The tiny “thrip” is chomping and sucking its way through flowers and vegetables in Haines, breaking the hearts of gardeners.
“They kill things. They’re awful. People have done things to stop them but have only been minorly successful,” said Stephanie Scott, a commercial flower grower and advocate of home-based agriculture.
“People have lost entire pea crops. They’re a major hit,” Scott said.
The black, flying pests, about a millimeter long, have claimed fuschias on…