Ok before I go into a lot of detail this is how this came about. I have a separate sexing chamber, and I have a grow/flower chamber. I recently had 3 plants to sex and one White Widow from clone that remained in the grow/flower chamber. I sexed the other three plants in a very low quality chamber and when I left on vacation left a friend to water them. They were over watered severely and this is when I noticed these gnat like things. I kind of blew it off and added cinnamon to the soil, this helped a lot and kept them at bay. I then noticed that the 3 plants were indeed female, but at first thought they were males. So I neglected them and one day noticed that the mango that I was growing was budding very nicely, so I moved it into the grow chamber and now I have a bad problem! I quickly noticed that the leaves of my large white widow were having problems. At first it looked like a spider mite problem, until I really found out it was not mites but some sort of soil dwelling organism. The mango and White widow are 4 weeks into flower, I am not restarting as some have told me to do!!
The first look at my leaves!
Now the 30x picture of the critters!
It took me a long time to catch one of these, They seemed to teleport every time I had one lined up for a quick shot of HOT SHOT! I scooped some top soil up and spread it out and took aim, They weren't teleporting but jumping quickly and very illusive. Finally found one in a puddle of hot shot and took this picture!
I have already tried SNS217, at first thinking it was a mite problem, but that is not the case.
I believe these are either Root Aphids or Thripes!?
PLEASE HELP ME FIND THE BEST SOLUTION TO THIS PROBLEM!!!
Updated Picture! Found this on the bottom of one of my leaves!
Here is an excellent picture of the species of gnat. can anyone ID?!
As of now I have sprayed SNS217, watered with a gallon of water + 1 TBSP of H2o2 (Hydrogen Peroxide), and a pea sized chunk of bar soap. It seems to have stopped a lot of the movement I was seeing on the top of the soil. The grow shop around me is currently closed till tomorrow. That's when I will buy more specific sprays.
So far my preventive strategy is to buy some beneficial nematodes for the soil, shown to eat almost all pests that you need to worry about. I probably will also get an army of lady bugs going soon, but I am also going to the hydro place and buying bug off by fox farm with pyratheum.
this is some info on nematodes
Beneficial Nematodes are microscopic warriors. Our Nematodes will eat soil boring pests in your garden such as flea larvae, cutworms, weevils, whitegrubs, moth larvae, rootworms, borers, and much much more. Beneficial Nematodes do not harm other beneficial insects, worms, plants, pets, or people. They are very effective, and easy to use.
The first look at my leaves!
Now the 30x picture of the critters!
It took me a long time to catch one of these, They seemed to teleport every time I had one lined up for a quick shot of HOT SHOT! I scooped some top soil up and spread it out and took aim, They weren't teleporting but jumping quickly and very illusive. Finally found one in a puddle of hot shot and took this picture!
I have already tried SNS217, at first thinking it was a mite problem, but that is not the case.
I believe these are either Root Aphids or Thripes!?
PLEASE HELP ME FIND THE BEST SOLUTION TO THIS PROBLEM!!!
Updated Picture! Found this on the bottom of one of my leaves!
Here is an excellent picture of the species of gnat. can anyone ID?!
As of now I have sprayed SNS217, watered with a gallon of water + 1 TBSP of H2o2 (Hydrogen Peroxide), and a pea sized chunk of bar soap. It seems to have stopped a lot of the movement I was seeing on the top of the soil. The grow shop around me is currently closed till tomorrow. That's when I will buy more specific sprays.
So far my preventive strategy is to buy some beneficial nematodes for the soil, shown to eat almost all pests that you need to worry about. I probably will also get an army of lady bugs going soon, but I am also going to the hydro place and buying bug off by fox farm with pyratheum.
this is some info on nematodes
Beneficial Nematodes are microscopic warriors. Our Nematodes will eat soil boring pests in your garden such as flea larvae, cutworms, weevils, whitegrubs, moth larvae, rootworms, borers, and much much more. Beneficial Nematodes do not harm other beneficial insects, worms, plants, pets, or people. They are very effective, and easy to use.
- 1 pint contains 7 million nematodes.
- For use in soil: mix nematodes with soil, or peat moss, etc. For use on boring insects: dilute with water.
- For pests spending all or part of their life in, or on soil, apply Nematodes as a mulch, as a top dressing, in seed furrows, or in transplant holes at planting. No expensive equipment needed.
- For lawn insects use as a topdressing, then water in. Use 1 pint to spot treat 370 sq. ft. infested with white grubs.
- For boring insects mix Nematodes with water, pour or spray the mixture.
- Sprayers are also suitable to use. These Nematodes will hunt down and kill pests in their burrows as no chemical can.
- These Nematodes are compatible with botanical and biological insecticides and can be applied during the fall, spring, or summer, any time soil is not frozen. They work on overwintering pest insects while they are in soil, bark, or ground litter.
- Indoors: use these Nematodes to fight pests like black vine weevils, fungus gnats and their larvae on houseplants or hot house vegetables. Spread it on top of the soil, or use it in potting soil.
| artichoke moth larvae | fungus gnat larvae |
| banana moth larvae | greater peach tree borers |
| black currant borers | gypsy moth larvae |
| black vine weevils | Iris borers |
| cabbage root maggots | Japanese beetle larvae |
| carpenterworms | mole crickets |
| codlingmoth larvae | onion maggots |
| corn earworm | pine weevils |
| pine weevils | poplar clearwing borers |
| corn rootworms | raspberry crown borers |
| Cranefly (tipulid) larvae | root maggots |
| cucumber beetles | sod webworms |
| cutworms | strawberry weevils |
| cutworms | tobacco budworms |
| dogwood borers | white grubs |
| flea beetles | wireworms |
| flea larvae | woolly aphids |
