Can't figure out what these are , 3 weeks flower

aquadel said:
I cannot figure out if these are spider mites or white flies or something els?? . I can't find any webbing and and only find them on 1 plant, there not on all leaves but the leaves they are on there in abundance. I'm about 3 weeks into flower and plants are quite big !!!! Any pointer would be a great help !. I only just found these tonight and will be going to the shop tomorrow to pick up something for what Eva it is
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aphids for sure,if ta only got couple plants u can hand pic go over each plant once a day 4-5 days u have under control they don't jump easy to contain
 
Just watch out for ants. They will defend the aphids and bite you if you try to touch them...Probably not a big deal inside though........They farm the honeydew secretion the aphids give off. I get hundreds of ants defending thousands of aphids on my sunflowers. They remind me of shepherds tending their flock. These are a shield type aphid that they protect for months.

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@thumper60 Just found that IPM pdf Definitly the shit.


In case someone doesn't have a PDF viewer

Methods of Control • Create habitat for beneficial insects • Control ants • Repellents: Dilute garlic, onion or chilies with water • Insecticidal soaps • Diatomaceous earth • Vegetable oils • Botanical Insecticides (Neem) • Physical (water sprays)
 
thumper60 said:
aphips don't need a mom an dad to breed,they all lay eggs once old enough
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Thats even worse., Didn't know that since i never deal with them., I only had spider mites once. Since then i believe in prevention, i mix my soil with spinossad and spray neem.. Good one!!
 
Tupapa said:
Thats even worse., Didn't know that since i never deal with them., I only had spider mites once. Since then i believe in prevention, i mix my soil with spinossad and spray neem.. Good one!!
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ya aphids arnt half as bad as mites,but ya gotta stay on top of things
 
Yeah I've noticed the odd rare ant or two but it would not be an easy mission for ants to get into my room I've also noticed 1 lil black fly looking thing and a couple lil specs that fly away from I go to touch them I gave them a light spray with next to no soaps , and just waiting for lights on again and am just going to get 2 sponges and a bucket of water and wipe the tops and bottoms of every leaf and stem every day or two for the next couple weeks
 
I have not tried this but I have heard that you can catch them by using double sided scotch tape on the stems. Every kill counts....
Sounds like you may have a few fungus gnats or flying root aphids. If you dig down in the soil about two or three inches around the stalk, you will probably find larvae. Little white worm larvae is fungus gnat and they are fairly common. Root aphids are a bit more of a headache but both can hurt your finished product so its best to take care of them before they start flying and laying eggs.
 
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NaturalFarmer said:
I have not tried this but I have heard that you can catch them by using double sided scotch tape on the stems. Every kill counts....
Sounds like you may have a few fungus gnats or flying root aphids. If you dig down in the soil about two or three inches around the stalk, you will probably find larvae. Little white worm larvae is fungus gnat and they are fairly common. Root aphids are a bit more of a headache but both can hurt your finished product so its best to take care of them before they start flying and laying eggs.
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I'm growing in bubble buckets with clay balls, I had a fungus knat problem last time when I was doing a top feed dwc so I stopped the top feed this time and added extra air pumps , seemed to stop the fungus knats I'll take a small dig through my balls some lights on again and cheers hahaha I'm deffffantly going to try the tape thing and get some double sided tape to cut off my plant into sections
 
I bought ladybugs in the past,they eat a lot of aphids.They never kill all though,it would get rid of their food source.
 
aphids by looks of it too me you can spray with liquid lady bug which is kinda organic and works well with continuous careful application. I would def not spray the buds directly or if you want to go even more organic order some live lady bugs or other natural predator and let them do their thing. you shouldn't be fucked but you gotta act quickly and carefully. Hopefully this helps some.
Goodluck!bongsmilie
 
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