The things I am seeing are miniscule (one or two millimetres) and fly off from the plant when disturbed - nothing grub or insect like is on the leaves when you inspect - on or under the leaves.
You don't want to be spraying an insecticide on your herbs for obvious reasons, so consider the method I mentioned in my previous post. I used to have 2 large planters full of herbs just outside my south facing lounge. Whilst the plants were very happy there, thrips caused plenty of damage. Moving the plants elsewhere has solved the problem.
Billericay - Essex
Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
You don't want to be spraying an insecticide on your herbs for obvious reasons, so consider the method I mentioned in my previous post. I used to have 2 large planters full of herbs just outside my south facing lounge. Whilst the plants were very happy there, thrips caused plenty of damage. Moving the plants elsewhere has solved the problem.
You don't want to be spraying an insecticide on your herbs for obvious reasons, so consider the method I mentioned in my previous post. I used to have 2 large planters full of herbs just outside my south facing lounge. Whilst the plants were very happy there, thrips caused plenty of damage. Moving the plants elsewhere has solved the problem.
Gonna be tough to move half the garden around...
The pleasures of gardening eh? 😂
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
You don't want to be spraying an insecticide on your herbs for obvious reasons, so consider the method I mentioned in my previous post. I used to have 2 large planters full of herbs just outside my south facing lounge. Whilst the plants were very happy there, thrips caused plenty of damage. Moving the plants elsewhere has solved the problem.
Would you identify as Thrip damage the holes in the plants in my photos?
It was some years ago now so I can't be sure the holes on your plants are caused by thrips, but I remember thrips do leave masses of small dots on the leaves
If thrips are causing damage to your plants the plants will be weaker and other bugs may come along to join in the feast - maybe the thrips weren't there first and they arrived after some other bugs started to have a munch
It's a constant war out there!
Billericay - Essex
Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
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you can hear them jumping in the foliage when disturbed
Billericay - Essex
Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I used to have 2 large planters full of herbs just outside my south facing lounge. Whilst the plants were very happy there, thrips caused plenty of damage.
Moving the plants elsewhere has solved the problem.
Billericay - Essex
Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
Gonna be tough to move half the garden around...
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Would you identify as Thrip damage the holes in the plants in my photos?
If thrips are causing damage to your plants the plants will be weaker and other bugs may come along to join in the feast - maybe the thrips weren't there first and they arrived after some other bugs started to have a munch
It's a constant war out there!
Billericay - Essex
Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.