Oh@#$@, do i have bugs in my babies?

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Emoslayer

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I've been camming my little ones growing, and i've noticed one of the pots has a little white spec slowly moving around on the surface of the plant.. its extremely tiny like a mite or something or mabe the air moving things? but i doubt it.. WHAT COULD THIS BE! =-o
 
smokinmayne

smokinmayne

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check under the leaves. spider mites will lay their eggs under the leaves and they look like small red or white dots
 
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Emoslayer

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they are really tiny, and they are crawling on the surface of the soil.. they seem to be all white maybe and the sprout is just a baby.. so we didn't see anything on the plant.

What could these be? could we cold flush them?

Im going to host a video or screeny of it
 
Smo KING

Smo KING

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Emoslayer said:
they are really tiny, and they are crawling on the surface of the soil.. they seem to be all white maybe and the sprout is just a baby.. so we didn't see anything on the plant.

What could these be? could we cold flush them?

Im going to host a video or screeny of it
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without a pic its hard to say but im gonna bet the house that they are gnats in your soil ..are you overwatering?what is your watering schedule? If they are small black insects with clear wings thats what you are probably dealing with..get a good organic pest killer and some no pest strips
 
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Emoslayer

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im going to put a vid up somewhere and i'll link it, they move very slow so if you speed up the camera its when you can notice them.. theres about 3 moving in different spots..
 
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Emoslayer

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTR3Z8EAD-4


3 different clips

first part the bugs are far left side there is one.

2nd part is just a bit below the first part.

last part its starts below the 2nd part and then halfway through when you can see it look at the base of the sprout there is 2 walking around there

video is sped up a little bit makes it easier to see them.
 
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Emoslayer

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they are very small. you have to look close stare at a couple spots while you watch the youtube video i promise you that you will see them moving around.

i dont know what to do about this problem because idk how to identify what they are.
 
SonomaComa

SonomaComa

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yo emo, i saw the little bug crawling around, but that doesnt look like a spider mite, they r wayy smaller than that and live on your leaves. if it was spider mites u most likely wont be able to see them on the soil, just on the bottom of the leaves. but how many would u say u see crawling around? i would get some neem oil and spray just a tad on ur plants.
 
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Emoslayer

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today i will try and capture one so i can identify this.

Does anyone know what i could use to kill off anything in my soil without hurting my sprouts.

Also could these be in all my bags of Fox Farm Oceans Forest or do these bugs just come from living area?
 
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Emoslayer

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Is it possible to have bugs that you can not see.

i havent seen them today, but also i havent watered my plants yet.
 
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Emoslayer

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just watered it and have my sprout on cam and gonna try and catch one of these to find out what it is, will try and post pics asap
 
scottish lad

scottish lad

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hi there mate i work in pest control( killin bugs and vermon for a living ) to me it looks like mites you would find in bird dropings etc has you soil got anythin mixed throw it like woodchipings etc ? am headin out in 5 mins so try get a close up pics and i will have a good look at it once am back in house (3 hours or so ) .

if it is mites they shuld not feed from your plant the prefer blood
 
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Emoslayer

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I just went out and bought some hot pepper wax and a 25x lens, i scooped some a sample of the soil and set it in a smaller cotainer then tried to find the bugs but still have no luck... it seems like i can only see them on my webcam in very close up/sharp picture and even then they're so small you have to watch it in a fast forwarded motion to see them move around... what could this be? i can't even see them with my eyes
 
zagg01

zagg01

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I think emo is to high when he waters I didnt see any bugs.I think its just dirt settleing from watering.
 
scottish lad

scottish lad

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well i spoted 4 mites on your first vid on youtube.....................

in my opinion they defo are bird mites i think they have came in with your soil or if you have birds nesting in you loft space or roof etc this would cause mites

they can survive for 4 months with out feeding on blood so where ever your got your soil from they could have the infestation and your soil was used by the mites as a place for them to lay there eggs
 
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Emoslayer

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Thanks for the reply.


would these cause a problem at any point? one of my plants i sprayed with hot pepper wax and i am currently waiting for the outcome but scared to use on other plants until we know what we are dealing with and what to do.
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could these be anything else then bird mites?
 
scottish lad

scottish lad

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if it defo is mites you need to watch out for bite marks on ya self or whoever is in your house hold .

if you can get hold of a small sticky boards put them in with your plan and you will catch them on there then ya can identyfi with you new micro :)
 
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