DannyGreenEyes
Well-Known Member
Yesterday I saw some Thrip damage and when I checked I saw some Thrips. I just got rid of some last week, no big deal there.
While I was looking I saw 2 white dots about the same size as the Thrips but they moved a lot faster. About the speed of a full grown Thrip.
Also when I cut a leaf off there's seemed to be a small spider web or something on the leaf that I couldn't see. When I cut a leaf off a piece of perlite was hanging just under the leaf, and I couldn't see what was holding it there.
I sprayed last night with Mite X and today I put a stocking over my intake (where the Thrips are coming from). I also just released 1500 lady bugs in the veg/flower room.
Then I went to check on my rooting station. I have a Rapid Rooter tray with a dome and 6 or 7 rooted clones in a 14" saucer. While I was checking on them something fell in the saucer which still had a little water in it from last night. It was a dead Gnat. (not sure what killed it)
This is the 3rd time that something fell near me that I saw out of the corner of my eye and heard fall, but this is the first time that I found what fell.
The Gnat is black with grey wings. Sorry the pics aren't very good, especially on something so small.
When I squished it red came out. I think I found the little shit that bit me twice last night. And Gnats also explain some of the strange damage I've been seeing to some of my leaves.
I checked the dirt and seen nothing. I rarely have any water at all in the run off saucers and the top layer of soil is dry most of the time.
Now I'm not worried about my veg/flower room. Anything that survived last night is getting eaten right now. (knock on wood). I do have a few questions though.
1 - Do any gnats have red blood & if not, which ones bite?
2 - Is this a Fungus Gnat or Black Gnat? If not, any idea what kind of Gnat it is?
3 - Can adults this size lay eggs? And if yes, should I move the rooted clones in the flower/veg room so the lady bugs can give them the once over?
4 - Do I have to worry at all about the clippings that are rooting under the dome? (I sprayed them with Mite X twice last night)
5 - Were those 2 white fast moving dots that I saw last night baby Gnats or something else?
6 - Last night I got itchy after sparying the plants in the veg room and it went away after I showered. Today I got itchy after spending some time in the veg room when I released the lady bugs. Could this be baby gnats that are invisible to the eye?
(I know I have to take a shower, that's not the question. I'm asking so I know if the itching is real or power of suggestion)
+rep for any answers
While I was looking I saw 2 white dots about the same size as the Thrips but they moved a lot faster. About the speed of a full grown Thrip.
Also when I cut a leaf off there's seemed to be a small spider web or something on the leaf that I couldn't see. When I cut a leaf off a piece of perlite was hanging just under the leaf, and I couldn't see what was holding it there.
I sprayed last night with Mite X and today I put a stocking over my intake (where the Thrips are coming from). I also just released 1500 lady bugs in the veg/flower room.
Then I went to check on my rooting station. I have a Rapid Rooter tray with a dome and 6 or 7 rooted clones in a 14" saucer. While I was checking on them something fell in the saucer which still had a little water in it from last night. It was a dead Gnat. (not sure what killed it)
This is the 3rd time that something fell near me that I saw out of the corner of my eye and heard fall, but this is the first time that I found what fell.
The Gnat is black with grey wings. Sorry the pics aren't very good, especially on something so small.
When I squished it red came out. I think I found the little shit that bit me twice last night. And Gnats also explain some of the strange damage I've been seeing to some of my leaves.
I checked the dirt and seen nothing. I rarely have any water at all in the run off saucers and the top layer of soil is dry most of the time.
Now I'm not worried about my veg/flower room. Anything that survived last night is getting eaten right now. (knock on wood). I do have a few questions though.
1 - Do any gnats have red blood & if not, which ones bite?
2 - Is this a Fungus Gnat or Black Gnat? If not, any idea what kind of Gnat it is?
3 - Can adults this size lay eggs? And if yes, should I move the rooted clones in the flower/veg room so the lady bugs can give them the once over?
4 - Do I have to worry at all about the clippings that are rooting under the dome? (I sprayed them with Mite X twice last night)
5 - Were those 2 white fast moving dots that I saw last night baby Gnats or something else?
6 - Last night I got itchy after sparying the plants in the veg room and it went away after I showered. Today I got itchy after spending some time in the veg room when I released the lady bugs. Could this be baby gnats that are invisible to the eye?
(I know I have to take a shower, that's not the question. I'm asking so I know if the itching is real or power of suggestion)
+rep for any answers