[Gerardo]

@BarbFL: I've been hitting them often. Neem/Karanja about once every 10-15 days, this is the main defense.



Spinetoram once a month is the projection, I've used it 3 times. I'm going to skip this month as the yellow sticky cards indicate all is well.



And flonicamid I've used once, at 3-4 weeks after planting to coincide with flowering. It gives you a 28 day window free of thrips, aphids and whiteflies. I doused everything in my garden, and I mean everything. I'll use it again when I plant out my fall plants. The directions say no more than twice a season.


I love grabbing samples from the hydro store, that Fish s%$# smells awful, but the plants really love it.



Glad to hear you had a long season. Insects are moving, and I've no doubt I'll be seeing new ones too. Lots and lots of those large crane flies here.


And I almost forgot, here is Tijuana, weather wise equivalent to inland San Diego, so hot and dry most of the time.