soil lice!
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IamAbigMan
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I've never heard of soil lice, but if it happens to be spider-mites you can g et yourself some neem oil and it should work just fine.
mazpot
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ok thanks for your reply. heres some +rep
mazpot
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Yeah no one seems to know what they are. They just better not be eat my girls roots.
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BoXofStankay
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Well, i Know they indicate something isn't right in your soil[read from past post in 08'] Best to google and study hard
OregonMeds
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No such thing.
Fungus gnat larvae I'm guessing, yes they eat the roots, go get some gnatrol.
Fungus gnat larvae I'm guessing, yes they eat the roots, go get some gnatrol.
wordtothewise
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You might have springtails...are they little white jumpers? If so they are beneficial to the soil because they live off of decomposing matter, but they multiply fast and are controlled with neem, or just use diatonaeus earth as a top dressing.
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BoXofStankay
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I disagree, I've seen many links on this issue of "soil lice" but I have nothing to base it on I guess.
What about this discussion?
http://boards.cannabis.com/plant-problems/156107-do-soil-lice-cause-yellowing.html
OregonMeds
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Well I could certainly be wrong we don't have every bug here that exists everywhere else but it's not something common but what is common is people seeing fungus gnats and completely ignoring them thinking they are harmless and not even seeing the larvae or not putting two and two together.
Whatever it is, kill it. The most beneficial insects I've ever seen are dead ones.
Whatever it is, kill it. The most beneficial insects I've ever seen are dead ones.
Nemo7788
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yeah i found out the hard way with my grow journal that ppl arent as helpful as i know they could be........it really sucks sometimes.
about your questiion, while ive never heard of soil lice, i have seen a small white insect thing in my soil once and it did kinda look like lice but that didnt add up to me and i forgot about it. that was like two wks ago and i havent had any probz yet so i think youll be ok. hope all is well
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BoXofStankay
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lol well said, +rep for just being cool and because i'm stoned.Well I could certainly be wrong we don't have every bug here that exists everywhere else but it's not something common but what is common is people seeing fungus gnats and completely ignoring them thinking they are harmless and not even seeing the larvae or not putting two and two together.
Whatever it is, kill it. The most beneficial insects I've ever seen are dead ones.
Tasty
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What color are they?
Do they fly?
I've had an experience with very tiny, silver gnat looking bugs in my soil. Come to find I was overwatering, not enough to have negative effects on my girls, but enough to sustain a ripe environment for these tiny bugs to multiply.
What I do now is stir the top two inches of soil to help airflow in the containers. I've also knocked down my feeds by 400ml per feed.
I haven't seen them since I started this routine.
Tasty
Do they fly?
I've had an experience with very tiny, silver gnat looking bugs in my soil. Come to find I was overwatering, not enough to have negative effects on my girls, but enough to sustain a ripe environment for these tiny bugs to multiply.
What I do now is stir the top two inches of soil to help airflow in the containers. I've also knocked down my feeds by 400ml per feed.
I haven't seen them since I started this routine.
Tasty
mazpot
Active Member
well they don't fly and yeah they seem to come more to the top when you water. I water every Monday and stir the top soil around to. also I have a fan on the soil and they seem to be gone, im sure though. I gathered 10 of them in a sandwich bag with soil but I don't see them multiply and its been a week. when I water on monday I will see if they are gone for good, thanks for your comment but they dont evolve to fly.
Gidday get some of those sticky yellow insect traps you hang around ther grow room and cut a few into pieces about an inch square and place them on the top !
the larvea will eat your roots and possible death. when I had some I could see the larvae in my res when the water drained back had to get some drench to finally kill em (was not good)