Pest concerne

Hey Farmers

I got my new sprouts going, on a side of this I got some seeds from Elev8 seeds, and they suck ass out of 6 only 2 showed up, and have been stunted for some time now.

I got new seeds, about of 25 - 22 have sprouted, are a bit stretchy. I got them under Timber 900watt lamp, though for now I only use 1/3 of its strength. Got a few concerns and am hoping for your help.

1. How far should I keep the light from young sprouts? Right now I have it 3ft away from them, temperature near them is 80. How close can I bring the light without burning them? (My first seeds in a while and don't want to cause damage with experiments)

2. I have them all in rockwool and some in soil. The ones that were from Elev8 were in soil and I noticed a lot of movement in soil of supper little whitish (perhaps spider like) creatures ( don't want to say mites, cause it'll suck to have to deal with them on my first ever home growing project). What would be the best and safest way to deal with them, without endangering new borns?

And a pic of the setup and new babes

Check out Azamax natural and should clear it up whatever it is https://www.planetnatural.com/product/azamax-azadirachtin/ can probably get some at your local hydro store

Edit: you can put it in whatever your watering with to kill the buggers

Morth said:

Check out Azamax natural and should clear it up whatever it is https://www.planetnatural.com/product/azamax-azadirachtin/ can probably get some at your local hydro store

Edit: you can put it in whatever your watering with to kill the buggers

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Thanks, do you thinks it's safe for 3 day old sprouts? Any thoughts on light distance?

If they are primarily in the soil they are probably soil mites, which don't seem to cause problems. They are part of the composting ecosystem. If they ever show interest in your limbs or leaves they might be spider mites, in which case they are a problem.
The last time I used potting soil it gave me soil mites and fungus gnats. I bought pest control nematodes from amazon for around 20 bucks and it cleared them up in a few weeks. I don't think that would work for anything on your leaves, though. Also, I used the nematodes because I wanted to stay organic but you don't have to.

Azamax shouldn't affect the seedlings good or bad just don't over water with it. I had mold gnats on one of my cubes and now run the azamax in my res made it kind of milky but plants don't seem to care at all. larvi and gnats are gone though and it's organic made from neem oil. Nematodes are like glass shards to insects and larvi but you cant get it wet or it loses effect. Not to mention it only works if they come out of or try to go threw it.