a mite to remember

[crimsonecho]

don’t kill these guys if you have them, don’t drench your soil or soilless mix with pesticides, don’t use diatomaceous earth to cover the top soil either because these guys will do the job for free. hypoaspis miles, a beneficial guy all the way. scavengers, so they will eat any pest that spends at least one phase of its lifecycle in soil (thrips and fungus gnats are the obvious pests targeted by these beauties). you may even see them roaming on the lower leaves of small plants or on seedlings too, perfectly fine. they will never ever damage your plants and kill those only which will cause damage. love these mites.

 

[crimsonecho]

it is possible to see them gathered around like this too. please remember they are nothing to be afraid of or eradicated, them being there means your soil has plenty of organic material yet to be broken down and its a good thing and so are they

 

[PadawanWarrior]

I'm a big fan of predators.

 

[Budz.Bunny]

Did you introduce these or did they just come naturally

 

[PadawanWarrior]

Did you introduce these or did they just come naturally

Good EWC will have some naturally. Even the Wiggle Worm I got had a bunch.

 

[crimsonecho]

Did you introduce these or did they just come naturally

Good EWC will have some naturally. Even the Wiggle Worm I got had a bunch.

quality organic material and ewc has it as padawan said and they multiply abundantly when you feed them with more quality organic material. this is my indoor compost bin. and this pic is a tiny little tray with dome i use for popping tomato seeds and the medium i use in this tray doesnt even come from the compost bin. its just a seedling mix i keep seperate but once they are there, they’re everywhere always on watch always on duty i love these guys

 

[Marq1340]

I'm a big fan of predators.

 

[DoubleAtotheRON]

So are some others....

 

[DoubleAtotheRON]

But seriously.. those are the good guys... I've accidentally killed these mites out. Wished I would have known better.

 

[PadawanWarrior]

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I had to update the reaction. That is freaking awesome everytime I see it.

 

[DoubleAtotheRON]

I had to update the reaction. That is freaking awesome everytime I see it.

I'd expect nothing less from a .....


OP... forgive our antics.

 

[PadawanWarrior]

I'd expect nothing less from a .....

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OP... forgive our antics.

You know it,

 

[DoubleAtotheRON]

He's posting a pic ladies and gents.. give him a minute..... in 3.2...1..

 

[DoubleAtotheRON]

There it is... LOL... fucking love this book!

 

[PadawanWarrior]

There it is... LOL... fucking love this book!

We need to do colors one day. We almost would've had Blue today, but my last card was white, lol.

And hell ya, best book ever,

 

[DoubleAtotheRON]

We sure know how to derail a thread for a minute!

 

[PadawanWarrior]

We could make sentences too. You Whore Wipe Pecker Sniffer.

 

[DoubleAtotheRON]

Ahhhem..... any who...... those mites are good guys.

 

[PadawanWarrior]

You can buy them seperately too. Good Guys is actually one of the companies that sells them. I've ordered from Arbico and Good Guys so far, but most of my beneficial insects have came from EWC or Vermicompost.

 

[crimsonecho]

I'd expect nothing less from a .....

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OP... forgive our antics.

We sure know how to derail a thread for a minute!

i thought threads were supposed to derail well live and learn