FIRST TIME GETTING THRIPS.
So as the title sais this is my first time ever getting thrips. ive had spider mites once too, but i think I just threw them away and started over and have never seen again. im growing in organic soil so im assuming thats where they came from cus ive started from seed, have never had them before, didn't introduce any new plants or had any visitors in my garden.my only guess is they so.ehow came jn one the the new organic amendments I added to my soil. defenatly a bit annoying cus I was just about to flip to flower but now im gonna have to deal with these guys first. ive purchased some doctor doom and done a foliage spray with that. I also have lots of the blue stickies to help with adults. ive now also added some diatemacious earth since I have a big bag from when I used to have chickens. I basicly covered the stems at bottom and tried my best to dust every leaf top and bottom. im gonna need to add some more to base of soil tommorow cus i had just watered and the surface was still bit wet. the damage from them was only on the bottom leafs where plant wasn't getting much light and everything above is nicely dark and green and healthy but I obviously dusted everything. they may look bad but I assure you its just the dust from DE. the very last picture is of one of the lower leafs that actually has some noticeable damage. at first I thought it was from too much humidity but then I took a closer look and defenately saw what was a thrip. from what I can see there arnt tons but there is some and I want to kill them off before flower cus obviously I will want to stop treatment in flower other than sticky pads and maby some DE on soil surface. Im also in Canada so im limited to certain pesticides. I think we do have a product that I can water in as well that is subsidy safe durring flower but I may also go pick that up as some extra reassurance that I can rid these guys quickly and effectively. Anyone else who has ever had thrips feel free to share some insight and what methods.or products you used that were safe and successful.