Get Rid Of Thrips FAST! 🌿 How To Treat + Prevent Thrips On Plants ❌ 

➡ Since making this video, my opinion has changed on a lot of things, and I'm now using biological pest control as opposed to chemical treatments. Although the methods in this video work, they can actually set your plant up for health issues over time. I go through all of this (and a more natural approach to pest control) in this video: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-aoeAahSsHqY.html

I’m binge watching lots of thrips and pest videos and I figured I would add 2 tips for everyone searching for pest solutions….. Using one of those sticky lint rollers on the leaves to get pests and eggs off of certain plants and then second tip is putting nice clean sandbox sand on the whole top layer of the soil and it will smother and kill certain pests and stop the breeding cycle. Good luck everyone ♥️

My plants developed thrips recently & I found a forever cure! I gave them to the garbage collectors! I have tried every anecdote offered on RU-vid & my nursery to get rid of fungus gnats with no success so I’ve decided I’m only going to have plants outdoors! It was a big loss financially but a big relief physically & memtally

I’m new to house plants and I came across your channel I watched a couple of your videos and they are very informative and helpful. I actually didn’t know these pest were common with house plants thank you so much for making me aware. You’ve been so helpful on my plant journey. Your truly are the best!!

This is my method and so far it is working really well for thrips. You need to come at thrips from all angles and kill thrips in every stage of life 1) quarantine any infested plants to a different room (ideally place plants on a hard surface or on a trash bag, not carpet also know when a plant just isn't worth saving, throw it away in a plastic bag and put in outdoor garbage (I like to still spray it with a mixture of half rubbing alcohol and half water to prevent outdoor plants from being infested as well 2) hand pick any leaves that are yellowing whether you see thrips on them or not and continue to do so as needed, you can also wipe thrips off healthy leaves with a 3:1 mixture of water and 70% rubbing alcohol using a cotton ball or small towel 3) blast the leaves and stems with water in the bathtub or outside with hose to wash as many thrips off as possible 4) once leaves are dry spray entire plant focusing on undersides of leaves especially near the bottom and stems as well as new growth with a store bought pesticide spray for thrips or a homemade mixture of neem oil and insecticidal soap, 2 tsps of each mixed into 16 ounces of water is my recipe, sometimes I also add 12 drops of 100% pure peppermint essential oil per 16 ounces of water. Make sure to shake spray bottle well before spraying and as needed as the oil needs to be mixed into the soapy water not settled on top. Always prepare a new batch every time you spray. Spray every 3-4 days until infestation is gone. 5) add Diatomaceous earth in a thin even layer on top of the soil and reapply after every watering. 6) Blue sticky traps are best but yellow work too, lay them on top of pot parallel to the soil or place right in the center of the plant as close to the soil as you can get 6) keep area clean, make sure you are wiping down areas around the plant with rubbing alcohol or hydrogen peroxide often, table, floor the pot they are in etc. Don't leave any soil or leaves laying around make sure to dispose of them in the outdoor garbage immediately and wash your hands after handling infested plants 7) I will also use a freshly mixed 3:1 mixture of 3% hydrogen peroxide and water as a soil drench when the plant needs watering (don't use this if the plant is bone dry, give it a drink of plain water first, wait a few minutes and then completely soak all of the soil with hydrogen peroxide and water mixture, only do this once or twice it will kill good things in the soil as well. This mixture only works if the hydrogen peroxide has not been open for more than 3 months and you use the mixture quickly after mixing it up. This way you are covering every part of the thrips life cycle and I guarantee it will work for pretty much any other plant infestation you can think of indoors or out.

After a few months of not knowing what was wrong in my house I finally figured I have Thrips. I feel so stupid, but I'm pretty new to plants and it took me loosing a bunch of plants before figuring it out. I've decided to try biological solutions (mytes mostly) so I ordered them and now fingers crossed I get a better plant year ... I love your videos!

Diatomaceous earth... sprinkle into the soil. The key is to understand the life cycles and attck them at all levels. You need to hit the leaves and the soil.

I have a big thrips infestation right now. Didn't know the signs and my calathea was what was being impacted first and I chalked it up to me giving my calathea tap water and not caring for it perfectly. Now almost all of my plants have it 🎉

I appreciate your efforts, I am at war with thrips on roses, monstera , hibiscus, and who knows what else. Thanks for the info

I don’t feel bad about killing any pest…especially spider mites and mealy bugs. I am currently battling aphids. In my collection, I have ventured into carnivorous plants and I just recently found mealy bugs and aphids on my Pinguicula rock, all my other pings look alright so far. I just treated two of my nepenthes as I found pests on them. I’m really hoping I can eradicate these awful little bugs. I’m really watching my Monstera Albo and Thai and a few other rare plants. I haven’t had to deal with aphids or mealy bugs before… just spider mites.

loved the video!😊

I have never owned a house plant in my life but this is my third video about plants

Just what I needed I've been struggling for a while thank you 🙏🏾💕

Do you know if you can use the provanto on cacti and succulents?

