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Originally Posted by ginger2778
Wow! If that's the case, I want assasin bugs too!
I have 54 plants but you only need to put them out every 4 feet or so to be effective. I get them at Amazon and they are cheap, $13 for 15 and each card lasts the entire season. I get 2 packs to get the free shipping. I know you aren't particularly interested, but if it is OK I am posting the link in case others may be. It cut down on my Neem spraying to almost nothing, so I love them. 
Here's the link: http://www.amazon.com/Yellow-Sticky-...y+yellow+traps
Marsha |
Ginger, I thought I read somewhere that it is the blue sticky traps which most atraccts thrips. One anecdotal bit of evidence I have of this is that I asmall plastic babypool on the backyard patio about 10' away from some of my tomato vines. That pool is the exact color of those blue sticky traps, almost cerulean, but a bit lighter in tone. It's constantly swarming with thrips top to bottom, which makes it easy spray them down on the pool surface. Next day, they're more. Unfortunately, it never seemed to be enough to reduce the population in the plants. Maybe I should hang a few plastic pools up above the cages.
-naysen