Springtails (Good or Bad?) and is there any way to kill them?

Afaik most species of springtails are considered harmless they only eat dead decaying matter, i don't mind them at all, if they cause damage i can't tell and its something I wouldn't miss on seedlings.

For a while i noted the numbers had dropped and I was disappointed, when recycling coco they help to clean it up.
 
not sure why they won't zoom, It works for me. I would say they might be a bout 1mm long...they look like pics on the internet of springtail larvae..now it looks like there are thousands in the dirt, but they like to make a small appearance in the dish under the pots....going to try some Spinosad tonite
 

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Star Dog said:
Afaik most species of springtails are considered harmless they only eat dead decaying matter, i don't mind them at all, if they cause damage i can't tell and its something I wouldn't miss on seedlings.

For a while i noted the numbers had dropped and I was disappointed, when recycling coco they help to clean it up.
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I started getting worried because the plants were "pooping out" like maybe there are WAY too many springtails
 
5dekades said:
I started getting worried because the plants were "pooping out" like maybe there are WAY too many springtails
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Imo highly unlikely but I'm going on the springtails I've had forever.

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Jfc i mean in my grow lol.
 
That is a 12 inch dish, they are very very tiny half or less than the width of a cardboard match...that's the best i could get with the microscope/iphone combo:-D
 

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DoubleAtotheRON said:
Invest in a microscope... vey handy for ID ing pests. You got a pic that is farther out so we can see the scale?
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buying a digital microscope is so cool! I bought one but the biggest problem was that it doesn't work when I use a USB extender cable.. it must be connected to my computer. I did get a good one that takes really nice videos and it is so cool, but I would love having a portable one that had a SD card or something

I took some leaves off, and watched the spider mites and it is crazy to see a very slow larvae and then in the same cut see a full size one run by. It is like a scene from alien vs predator or something
 
Nizza said:
buying a digital microscope is so cool! I bought one but the biggest problem was that it doesn't work when I use a USB extender cable.. it must be connected to my computer. I did get a good one that takes really nice videos and it is so cool, but I would love having a portable one that had a SD card or something

I took some leaves off, and watched the spider mites and it is crazy to see a very slow larvae and then in the same cut see a full size one run by. It is like a scene from alien vs predator or something
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Standby my dude... I'll show you the one I got... 7 in LED screen, SD card slot, portable, video, photo, 1200x's mag... it's bad ass for $100 or so.
 
Star Dog said:
They're easy to sort out on water/nutrient just put in a drop of wetting agent/dish soap.

Springtails can stand on surface tension and wetting agent removes that and sink straight through it.
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you mean to kill them? I have tried dishsoap, SNS203, white thyme oil, straight h2o2, microbe lift .....
 
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