Black little bugs running about in soil!? Help?
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grasscropper
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Fungas gnats by the sound of it. Let the soil dry out completely...try cinnamon and sprinkle on the top of the soil...apparently they hate it... and it won't harm the plant. Hang fly strips or paper. If they get out of control they get into the root mass and feed off them.
19mikey90
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justanotherbozo
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...post up some pictures bro if you want more specific advice and cinnamon is a spice dude, you know, you put it on your waffles? ...which means you can get it at the supermarket.where can i get cinnamon from?little tiny bugs like fleas, dont want to have to destroy seedlings, not cheap when paying £55 for 10 seeds
peace, bozo
justanotherbozo
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...chewberto is right, do a google image search for fungus gnats, thrips and spidermites so you'll know what they look like, you need to know for sure what they are because the treatment isn't the same for all of them. ...and these three are the most common pests so learn what they look like now.
...and cinnamon is nearly useless as a pest control, in my opinion it is a waste of time and effort.
peace, bozo
justanotherbozo
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...if they are fungus gnats then a couple yellow sticky traps will control them with ease.there look like fungus gnats ill try take picture now 2 minsThanks So Much For Trying To Help Guys
peace, bozo
chewberto
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You might have trouble getting a pic, but try! Fungus gnats can be controlled a number of ways, yellow sticky traps, hanging traps for the flying adults, and cheap mosquito dunks will work on the larvae...other products will work on larvae as well but dunks are readily available an fairly inexpensive....water drench with them
justanotherbozo
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...man, you need to do some basic research and i can tell that just by looking at that soil, ...can you take a shot or 2 from a step back? ...so we can see the pot as well? ...at that stage they are very fragile and easy to kill and neither of those seedlings look particularly healthy.nope couldnt see any when i just looked these are my plants atm, just hope there okay
2nd Pic Have Not
...i'd seriously recommend you either go to a bookstore and get yourself a couple books on cannabis horticulture, and there will be a much larger section on the topic than you might imagine.
or, if you are familiar with torrents then go to PirateBay and do a few search's and i promise you will find an assload of books AND videos available for download.
the fact is all you really need to do is go to youtube and you'll find all the video you would want, you just can't download and keep them.
peace, bozo
19mikey90
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done research, but never seen these before, im watering plant every 3 days, and im just confused as how to kill these fungus gnats, as loads of discussions about it and stuff not working, and got told other day that my plant was looking Healthy, can you please explain how my plant looks unhealthy?
chewberto
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Well it looks like your media doesn't have much aeration... Also the yellow first leaves show an issue! Sprout roots an have trouble penetrating such a tough ground! Regarding the gnats, Only water when it feels pretty damn dry, do it once really good and repeat... Drain excess water from drip trays, thy will help too.