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Default Re: Control of Thrips?

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Originally Posted by voyager View Post
My Dwarf and Tall Hawaiian Apple [Brazilian] fruit have shown thrip damage to the fruit for all 6 of the years I have grown them.
They do not appear to affect the fruit other than visual appearance.

I would like to be able to produce fruit with nice clear undamaged skins.
How can I do this?
This is the method I use on bananas. Deflower and then put in an agribon bag. You can use spinosad to control thrips as well, but it's an expensive option.

https://www.ctahr.hawaii.edu/sustain...n%20Banana.pdf
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