Comments on: The Houseplant Person’s Guide to Thrips

By: Caroline

Caroline — Tue, 26 Oct 2021 14:54:55 +0000

In reply to Mcjean.

Yesss! Such a great thing to do this time of year too – get plants all nice and neemed up for a bit of protection against pests in winter. It’s one of those tasks that’s quite enjoyable if you move all your plants to one room, get yourself a glass of wine, and dive in.

By: Mcjean

Mcjean — Mon, 25 Oct 2021 17:04:21 +0000

I like to do a neem oil/dish soap/water wipe on my monstera. Not only does it deter thrips, it makes your leaves nice and shiny!!!

By: Caroline

Caroline — Wed, 03 Mar 2021 21:09:00 +0000

In reply to Marieke. YAAAAAAY! I’m glad I could help! They really, really, REALLY love monstera for some reason.

By: Marieke

Marieke — Wed, 03 Mar 2021 20:28:03 +0000

Thank you thank you thank you for letting me know about the wonderful substance that is neem oil! I’ve not been able to get rid of thrips for about a year of my monstera’s (they left my other plants alone, strangely enough, although I suspect an adopted-from-the-streets calathea brought them in) – soaping leaves, spiritus and green soap, spraying water three times a week, chemical insecticide, nothing got rid for good of these assh*les. Until neem oil. One spray with neem oil solution and that was it. Wow. Miracle stuf.

By: Caroline

Caroline — Wed, 03 Mar 2021 06:11:41 +0000

In reply to Sarah from Keepin' It Frugal. Thanks so much! Thrips suck (ah, lolololol) but imo better than spider mites. They take waaaay longer to kill plants, though they’re harder to get rid of - easier to see too!

By: Sarah from Keepin' It Frugal

Sarah from Keepin' It Frugal — Sat, 27 Feb 2021 01:24:21 +0000

Ah man. This is the most refreshing article I’ve read for my plants in ages. Seriously hilarious and love your writing style.

In other news, it’s like I love to read about using neem oil also, but haven’t actually used it. Time to up the ante though as our philodendron (which I did NOT check with a magnifying glass) came home with thrips.

Keep up the awesome content.

By: Caroline

Caroline — Mon, 11 Jan 2021 11:56:20 +0000

In reply to Clie.

In my experience, it doesn’t matter *that much* what the pest is – if it’s damaging your plant, neem oil, showering, and persistence will win in the end!

By: Clie

Clie — Fri, 08 Jan 2021 03:11:20 +0000

I’m glad this article is helpful but without the gross pictures of those blasted pests. One help article I’ve read could have used something of a content warning (which says a lot, as I actually detest the idea of CWs).

By: Caroline

Caroline — Thu, 26 Nov 2020 16:38:40 +0000

In reply to Rich. I’m glad you liked it! Yeah, I was gonna go into the whole lifecycle of a thrips thing, but it was extremely dull and no one really cares.

By: Rich

Rich — Wed, 25 Nov 2020 16:24:38 +0000

This was actually hilarious, and very useful thank you, refreshing compared to most sites that have heaps of info that isn’t actually that helpful