Pls help me ，Are these worms harmful?
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coreywebster
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Could be fungus gnat larve
If thats the case you can water with hydrogen peroxide. Google for proper dilution.
Keep doing it weekly.
I might opt for that to be safe.
If thats the case you can water with hydrogen peroxide. Google for proper dilution.
Keep doing it weekly.
I might opt for that to be safe.
CN-man
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Hydrogen peroxide water Is it watered or sprayed on the outside?
coreywebster
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Its watered into the coco.
CN-man
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OK, thank you, I will do this, my child grows too slowly, she has many branches, and the stem grows very slowly. Do you have any suggestions?
You see it, my English is not very good, I hope you can understand
Fupaslayer
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It doesn’t look to far behind from my knowledge though I’m still learning a lot! It might just be a little slow due to what’s in your soil; who knows how long they’ve been in there! Get rid of them and then hopefully things speed up after roots ain’t bothered anymore. Just my thoughts
coreywebster
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You have a short stocky plant with tight internodes, she will stretch when you flower.
Possibly try running 18/6 lights on . Keep her warm, like 80f-85f to increase transpiration.
Make sure the pot is off the floor so it can drain and you have good air circulation.
She looks healthy though.
CN-man
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thank you，hoped that hydrogen peroxide will kill them.
CN-man
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OK.Thank you, you have given me a lot of help
CN-man
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I searched how to use hydrogen peroxide. It seems that everyone's opinions are different and I have not found an accurate way to use it.
coreywebster
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Yeah some say you can use 3% solution undiluted, some say one part h202 to one part water.
This article covers a few methods and suggests 4 part water to one part 3% h202.
Also note the slice of potato trick.
http://freeplants.com/fungus-gnats.htm
CN-man
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Ok, I will try the potato first. So far I have not seen any adult of fungus. Maybe these things are not funguns
coreywebster
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Yeah possible. Couldn't see from the vid well enough.
jondamon
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Imo @coreywebster these look a lot like DETRIVOROUS feeders aka detritus worms.
You get them in cycling fishtanks when using ammonia to cycle the tank.
A simple deworming tablet for dogs/cats gets rid of these worms but as far as I know they aren’t harmful to the plants as they feed on decaying matter.
You get them in cycling fishtanks when using ammonia to cycle the tank.
A simple deworming tablet for dogs/cats gets rid of these worms but as far as I know they aren’t harmful to the plants as they feed on decaying matter.
jondamon
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And before you say it!
I know I’m a geek lol.
I spent an entire year researching pests and how to eradicate them. Lol. Just for information purposes lol.
coreywebster
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lol nothing wrong with been a geek.
Always easier when you know what your looking at. Taught me something new there.
So if you had them you would be happy leaving them be?
jondamon
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It basically means there is something decaying in the medium.
Usually in organic growing you would see al sorts of things like this as they break down decaying matter into usable forms of ions for uptake etc.
Personally i hate anything living in my medium regardless of whether it’s beneficial or not lol.
CN-man
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I think I know what those white hyphae are. It is a kind of mycorrhizal product produced in Japan. I buried it in the soil 4CM. After the power failure, these mycorrhizal bacteria produced white hyphae.
But those worms still don't know what it is, no doubt they are eating those hyphae.
CN-man
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I used to think that mycorrhizal fungi did not produce hyphae... obviously, I was wrong.