Perennials: Thrips question, 1 by CountryGardens

CountryGardens wrote:
We use a liquid drench after are bulbs are cleaned.
We had a fairly bad infestation in 2007. We treated all the corms before storing. They were stored at around 40º.
I never had to spray in past summer & no sign of thrips.

I found out that thrips thrive in onions. We made sure no onions were close to glads this year. Maybe this helped.

Also I bought new bulbs from a different source in 2007. Maybe I bought them!

Our year is nearly over. My tally shows sales of 1368 bunches of flowers, each containing 6 spikes. That is over 8000 spikes! Made many people happy. Many were bought by people who were taking them to their church.

Good growing to all!
Bernie