dont know bout the pest strips but i just had a run in with some small white,(not quite microscopic) bugs. dont know what they were but they were in the soil, not on the plant or leafs so after reading i found that my best option was pyrethrin. made a trip to the convenient grow store and picked some up for 15$ (a bit pricy). mixed 1 tbsp with 1.5 gallons of H20 ( later found that this is a verry potent mix) and sence it was time to flush anyways i poured about .75 gallons of h20 thru the soil, then waterd the normal amount with the pyrethrin mix. no bugs and the girls are looking better than ever. if you cant get your hands on any thing made for your problem there are other options like the soap+h20 spray mix with oils or peroxide but i have no experience with them. also i dont know about soap in the soil, prob not good. can you order suplies online in your situation?

i know the key to an infestation is to stop the cycle of life for at leat one life cycle. i.e. if your bugs like moisture then find a way to remove as much moisture as possible, lets say they need the moisture to lay the eggs, if you remove the moisture then they cant lay eggs, grow old and die w/o ever laying eggs, then you just have to keep this enviroment untill all the buggies die w/o laying eggs.

neem oil works good, i know fox farms makes something dont bug me that is suposed to work pretty well. there are plenty of solutions so dont fret, just do something soon becaude thoes fuckers mutiply fast

sry for the late reply and all the typos...im tired

good luck