Springtails - what to do?

[Cwmoore577]

Started seeing small bugs in my runoff trays. I noticed when trying to get one under the microscope that they jump.



My plants are autoflowers that are in early flowering (week 7)



I’m also in a coco medium. After reading about them most say to cut out moisture to get rid of them so I’m unsure how to do that when I have to water 2-3x a day.

I have two pesticides on hand..

Green Cleaner (39% soybean oil, 19% sodium lauryl sulfate)

AzaMax (1.2% Azadirachtin)

What should I do?

 

[steve870]

if your plant is big enough there are no worries they won't do very much damage. Just leave propper dryback

 

[Cwmoore577]

if your plant is big enough there are no worries they won't do very much damage. Just leave propper dryback

Leave what?

 

[steve870]

let it dry at the propper level everyday

 

[jondamon]

let it dry at the propper level everyday

It’s coco Steve. It shouldn’t dry out. Lol. So with springtails it’s hard to allow proper dry out as you would in soil.

I’ve suffered with springtails on the odd occasion.

I tend to do a soil drench consisting of MONTERAY GARDEN INSECT SPRAY, NEEM OIL and a couple of drops of dish soap as a surfactant.

It seems to knock them down quite well.


But if population numbers are only small I wouldn’t worry.

 

[steve870]

It’s coco Steve. It shouldn’t dry out. Lol.

Lol yes it should to a certain percentage unless you don't know what you're doing. They are multiple fertigation phases that should be respected to a certain extent everyday just like rockwool growing

 

[jondamon]

Lol yes it should to a certain percentage unless you don't know what you're doing. They are multiple fertigation phases that should be respected to a certain extent everyday just like rockwool growing

Yeah I get what you’re saying. But to the unknowing they’ll think it’s still wet lol.

You can dry out coco to the point of almost wilting the plant but when this happens it fucks with its CEC capacity and can take a while to get back on track.

My honest answer to anyone new to coco is to always keep it wet.

 

[steve870]

Yeah I get what you’re saying. But to the unknowing they’ll think it’s still wet lol.

You can dry out coco to the point of almost wilting the plant but when this happens it fucks with its CEC capacity and can take a while to get back on track.

My honest answer to anyone new to coco is to always keep it wet.

yeah ok it get what youre saying. Definetly no one should get it bone dry

 

[jondamon]

yeah ok it get what youre saying. Definetly no one should get it bone dry

But what I have noticed is that the OP is feeding 2x-3x a day.

Personally I only feed once per day. I use nearly 3 gallon pots. (11 litres) and water every day once only.

I find this keeps my coco moist enough and if I need to I can skip a day feeding if I need the coco to dry out a little further.

It would take approx 3 days in the height of flowering for my plants to completely dry out.

 

[steve870]

yeah i prefer multi feeding in 1 gal pots it gives me more control i can feed 6-7 times per day

 

[coreywebster]

Spingtails don't hurt anything. But you can water with peroxide if you want to melt the little shits.

Google for the dilution rate.

 

[IIReignManII]

Springtails are beneficial soil bugs I get happy when I find them in my soil

 

[PadawanWarrior]

It’s coco Steve. It shouldn’t dry out. Lol. So with springtails it’s hard to allow proper dry out as you would in soil.

I’ve suffered with springtails on the odd occasion.

I tend to do a soil drench consisting of MONTERAY GARDEN INSECT SPRAY, NEEM OIL and a couple of drops of dish soap as a surfactant.

It seems to knock them down quite well.


But if population numbers are only small I wouldn’t worry.

I heard you don't want to use spinosad and neem at the same time. The neem kills the bacteria in spinosad, or something like that.

 

[jondamon]

I heard you don't want to use spinosad and neem at the same time. The neem kills the bacteria in spinosad, or something like that.

Well one of them is working lol.

 

[jondamon]

I heard you don't want to use spinosad and neem at the same time. The neem kills the bacteria in spinosad, or something like that.

But thanks. I’ll Definately Bare that in mind next time I use it.