Daveindiego
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Found this running around my coco. Not on the plant.
I ended up pulling this plant altogether.
I ended up pulling this plant altogether.
Found this bug in my coco. WTF is it?
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Daveindiego
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My guess is it’s a fungus gnat. Based on the closest thing I could find on growweedeasy dot com.
hotrodharley
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I don't see the antennae of a fungus gnat. How large is it?
Daveindiego
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Barely perceptible, super tiny. I was only able to find a few, only on one pot. They moved quickly. I was able to find this one with my macro lens setting after searching for a while.
3rd Monkey
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Sure looks like a gnat to me. I'm of the opinion, kill them all and let God sort it out. Beats the sloppy shit out of an infestation!
DE!
DE!
Coke N Colas
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Definitely a fungus gnat I'd say. If u zoom right in I can see what looks to be an antenna
Get those sticky yellow cards and stick them to a skewer in the medium.
Get those sticky yellow cards and stick them to a skewer in the medium.
3rd Monkey
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Plant's pulled. Bin it and layer it with DE. Whatever doesn't come out to an agonizing death will starve.
Daveindiego
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Is this a controllable problem, or could this easily lead to an ugly infestation?
Daveindiego
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Daveindiego
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DE?
3rd Monkey
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Diatomaceous Earth. It'll kill EVERYTHING that's not as big as a ladybug.
Daveindiego
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The WHOLE point of using coco was ‘no bugs’.
Thegermling
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I grow in pure coco. Some times I get them. Theres many reasons why fungus gnats can end up in ANY media. Sometimes the warehouses where many medias like soil and pure coco are left on pallets next to each other is all it takes to get fungus gnats.
Use this product
You need BTi (whats in mosquito dunks) Bacillus thuringiensis subspecies israelensis. This product has it in super concentrated form and you dont have to go through the pita of breaking up mosquito dunks. Start with 6 drops per gallon at first. I applied once and the fungus gnats disappeared. Diatomacous earth only works when its dry I believe. I have a thread on how to kill these things organically if youre interested.
I wouldnt have pulled the plant if there were a couple (1-5) flying around.
3rd Monkey
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Moist medium and sap... They aren't prejudiced.
natureboygrower
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Was that the bag of coco you had on your patio for 5months?
Daveindiego
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No. I used fresh coco. I kept that bag around for the last time around. It’s gone.
I had another half a bag left over this time around too, and kept it around, just in case.
Daveindiego
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First I’ve seen them. Plants just indicated flower a week ago.
Daveindiego
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Thank you very much.
The plant that got pulled was also looking a little ‘runtish’, and it freed up room.
Coke N Colas
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