Thrips Any Experience Appreciated

Hi there,

I'm a couple months into vegging my first indoor crop and am having trouble with Thrips. At first I thought they were spider mites, but they're enlongated and quick and a yellow green color. They also leave tiny black dots, a weird metallic sheen on damaged leaves, and droopy plants. They're living primarily on the undersides of the leaves and my methods so far are only working so-so.

I've given them a good spray down with garlic tea sprayed on the underside, and have been treating them with soapy water mistings. I've also been removing particularly infested leaves and burning them.

I've gathered I should get some Neem, but am on the fence about a fogger as well. I've got about 20 plants, so spraying the leaves is time consuming. I don't mind if it works, but if there's a better method anyone has run across I'd love to hear about it. Name brands of products you've had luck with or decent online hydro supply store links would also be great.

Thanks for any help!
Cait

be good if some kind of vapour would kill them, like paint stpipper (white spirit). just wack the bottle in there and all the fuckerd drop dead! how cool would that be. or some poppers(amall nitrate). wonder if it would have an effect on the bugs or the plants? someone should try!!!

get some amblyseius cucumeris. can pick them up from most grow shops. those little bastards will sort oot the thrips