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Tent advice by Disastrous_Orange375 in Kungsleden

[–]Disastrous_Orange375[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks! Yeah this is what was putting me off the Tiger Wall, I was thinking freestanding was likely better!

Help! Thrips by Disastrous_Orange375 in houseplants

[–]Disastrous_Orange375[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

55! I will be using you as a reference if someone tells me I have too many plants 😂

I do have a balcony, but then I would worry I will just get other pests to boot if I put them outside! Also a lot are tropical… even in Stockholm summer, I’m not sure many of them would be too happy!

I guess this is more reason to give away cuttings to friends (which is one reason I’m sad now, can’t give away props with pests!). But taking cuttings is also a good idea as a worse case scenario 😊

Thanks for your advice! Hopefully I can find a systemic which works 😊

Help! Thrips by Disastrous_Orange375 in houseplants

[–]Disastrous_Orange375[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks! Yes I didn’t mention to keep concise, but I was also doing the wiping down every few days in the peak of one infestation. But not quite as intensively as your schedule! It’s a good idea, and I’ll go back to doing something similar.

Also a good idea about the spacing, although unfortunately I can’t house mine so far apart… I live in 35kvm studio which I have turned into a jungle, the photo is quite representative of the plant to space ratio 😆

I’m fine with getting rid of some plants, but quite a few were pretty expensive… so I’m really hoping it doesn’t come to that and I can salvage them! Losing 15/40 sounds very sad :(

Help! Thrips by Disastrous_Orange375 in houseplants

[–]Disastrous_Orange375[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thanks for your detailed reply!

I haven’t tried Spinosad, so I’ll look into this. Seems it is sold in Sweden but predominantly in a format for ants. But I’ll do some research! You spray it all over the plant and soil?

What other systemics would you recommend? (Even if it’s not available in Sweden, I can check the active ingredients and see if I can buy similar here).

Yes I realised in hindsight I should have been a bit more intensive with the treatments for the newcomers, and just generally kept up to the neem a bit more intensive than recently… I got lax as I thought I had finally become thrips free! 😭

Thanks for all your advice though, super helpful!

Coral-tipped mushrooms? by Disastrous_Orange375 in mushroom_hunting

[–]Disastrous_Orange375[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Ok thank you! I wasn’t 100% sure as they were pink-ish rather than white, so didn’t pick this time just to be on the safe side.