Pls help me ，Are these worms harmful?

[CN-man]

Today is a rainstorm, power is interrupted, I found some white hyphae on the coco soil, and then I looked at it with a microscope and found these things.

This is my plant, it has been 43 days. look healthy, but they grow very slowly. Do you guys think this is the reason or not?

 

[CN-man]

These white hyphae stick the soil together. These little worms seem to be eating these things, or are they making these things?

 

[coreywebster]

Could be fungus gnat larve

If thats the case you can water with hydrogen peroxide. Google for proper dilution.
Keep doing it weekly.

I might opt for that to be safe.

 

[CN-man]

Could be fungus gnat larve

If thats the case you can water with hydrogen peroxide. Google for proper dilution.
Keep doing it weekly.

I might opt for that to be safe.

Hydrogen peroxide water Is it watered or sprayed on the outside?

 

[coreywebster]

Hydrogen peroxide water Is it watered or sprayed on the outside?

Its watered into the coco.

 

[CN-man]

Its watered into the coco.

OK, thank you, I will do this, my child grows too slowly, she has many branches, and the stem grows very slowly. Do you have any suggestions?
You see it, my English is not very good, I hope you can understand

 

[Fupaslayer]

OK, thank you, I will do this, my child grows too slowly, she has many branches, and the stem grows very slowly. Do you have any suggestions?
You see it, my English is not very good, I hope you can understand

It doesn’t look to far behind from my knowledge though I’m still learning a lot! It might just be a little slow due to what’s in your soil; who knows how long they’ve been in there! Get rid of them and then hopefully things speed up after roots ain’t bothered anymore. Just my thoughts

 

[coreywebster]

OK, thank you, I will do this, my child grows too slowly, she has many branches, and the stem grows very slowly. Do you have any suggestions?
You see it, my English is not very good, I hope you can understand

You have a short stocky plant with tight internodes, she will stretch when you flower.
Possibly try running 18/6 lights on . Keep her warm, like 80f-85f to increase transpiration.
Make sure the pot is off the floor so it can drain and you have good air circulation.

She looks healthy though.

 

[CN-man]

It doesn’t look to far behind from my knowledge though I’m still learning a lot! It might just be a little slow due to what’s in your soil; who knows how long they’ve been in there! Get rid of them and then hopefully things speed up after roots ain’t bothered anymore. Just my thoughts

thank you，hoped that hydrogen peroxide will kill them.

 

[CN-man]

You have a short stocky plant with tight internodes, she will stretch when you flower.
Possibly try running 18/6 lights on . Keep her warm, like 80f-85f to increase transpiration.
Make sure the pot is off the floor so it can drain and you have good air circulation.

She looks healthy though.

OK.Thank you, you have given me a lot of help

 

[CN-man]

Its watered into the coco.

I searched how to use hydrogen peroxide. It seems that everyone's opinions are different and I have not found an accurate way to use it.

 

[coreywebster]

I searched how to use hydrogen peroxide. It seems that everyone's opinions are different and I have not found an accurate way to use it.

Yeah some say you can use 3% solution undiluted, some say one part h202 to one part water.
This article covers a few methods and suggests 4 part water to one part 3% h202.

Also note the slice of potato trick.

http://freeplants.com/fungus-gnats.htm

 

[CN-man]

Yeah some say you can use 3% solution undiluted, some say one part h202 to one part water.
This article covers a few methods and suggests 4 part water to one part 3% h202.

Also note the slice of potato trick.

http://freeplants.com/fungus-gnats.htm

Ok, I will try the potato first. So far I have not seen any adult of fungus. Maybe these things are not funguns

 

[coreywebster]

Ok, I will try the potato first. So far I have not seen any adult of fungus. Maybe these things are not funguns

Yeah possible. Couldn't see from the vid well enough.

 

[jondamon]

Imo @coreywebster these look a lot like DETRIVOROUS feeders aka detritus worms.

You get them in cycling fishtanks when using ammonia to cycle the tank.

A simple deworming tablet for dogs/cats gets rid of these worms but as far as I know they aren’t harmful to the plants as they feed on decaying matter.

 

[jondamon]

Yeah some say you can use 3% solution undiluted, some say one part h202 to one part water.
This article covers a few methods and suggests 4 part water to one part 3% h202.

Also note the slice of potato trick.

http://freeplants.com/fungus-gnats.htm

And before you say it!

I know I’m a geek lol.

I spent an entire year researching pests and how to eradicate them. Lol. Just for information purposes lol.

 

[coreywebster]

And before you say it!

I know I’m a geek lol.

I spent an entire year researching pests and how to eradicate them. Lol. Just for information purposes lol.

lol nothing wrong with been a geek.
Always easier when you know what your looking at. Taught me something new there.
So if you had them you would be happy leaving them be?

 

[jondamon]

lol nothing wrong with been a geek.
Always easier when you know what your looking at. Taught me something new there.
So if you had them you would be happy leaving them be?

It basically means there is something decaying in the medium.

Usually in organic growing you would see al sorts of things like this as they break down decaying matter into usable forms of ions for uptake etc.

Personally i hate anything living in my medium regardless of whether it’s beneficial or not lol.

 

[CN-man]

It basically means there is something decaying in the medium.

Usually in organic growing you would see al sorts of things like this as they break down decaying matter into usable forms of ions for uptake etc.

Personally i hate anything living in my medium regardless of whether it’s beneficial or not lol.

I think I know what those white hyphae are. It is a kind of mycorrhizal product produced in Japan. I buried it in the soil 4CM. After the power failure, these mycorrhizal bacteria produced white hyphae.
But those worms still don't know what it is, no doubt they are eating those hyphae.

 

[CN-man]

It basically means there is something decaying in the medium.

Usually in organic growing you would see al sorts of things like this as they break down decaying matter into usable forms of ions for uptake etc.

Personally i hate anything living in my medium regardless of whether it’s beneficial or not lol.

I used to think that mycorrhizal fungi did not produce hyphae... obviously, I was wrong.