Late flower, early thrips… Harvest early?

Finish the grow and then clean the room with a chlorine solution. You can succesfully grow with thrips, they don't cause that much damage if they're kept down, but they're almost impossible to get completely rid of if you don't go full protocol zero and clean everything thoroughly before popping another seed. It sucks if you have mother plants. Bud wash works very well with bugs, if it's only a light infestation at harvest time you don't necessarily have to do the full 3 bucket wash but can rinse the plants well with a shower, but you're past the point where not washing at all is a viable option if you don't want to be inhaling cooked bugs. Bud washing doesn't hurt the potency or flavor at all, so don't worry about that part.