Fungas knats and spider mites

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2feather18

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I started autos I have a fungus problem and spider mite problem I was thinking of just getting rid of all the plants and starting all over is there anyway I can save my grow space
 
quirk

quirk

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Were you watering your plants too often? Before I wised up, saturated medium caused my early grows to become infested with gnats and mites.
I was suffocating the roots and providing an all you can eat smorgasbord for the little bastards.
 
CannabisErecticus

CannabisErecticus

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quirk said:
Were you watering your plants too often? Before I wised up, saturated medium caused my early grows to become infested with gnats and mites.
I was suffocating the roots and providing an all you can eat smorgasbord for the little bastards.
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Those fungus gnats were in the soil your probably using fox farms there’s an added pest bonus in every bag. Fox farms even has overwintered spider mite eggs in it but it’s much less common, than there normal thrip and fungus gnat eggs and larvae.
 
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2feather18

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quirk said:
Were you watering your plants too often? Before I wised up, saturated medium caused my early grows to become infested with gnats and mites.
I was suffocating the roots and providing an all you can eat smorgasbord for the little bastards.
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No it was actually already in the soil when I got it
 
Dapper_Dillinger

Dapper_Dillinger

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CannabisErecticus said:
Those fungus gnats were in the soil your probably using fox farms there’s an added pest bonus in every bag. Fox farms even has overwintered spider mite eggs in it but it’s much less common, than there normal thrip and fungus gnat eggs and larvae.
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Damn is this true bro because im using ffof? Should i pasteurize it or what? I cant do that shit in my house or my wife will flip out, ill take it to the park and borrow the grill or something if so.
 
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oill

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Use pest off blocks for 2 weeks then out them backnin a sealed bag for next time. You don't want them aboutnif you don't have to have them voz they arent great for your health.... they kill everything reliably tho.
 
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beercan

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2feather18 said:
Yes you're absolutely right you can get unlucky and get the one bag that just so happens to have bugs
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Got one or 2 of those myself, fighting fungus gnats now no mites thank god, what the best way to get rid of those boogers, tries using gnatrol in waterings, no luck, got sticky pads to catch fliers but need something to kill larvae, any suggestions to nuke em?
 
firsttimeARE

firsttimeARE

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My dad has been using FFOF andnhasnt had any bugs.

My first grown 10 years ago was fungus gnat city in the bag. And thats when I went hydro and never looked back.

Aint no bugs coming out the faucet
 
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2feather18

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beercan said:
Got one or 2 of those myself, fighting fungus gnats now no mites thank god, what the best way to get rid of those boogers, tries using gnatrol in waterings, no luck, got sticky pads to catch fliers but need something to kill larvae, any suggestions to nuke em?
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I got rid of Mine by using neem oil and insecticide soaps that didn't work so I covered it with sand 1/2 inch thick that got rid of it
 
Budzbuddha

Budzbuddha

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beercan said:
Got one or 2 of those myself, fighting fungus gnats now no mites thank god, what the best way to get rid of those boogers, tries using gnatrol in waterings, no luck, got sticky pads to catch fliers but need something to kill larvae, any suggestions to nuke em?
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Horticulture Sand / Bottom watering system .
Sand block egg laying - yellow stickies pull remaining adults. Bottom water keeps top soil from getting too wet for egg laying.

Mites - go with heavy ISO / Water mix ( I use everclear GRAIN ) when i had to battle the borg.
I mixed 50 / 50 with drops of dawn to “ smother “ .
This mix evaporates on leaf quickly but mites are shriveled / discolored and dead. It will kill clinging eggs. Then a water mist washing to dislodge corpses. Plant was fine from mix , but do not spray buds as it will burn up triches and pistils.

For those that got “ stuck “ into flowers , simple dunk bud washing ( vids on yt ) takes care of that.
 
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EricHansen

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if i had spider mites or anything like that i would throw away the whole crop and start fresh, you need to make sure your environment is clean
 
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