Hebrewdiver
Well-Known Member
hello farmers recently I brought some potting soil from lowe's and it turns out the soil was full of thrips and fungus gnats. When first transferring my seedlings into pots with the new soil everything was looking good except for the emergence of the gnats i added some sticky tape to the tent and got rid of a lot of the gnats. Then I began to notice the leaves were starting to have lots of brown stops and really looking eaten. I looked at the leaves through a scope and saw larvae. I mixed up some neem oil, bronner soap and some caption jack's dead bug powder into a spray and soak them real well. That seems to get rid of the problem, I also covered the soil with of the Captain Jacks powder. After that I got my loop and looked at the unused soil and there they were the root of my problem crawling around in the soil. Now its time to transfer some seedlings and I have gone and brought more soil this time from home depot. Should I bake the soil before putting into pots as I have been told that this will sterilize and get rid of any unwanted pest living in the soil? Any other thoughts on soil preparations before adding seeding