So my soil has a bunch of mites in it...

So my new white widow seeds come in 2 days ago and most have their little tails out so im thinking perfect i'll plant them tonight and by 6am turn on the lights to begin their cycle. But reading this forum constantly for the last month I learn 1 thing, check the soil for bugs. So as im checking the "scott premium" soil i see a bunch of mites crawling around. Good thing I didnt put it in their but now im 100% sure im not going back to that home depot. Do i go to walmart and by the same brand potting soil or do I just use a different brand all together?

well I microwaved the soil and it killed em. just posting incase anyone else has future problems like this,peace

Microwaving works, just make sure you got it ALL microwaved. THOROUGHLY. I'd wait a couple days, and microwave it again just to be safe, then bake the crap out of the soil.

also don't water as much when the soil is wet, the fugus knats larva appear as for spider mites and other bugs just use spray. walmart has a spray that you can use up to the day of harvest.

KaliKitsune said:

Microwaving works, just make sure you got it ALL microwaved. THOROUGHLY. I'd wait a couple days, and microwave it again just to be safe, then bake the crap out of the soil.

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HNIC09 said:

also don't water as much when the soil is wet, the fugus knats larva appear as for spider mites and other bugs just use spray. walmart has a spray that you can use up to the day of harvest.

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Thanks for the reply, yea now im gonna microwave this shit again and again and again. then bake like you said. I dont have a couple days though sadly these babies need to go in by atleast tomorrow.
Yea I ill let it dry out also. I'm gonna get that spray asap. I'm hella paranoid about pests man. thanks and

Also, if you want to not worry about fungus gnats, once you get your plant established and it's a couple of inches tal, put down an inch of sand across the top of the soil.