White Soil Mite?

Fresh ocean forest and roots organic from the hydro shop already contaminated... Any quick way to get rid of these I really don't have time to sit around cooking soil in the oven. I hate pest...

Microwave?

Depends entirely upon which mite you have in the soil.

Some soil mites are considered beneficial and some are predatory mites.

Try a Google image search for these few first.

Fermentation mite aka mould mite

Springtails

Hypoaspis miles.

Fermentation mites are a part of the composting cycle and feed on fungus etc.

Springtails are detrivorous feeding on decaying matter.

Hypoaspis miles are predatory mites that can feed on decaying matter and also thrips larvae, fungus gnat larvae, mould mites and a few others.




J

jondamon said:

Depends entirely upon which mite you have in the soil.

Some soil mites are considered beneficial and some are predatory mites.

Try a Google image search for these few first.

Fermentation mite aka mould mite

Springtails

Hypoaspis miles.

Fermentation mites are a part of the composting cycle and feed on fungus etc.

Springtails are detrivorous feeding on decaying matter.

Hypoaspis miles are predatory mites that can feed on decaying matter and also thrips larvae, fungus gnat larvae, mould mites and a few others.




J

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Thanks man, looked it up and its Hypoaspis Miles. Guess I will keep the lil buggers around

i have not found anything that gets rid of them

i have seen two kinds
1) fast, oval body, two long antenna, clear/white
2) round body with small head, very slow, clear/white

i have tried, mightywash, nukeum (may have been too low a dose), evergreen, spinosad, BTI

i am thinking of doing heavy nukeum or H2O2 drench