PhobosAnomaly
Photo of the Month: Jan 2018
They way I got them to come out was drenching the plugs in water.
They should swim out, they are tiny white crooked lines.
Sometimes they will spring/jump after the water drains.
There are plenty of things to buy that advertise as killing them. None have worked thus far. They shrug neem oil off. Shrug peroxide off. Shrug botanical soaps off. Nothing kills them completely for me.
I never suspected the rapid rooters, as I had had thrip issues in the past. I thought it was from my soil. I use Fox Farm Ocean Forest mainly, and just started buying it else where.
Recently, I started a batch of auto flowering seeds and about a week into it they were doing bad.
After closer inspection they were covered in them. So they were culled, all pots, rooters, dirt disposed of.
That type of stress early on, causes long term issues with autoflowering plants.
Diminished returns are guaranteed.
The rapid rooters were also kept separate from the soil at all times.
They were not contaminated here.
My next soil blend is going to be a mix of happy frog soil conditioner, perlite, and coco.
Hopefully that wont be to hot. I'll also use the other brand, root riot.
To top that off I'll be adding beneficial nematodes to my soil.
That is bacteria that should kill bugs over time.
They should swim out, they are tiny white crooked lines.
Sometimes they will spring/jump after the water drains.
There are plenty of things to buy that advertise as killing them. None have worked thus far. They shrug neem oil off. Shrug peroxide off. Shrug botanical soaps off. Nothing kills them completely for me.
I never suspected the rapid rooters, as I had had thrip issues in the past. I thought it was from my soil. I use Fox Farm Ocean Forest mainly, and just started buying it else where.
Recently, I started a batch of auto flowering seeds and about a week into it they were doing bad.
After closer inspection they were covered in them. So they were culled, all pots, rooters, dirt disposed of.
That type of stress early on, causes long term issues with autoflowering plants.
Diminished returns are guaranteed.
The rapid rooters were also kept separate from the soil at all times.
They were not contaminated here.
My next soil blend is going to be a mix of happy frog soil conditioner, perlite, and coco.
Hopefully that wont be to hot. I'll also use the other brand, root riot.
To top that off I'll be adding beneficial nematodes to my soil.
That is bacteria that should kill bugs over time.
