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What to do about leaf cups when spraying Avid for thrips?

9 years ago

Since many of my AV's are in between bloom cycles, I decided to bite the bullet and debud/debloom all the AV's in my war against thrips. About half way through Avid spraying ALL the plants but then wondered what to do about leaf cups propagating in AV soil which are near my growing plants? Any ideas?

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irina_co
9 years ago
spray everything green in your house. AV and not AVs. Thrips are not discriminating on what they eat - if there are no open blossoms - they will munch on the baby leaves.
Rosie1949
9 years ago
I would also spray everything growing, oops, I mean in the plant world only!!!! Rosie
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irina_co
9 years ago
Rosie - you are right - I do not think it will kill our intestine worms... So i will definitely skip humans and animals - why waste the product. Plus a lot of pesticides are lethal to fish.

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