Pest?

[sleepless]

Wife says they are dirt flies lol

No ill affects but first bug in tent.

 

[Event Horizan]

Fruit flies or gnats

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[sleepless]

Fruit flies or gnats

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Ya they look more black than yellow so I think they are gnats but I'm not sure.

My wife says she catches them all the time by her house plants.

 

[AngryBird]

Yes it is gnats

Just place a yellow glue trap near by and /or a shot glass filled with vinegar and dish washing liquid ( a few drops) near stem buried a it in soil. and you will catch the adults.

 

[illizm775]

Had a question ive been noticing dust mites around my plants just before the lights turn on. Theyre clearish/yellow just barely a millimeter big. Id ve worried if they looked green like i notice some gnats turn after eating plants, or black house flys bombed and cant fly trippin on a bud. But they they dont seem erratic like i notice the house flys are. Would they be problems? And if so whats the best treatment for light to no pests without using pesticides that are harmful.

to each their own and mine to smoke

 

[AngryBird]

if you are sure it is dust mites.. clean with tee tree oil. (not on plants)

 

[sleepless]

Yes it is gnats

Just place a yellow glue trap near by and /or a shot glass filled with vinegar and dish washing liquid ( a few drops) near stem buried a it in soil. and you will catch the adults.

Thanks.

I've done the above.

Hell you can barely see promix for all the yellow strips

Should I be concerned?

 

[CareStaker]

Yes. But if you take action, they should be fine. Start looking at breaking the cycle. I've used the SNS stuff with good success. I also use multiple approaches. Coat the soil with diatomaceous earth. Water at longer intervals to keep soil moisture down. Gnats suck, but they aren't that hard to kill. Good luck.

 

[NuttyProfessor]

just be careful they are not winged root aphids , i have to cull my grow today because of them little fuckers .

this is a taproot from a freshly sprouted seed , never even got a chance to surface ... your plant will show signs of deficiency ( this is where i went wrong )

 

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[AngryBird]

can't press like on that one..sorry to hear

 

[NuttyProfessor]

was my own fault , well not really my exes fault making threats to tell about my plants so i just left them untended lolo bitch .. seeds where home made so lost just a bit with electric

 

[CareStaker]

Good point Proff, and great pic, that's the first I've seen like it. They do look like gnats though, more brown than black, and less bulky in the thorax.

I know the plant show no effects now, but if the plants go pale, and start to look deficient, recheck for Aphids - could be both.
Aphids need some heavy fire, but can be knocked out.

 

[The Germinator]

I watered my soil with neem oil.


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[sleepless]

I watered my soil with neem oil.


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Oh?

And it was successful?

 

[The Germinator]

Yes it was. It killed everything in the soil. You'll still have flyers. Use yellow sticky traps for them. 2 tbs per gallon. 30ml. I had fungus gnats. I repeated one week later. Didn't bother my plants at all. Good luck.


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[sleepless]

Well after a good drying period some stickies and a neem oil watering seems to have done the trick.

Thanks all!

 

[I like Cheese]

Hi guys.

Is there somebody that knows what this is? I was thinking a fungus gnat, but it does not look like any of the pictures I have found. Thanks in advance

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[AngryBird]

it is A gnat, from same family but it doesn't look like fungus gnat.
YOu treat them the same though. Yellow gluetraps/neem oil (and others work too) /vinegar and dish washing liquid in a shot glass, place glass close to plant. (as you see I do it organically ) / diatomaceous earth

 

[I like Cheese]

Thanks for the reply Angry bird. I have had yellow traps out since I posted this and that is the only bug that has turned up on them. But I will start with been oil and put some traps out. Little diffecult with the earth as I have drill a million holes in my pots for better air flow. Thanks again for the tips and will take your advice

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