Just a follow up to this whole grow. I kept the thrips to a managable level but the little bastards just kept coming back until I added the last weapon to this multi-front battle which ended the thrip infestation. That last weapon was mosquito bits soaked in the water. The Bti stopped the little bastards in the soil, which I believe was the source of my constant reinfestation. I highly recommed including the mosquito bits into any thrip treatment stratagies. @Waira thank you for all your help. This plant is in this months BOM/POM, and I just finished weighing her up last night. She went 236 gr or 8.2 oz. So you can see that a thrip infestation is not the doom of a grow. You just have a lot more work and monitoring and you can still harvest a great yield. Here is a pic of the girl at harvest.
Ahhh yeah! 
That's a bud hedge right there! great job on the whole deal HM, and congrat's on the BOM-NOM too-- 
and that-
--slaps, all around! 
.... Cheers buddy! 
(and I don`t really hate many living things...), really, really lots! 
Kanop'-- It's a man made/synthetic version of pyrethrum basically, which comes from chrysanthemums flowers,.. it's effects, and hazards are pretty much the same too, but it does seem to have a longer breakdown time,... fine for canna' use, but as with anything, use on buds is best avoided if possible, residues are residues,.. I like spinosad better for this, on plants well into bloom,.. and consider doing that 2-3 part rinse routine on the buds right after harvest, though I don't like the use of hot water described in some protocols,...
