Tnelz
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I've been banging my head off the wall as of late because I'm running a few girls in a few different mediums and I have been having what looks like a mag Def. Can't be that Cuz I've grown long enough to fix most all nute based deficiencies through all the accepted routes. Second thought it must be bugs. Even further proving that I've seen white larva looking things in the top couple inches of my Coco and non limed mixes. Must be fungus gnats right? Nope. After watching these fuckin worms under a x60 scope three is no black head and they are a bit longer and skinnier as well. It's plant parasitic nematodes. Yes people there are bad nematodes. Pulled a couple plants to check for everything under the sun. Nothing stops these bastards. I could post three hundred links but all u have to do is Google it and then is thousands of pages of info. It's 312 am and I just got done reading page after page. U either deter them with high populations of bennies or lime. However they can invade a limed soil but would prefer something without it. And as for bennies it's the chitinase that fuck them up. So top dress with some crab or crustacean meal for a jump in chitin which adds the chitinase bacteria. They feast on the parasitic nematode eggs. In saying this it's not a hundred percent just unlikely that they will invade a soil or soiless mix containing high concentrations of chitinase. So get chitin into ur mix. Been growing a long time. Added quite a few beneficial nematodes to my soil and soiless mixes but was never invaded by the parasitic to plant kind until now. So if u r experiencing mag Def symptoms and can truly eliminate grower error and bugs it could be these bastards. Hard to see but not if ur looking. I first noticed I had an issue the other night. Lifting up my smart pot to check for bugs on the roots that grow through. Saw these tiny worm like almost fungus gnat things all over the fabric. Fuckers. If we didn't already have enough to worry about. The chemicals that kill them are so toxic the home gardener can't get them and wouldn't want them obviously. Sorry this is so long but like I said I'm blown away. Seems that marigolds demolish there populations as well but need to literally be grown as a cover crop and unless outdoors it doesn't make sense. So just wanted to bring this to everyone's attention if they r having mag issues with no explanation. If a mod reads this and feels it should be moved or retitled please do so! Think it's pretty important. Finally if anyone really needs me to I can post links but the info is readily available. Google parasitic plant nematodes. Peace and good vibes to all that read through this scatter brained post!