Grizzly's Guide to Pulverizing Pests

Purplestickeypunch said:

Fungus gnat?

I noticed these little bastards munching on the round starter leave on a 3 day old girl.

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Someguy15 said:

Some kinda caterpillar larva probably...fungus gnat larva are clear with black heads and feed on roots, not leaves.

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potpimp said:

I ran across this online; I think it was called "Frugal Living" or something. I thought it sounded pretty good.

Garden Tip #1 – Slugs and Snails
Slugs and snails have a huge appetite for decaying matter and soft green leaves, and they can destroy a bed of lettuce in no time flat. I am having a huge problem with slugs right now eating my lettuce. All I did to get rid of them is use beer! That’s right! Slugs and snails LOVE beer! They are attracted to the yeast that is in it.

Here’s what you do: Take a pie tin and sink it into the dirt closest to your garden or flower beds. You want the top of the tin to be level with the ground. You may have to do more than one pie tin, depending on how big of an area you need to cover. Start in the evening and pour a can of beer into your pie tin. These slimy creatures are most active at night. What’s great about using beer to get rid of your slug and snail problem is these little guys can’t swim. Bahahaha! {That was my evil laugh} Then in the morning, you are going to find your ‘beer pool’ full of snails and slugs that died a very happy alcoholic death. Just pick up the pie tin and throw it away!

Garden Tip #2 – Aphids and other soft bodied bugs
You are going to want to make a Cayenne Pepper & Garlic Bug Killer Spray. This is going to be your very own homemade pesticide in a spray bottle.

Ingredients
3 Cups Warm Water {Your water needs to be pretty warm to help dissolve the pepper}
4 Garlic Cloves
2 Heaping tsp powdered Cayenne Pepper
1 squirt Dish Soap

• Blend all of these ingredients in a blender REALLY well. You don’t want any chunks clogging up your spray bottle. Then go outside {in the evening} and spray your leaves, stems, everything. Leave the pepper spray on overnight and then hose it off in the morning. You will have aphid free plants. Repeat this process every time you start to see an infestation coming along.

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romulan23 said:

Heres a few more...

These are one plant NY City Diesel

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Purplestickeypunch said:

Potassium deficiency?

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irishwyrick said:

I'm trying to identify what this is. i think its some kind of insect eggs. under a 30x scope they look like round tar balls. any ideas?


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Sr. Verde said:

Pretty sure that's calcium deficiency. Pick up some Cal Mag to use with every watering .

I'd say start a regimine of Cal Mag and your leaves will be a much healthier green. However those spots wont be reversed, it's permanent damage. So new leaves will be fine/the problem won't get worse, but it looks as though your into flowering. Next round will be much healthier if you use Cal Mag and maybe a little more N. Good luck!





Wheres the Ca deficiency in that chart? Potassium deficiency usually looks like discolored/burned up leaves. His leaves look to have little copper burn spots speckled about, with a lime green leaf color. That is Ca deficiency .

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