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This works!! Work it into the top soil. It cuts the larvae up when they try to surface. Like little razor blades. Make sure it’s food grade.View attachment 834906
I did same thing once. Had fingers on the button to nuke everything. And it was springtails.After some more research, I think they are actually beneficial SPRINGTAILS. Of course I catastrophized this and assumed they were root aphids.
Right! I definitely have springtails, it’s the other critter I found that I am having a really hard time identifying. It’s either a beneficial mite or a bulb mite. If they’re bulb mites, then I’ll have to break out the nukes because those guys have developed a resistance to most miticides.
Unless someone can help me identify them correctly, I am leaving them be. If they start to show symptoms of root damage then I’ll know they’re bulb mites...
I could try it but the problem is that bulb mites are immune to most insecticides due to how quickly they are able to metabolize it. I’m thinking neem oil may work because most horiticultural oils suffocate the pest. I may have to apply several applications and add diatomaceous earth to kill the larvae once they hatch.@MissBotany
I just consulted and got solid advice to battle beetles that took hold in my bed. If you have a license you can buy real deal spinosad. Its 10x the strength of captain Jack's. You can however use captain Jack's at double strength. I did this and it's a beetle graveyard in my grow room. Spinosad is a heat seeking missile. Mobile in soil, it will seek out pests and eviscerate them.
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