I've got a baaaaad case of thrips! I didn't notice, I've never had an insect problem on a house plant before. It killed a few small fine leaved plants and a prayer plant :( I'm on it now! Thank you :)

Would bonide systemic work well?

I have had plants for many years with no bugs but last year my huge Philodendron Selloum got them from being outdoors in my screened in porch. What a nightmare they are! I only seem to have them on this plant. I don't have many either... but one Thrips is too many. It's going back outside so I'll be able to treat it easier. It's too huge to be carrying back and forth to the shower. Great tips!

Does anyone know if the beginning of fall equates to plant growth to stop. All my tropical plants look healthy but literally stopped growing new leaves.

One thing Id do differently than stated is movong immediately.. id spray the plant or wipe a lot first as th larva fall off leaves everywhere. Then move and spraycit big time and isolate and wipe the area floors etc it came from.

Thank you. Miracle Grow had a bad batch of soil and after planting starts I had a infestation in about 4 weeks. These were starts being planted and they were never in soil. (Clarification yes I traced it back to a bad batch of miracle grow soil and I no longer use it for any plants).

Ok I think I’ve discovered something! I had a lot of thrips on my calatheas and monsteras. So I’ve wiped the leaves with a solution of isopropyl alcohol/fairy liquid (dish soap) and water in a Spray bottle.I use a little make-up removing micro fibre pad to wipe the leaves sprayed with my solution. Then I heavily padded the soil surface with sphagnum moss. It seems to have stopped the breeding cycle! I was noticing new thrips every morning and after wiping leaves daily, there are no more thrips! So I’ve put sphagnum moss in every pot!!

I got a very small dragon fruit plant about a year ago for my birthday, it was growing like crazy and very happy. A few months ago I started to notice sticky liquid on some of the vines and the stems dying in isolated areas. I didn’t know what it was but the plant was still growing lots so I just thought it might be a dragon fruit plant thing lmao. Then I noticed some tiny black specks but they didn’t seem to move around at all so I just thought it was dried pieces of the stem sheaths from new growth, again I ignored it. This went on for MONTHS and I legit didn’t really see anything wrong 😑. Then a few days ago I decided to give my dragon fruit plant a really big chop because it was a little bit wild and the dead patches had spread up several of the stems. While I was doing that I noticed lots more of the little black specks and saw some of them moving around when I picked them up. I filled a shallow tub with soapy, lukewarm water and dunked the leaves of the plant in and let is soak. Unfortunately I have a few plants in that room, all of which I found only a few thrips on but I’m sure there are more. However the worst part is that I have a GIANT spider plant, which is hard enough to clean even when it’s small but mine is about a foot and a half tall and 2 feet in diameter plus, like, 20 little babies still attached. Any tips on how to clean it? I’m already designating kind of 2 rooms to a TON of plants that all have fungus gnats, I’ve basically given trying to eradicate them all, I figure a certain amount of fungus gnats are just part of owning plants. I. Just keeping all the plants with thrips where they are since they all have it and I don’t want my other plants to have fungus gnats AND thrips.

Living in Kent UK, going outside in the summer you're covered in thrips. Before today I always called them "storm bugs".

Unfortunately I’m dealing with these right now. I have a ton of them in the soil. I’m new to the thrip game but one thing I noticed is that they float on water. So if your plants are okay with it, it might help to temporarily flood the pot with water and skim them off the top!

What is insecticidal soap? can you please explain me? I don’t get it.

Hi! Does boiling the soil kill any eggs that might have been in it?

I love your channel. You are so engaging and knowledgeable and clearly LOVE plants. Do you use nematodes and diatomaceous earth to kill and prevent pests? I had a really bad infestation of fungal gnats. It was so bad I could see the larvae crawling on the top of the soil and in the bottom of the cover pot, mega gross! Not to mention the irritation of the gnats buzzing round your face. However I heard that nematodes which are little bugs themselves but are completely safe for plants. These friendly bugs like to feast on fungal gnat larvae and eggs. Nematodes are completely natural and safe for plants, pets and children. I also discovered dusting the bottom of the cover pot or saucer with diatomaceous earth helps to kill any of the larvae that drops down through the pot. Diatomaceous earth is a natural substance and very abundant on Earth. Again diatomaceous earth is safe to use in your homes. It's interesting that you said you replace the top layer of the soil when you buy a new plant. In my experience I find that many pests live in the bottom of the pot and drop down into the saucer. Whenever I water my plants I always check inside the cover pot or saucer to see if I can find any squirming larvae or other dubious looking bugs that will have to be washed away.

Hello there, thank you for this video. I am a new plant hobbyist so this really come up in very handy. May I check if this solution works for all plants including those with velvety leaves? Eg. anthuriums and all? And for this treatment, in a no pest scenario, can it be used as a preventative? And if so, how often should this be done?

What colour will attracts thrips?

Hey! Have you ever used mosquito bits to tackle pests?

I water them with water which has onion skins in it around Onion skins worth to 2 litres. No thrips so far and i noticed dead flies.

