What the **** is on my roots. Red worms???

Excise It said:

Ughhh I have no idea what they are, but that broke my heart to read. I hope somebody here can give you some good advice, and you stomp them out asap. Good luck Crit.

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LetsGetCritical said:

I have one of my four in dwc, I pulled her out and there's like 20 tiny red worms crawling around amongst the roots. I cleaned them off under running water and cleaned everything. Now I'm worried that they will be in the bottom of my hempy's. What are they and will they hurt the plants? I had a look on google. Midge's larvae?

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curiousuk said:

Try reading threw this thread > https://www.rollitup.org/bugs/335046-grizzlys-guide-pulverizing-pests.html < it may help identify your bug issue since you have no pics.

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Timewasmoney1 said:

I believe you can make up a mixture of Neem oil and luke warm water and dip your roots in that for a few minuets and it will be perfectly harmless. Love neem oil

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LetsGetCritical said:

ok thanks for that tip

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deePTokEn said:

Midges have four main stages in their life cycle; egg, larva, pupa and adult. Of these, only the adult stage is terrestrial.

Female midges lay their eggs in a wide range of aquatic habitats including wetlands, lakes and streams. Each female lays only one egg capsule which may contain thousands of eggs.The eggs hatch into aquatic lavae known as bloodworms, which live in the sediment and feed on organic debris. The larvae grow and develop into pupae which then rise to the surface of the water and hatch into winged adult midges.

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Doobius1 said:

I cleaned out a rez the other day and there were hundreds of worm like creatures in the bottom. Long skinny brown larvae of some kind. The plant did not seem affected. I think they might be some kinda shit fly that came from my turtle tank. This post caught my eye for an answer. I do get the odd little fly but never see more than one at a time and Im in my room a lot. I can handle anything but those fuckin mites

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LetsGetCritical said:

I've been collecting rainwater outside, they have come in from that. They must be quite resilient little fuckers because I use pythoff.

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deePTokEn said:

Or maybe a couple drops of Hydrogen Peroxide? the 3% shit..? Just my 69 cents

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deePTokEn said:

Another good solution too is maybe to boil your rainwater? Maybe even put Peroxide in the water and then Boil after? just remember when useing Peroxide a drop or two thats it.

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