen a bug run sideways. 
I have my sprayer and nuke liquid out and ready to go today. I don’t seem to have any problems on the older potted plants… or do I? 
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Did you actually confirm that it was thrips and not mites? Thrips are usually revealed by the “shake test” - hold a piece of white paper under the plants & shake the flowers and/or leaves over the paper. Thrips will drop onto the paper if they’re present.
If all you see is tiny black specks on the back of the leaves it’s mites. Thrips are way better because their eggs are usually in the plant material, they don’t crawl off to cracks & crevices to lay them there. A friend of mine had good luck with Neem and thrips recently - he used Einstein’s oil, sprayed every 7 days, I think the thrips were gone within 2 or 3 sprayings.
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Thanks for that. I’m gonna do that in about an hour. Should the dead thrips fall onto the paper also? Where should I look for dead ones?
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I think I have some of both bugs at this point. I have everything sitting on the counter and ready to go for tomorrow. It’s so green here this year compared to normal that the ladybugs are in heaven hanging out in the real weeds. No wasps this year either like before.
None of my potted plants are all that big, so I think I can hit them good before they grow. The two volunteer plants left that are female show no sign of bugs so far.
Let us know how well your spray works. I’ gonna read up on this CannControl tonight and I’ll share the results.
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Could be white fly damage. If you shake them with the lights down and a flash light pointed you’ll see them scoot. Thrips jump so stick a piece of paper underneath and shake shake shake.
I hate to see those types of issues because I know when it happened in my plant until I took drastic measures. Those white flies were absolutely the worst. You’ll notice the spider mites on your plant really easily like black and red dots walking around on the tops and bottoms when you wipe your fingers across and smear them streak on your finger like little pieces of dirt or doo doo.
So it doesn’t look like a spider mite damage at all. I would definitely say then it’d be thrips or white flies. White fly larva get attached to the top of the leaf skin like scales white scales. You take your fingernail you can actually pop them off and see the damage underneath slightly different color.
I hope you get rid of them soon man those things are pain in the ass and they spread like butter in summer. Be ok. You got this. If you ever have spider mites that are really bad like that go out back and blast them off with a hose and you’ll take half of them off immediately If you have a air compressor blow them off you’ll take even more off and then do a sulfur wash down on them or a dunk.
Blessing Mr Skool.
Be safe bud.
**Another huge thing that people miss is the weed that you have grown and processed in a bag (whatever) should never be smoked or in or around your grow room. Your hands should be washed your shirt shouldn’t be on if broken up weed over it. If you have bugs on your plants and you’re planning on keeping some of that weed definitely don’t smoke it and go in there. I had issues and it know it’s common sense but you’d be surprised how many people like to smoke pot amongst their plants while you’re breaking that up. All those eggs are just being broken up drop blown around so it’s almost like a reinfestation just being a pothead and not really thinking too much about it. Just personal experience.
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The thrips fall onto the paper, not the mites. If nothing falls onto the paper after a shake, I would look at the backside of the leaves w/ a magnifier. If it’s mites you will see them scurrying around. Black dots on the back of the leaves moving around is bad news - mites.
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That’s my mission today; trim out some leaves and check them all to get sprayed this evening when the sun goes behind the mountain. I still have a good 2 hours or more of light though.
Unlike @oleskool830, I have the advantage of being able to hose mine down good first. That can’t hurt. I haven’t seen any bad outbreaks but I have seen some signs on older leaves. Today they have to pass inspection and be bathed in something. Then, it’s on to the flower power! 
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I thought you had an ozone generator and could kill them with that? I believe I read somewhere, to run it 3-5 minutes every day.
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I sprayed Thursday and fed last night. Tomorrow I’m gonna take the plants out and clean the tents.
You’re right! I always smoke a joint before I go to the shed to tend my plants. I never wear a shirt this time of the year. It frightens the neighborhood children but I give no shits. Thanks for that nudge of awareness @Baltimore.
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Tomorrow is Sunday so I may have a chance to take them outside and spray them down with the hose. Am I just transferring the thrips to the outside or does it kill them? Death to the thrips! I walk through my yard to get to the shed so there’s no telling what I drag in there!
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That’s one of my techniques at keeping control of this place. They don’t look over here much now. I may take an early morning stroll across the property in my boxer shorts. And of course, no shirt. Kids won’t even come visit their parents anymore. 
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Oh, I had to cut two of my largest plants due to sudden onset maleness. I would’ve pollinated the whole southeastern corner of the state.
I saved some pollen from the one right out the back door. Got some Kashmir pollen, too. I gotta cut all males quick. I already have clones with seeds and some early buds are getting hit, too.
All seeds may be fathered by three dads conceivably. Best chance is Kashmir and others much lower chances. Any seeds could be epic. I’ll give the mom info soon. I hope to have all males finished and gone so I can get the real start of flower going without seeds. We’ll see. These seeds are being made from preflowers and not quite started flowers. I could have seeds and big buds on top of it all. Hope so. Peace. Gotta go wrangle six clones back into the house for more light.
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The Sour Bubble will be my first seed making venture. Got my hands on a small tent for that purpose. I’m gonna turn on the juice and cut the damn thing loose! If any Sour Bubble pollen somehow escapes that tent I consider it a win/win.
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There you go. That’s the way I think. If it’s all good genetics it should make interesting crosses.
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aYep, some of the best strains were from happy accidents.
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Magpie’s work is done. Back to hangin’ with his bitches! Thanks Magpie!
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