Thanks for this video. I've been dealing w what I've determined is a massive thip infestation. It's such a long story but I was traveling and left my plants w a friend who overwatered them then over fertilized them (so I got my plants back with root rot and fertilizer burn) and then somewhere along the line thrips came into the picture. I've tried everything for the last 9 mos, starting with hydrogen peroxide bc of the root rot, then changing all the soil twice. Then ladybugs and nematodes a few times. The thrips are a widespread problem now over most of my collection. I think now that it's spring I'll be taking them outside and treating them with biological pest control. I ordered some sticky traps. I'm so bummed about this! But also, I'm pretty sure the issue is thrips and not something else like mosaic virus, so I guess it's good to know what the problem is. Anyway, thanks for the video.

Fighting pests with their natural predators is one of the best ways to fight them! Nematodes for example work wonders against fungus gnats!

What ratio of neem oil to water would you recommend for thrips? I I currently mix around 1tsp neem oil with 1tsp of washing up liquid/hand soap and then dilute in roughly 1litre of water. Is this strong enough?

I LITERALLY just bought 6 new plants 2 monstera deliciosa, 2 money trees, 1 ZZ as a succulent garden cluster. I added them right in with my other plants. It looks like there are only a few, still I intend to act quickly. Should I treat EVERY plant or only the monsteras?

Unfortunately, it took me 2 months to figure out what was happening to ALL my plants... I did everything recommended, and after 1 month and a half I'm on the second wave... Some of my plants have only stems, new leaves where just sprouting when the 2nd wave hit... I'm completely desolated... I never had anything like this ever! This is worse than one can imagine...

I've got a thrips infestation on about 35 plants. I've treated them twice with Captain Jack's Dead Bug and put systems insecticide granulars in the soil. I've got plants with deformed leaves. A local nursery told me to throw away any plants with thrips. I can't throw away this many plants. Any suggestions? Thanks!

Very new to houseplants and giving it a go. What about fruit fly type bugs im not sure if it is indeed a fruit fly but that’s exactly what it looks like😩

You never know for sure. Today I was inspecting my rosemary plant, and there was one bug that looked like thrips, and another that resembled a spider mite. There was also a spider web thread. The web wasn't typical for spider mites. It was more like a single thread than a cacoon. Plus the "mite" could actually be a beneficial baby spider. The "thrip" could also be something harmless or even useful from outside. Anyway, I killed them both just in case...

If applicable take cuttings . . . they are small and much easier to treat.

Great video. Thank you. I know what you mean, I always feel bad about killing the pests.

I just spotted thrips on my biggest and oldest plant a bird of paradise and my monstera deliciousosa also has them I sadly can’t put them in another room because I don’t have the right space for it I put them on the other side of the room cause that’s the best I can do should I expect all my plants to get them now?

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I have a majesty palm and I only see them when I water the soil they come out, there’s no evidence on the leafs thou and they do fly. My first plant too 😣

Would a layer of diatomaceous earth on the soil be a good idea to prevent pests? TIA 🌿

If thrips fly, do many get on the flat sticky traps?

I found a ladybird outside and put it right next to a spider mite on my benjamina and it totally wasnt interested 😢

Dealing with this currently.

HELP! I NEED SOMEBODY! HELP! NOT JUST ANYBODY! HELP! I REALLY NEED SOMEONE! HEEELLLPPP!!!

How do you know your plant is now thrip and pest free and ready to be introduced to the rest of ur plants.

getting thrips is like ur child coming home pregnant. worst nightmare

Plants out. Dirt in trash. Soapy water bath of all newly naked plants. Rinse. Wash pots with soapy water. Rinse and then repot in brand new, never opened soil.

Neem oil is so smelly! I couldn’t use it in the house 😢

Thrips goes down in the media also!!!

Name oil works only before plants are infested with strips and scales etc.. insects not after

Of all the types of plants i have, they choose the most expensive and my rare anthuriums 😢😢

I tried ladybugs, but my plants were outside and the birds eat them all.

Don't buy plants but instead buy seeds and grow them hydroponically = no pests. Using soil indoors just isn't sanitary unless you'd sterilize the soil and then add nutrients. Plants + Soil = Bugs sooner or later. Also one treatment is never enough, you gotta go HAM on those plants for a week, once every day at least. Over-watering is not a problem hydroponically and with soil-plants just remove all the soil as you'll probably need to cleanse the roots as well.

UGHHHH THRIPSSSSSS

Your thrips sound nasty. The ones I got cause my chili plants to ocasionally lose a leaf but the plants grow faster than that. I've had the thrips since a year now and the chili plants seem to handle them by themselves. And the thrips aren't even interested in my other house plants right next to the chilis. I still would obviously prefer to not have the thrips but getting rid of them sounds like a lot of effort. It's probably easier to just grow new chilis next year

This is one of those people that talk forever but never seem to say much or is just me?

sry I'm not a good English speaker, u talk so fast and lyrics recognize that as Indonesian so that I cant understand it well.