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title: "Okay so I’m freaking out. 🥲 I found thrips on my Adansonii and this…"
description: "Okay so I’m freaking out. 🥲 I found thrips on my Adansonii and this is the first time I’m ever dealing with pests. I was searching my plants like a madwoman…"
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community: "Pests, diseases and problems"
author: "Meg 🍄🦢🌿🔆🧚🏼"
published: "2026-08-07T11:23:52.631199Z"
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# Okay so I’m freaking out. 🥲 I found thrips on my Adansonii and this…

_Posted by Meg 🍄🦢🌿🔆🧚🏼 on 2026-08-07_

Okay so I’m freaking out. 🥲 I found thrips on my Adansonii and this is the first time I’m ever dealing with pests. I was searching my plants like a madwoman last night.

I ordered Captain Jacks dead bug and Bonide systemic houseplant insect control…. I took two plants completely out of their nursery pots and soaked them completely in water, Insecticide, a little bit of alcohol and Peppermint Castile soap…  
For a couple of the plants I used a spray bottle with Neem Oil, Alcohol and Peppermint Castile Soap and sprayed the leaves front and back and did the Granules.  
For the rest of my plants, I sprayed the leaves with the captain Jacks and the top layer of soil and then added the Granules to the top layer of soil. I wiped all the leaves front and back after using the Captain Jacks. These are all the plants below that I did and they’re “Quarantined” in my bathroom that has no window so I have a grow light not on full capacity but just so they can have light…

Can someone let me know if I’m doing this right?! 😭 and how long they would need to stay away from their homes? lol I have seen several different ways of doing it which I think is why I decided to try a few different ways…. Also just being afraid lol.

Thank you to anyone who actually takes the time to read this and respond to this overwhelmed plant mom. 💕

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## 3 comments

### Eva commented on 2026-08-07

I’ve also just found thrips for the first time and have bought 30l of replacement soil 🤪 Looking forward to hearing recommendations!

### Marie commented on 2026-08-07

I am in the middle of a thrips battle. I am spraying my plants every week with pyrethrin, the plan is to do that for 5 weeks just to be sure. I also just added some Hypoaspis mites to the soil to take care of the larvae.

### Peggy commented on 2026-08-09

What do thrives look like how can we tell if the plants have them?

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