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Hi and here is the deal, got two rooms one has coco perlite mix in pots the other is RDWC , noticed the flys in the coco room and on a closer look I can see the larvae in the pots so put sticky traps all over the surface of the pots and used Success Ultra ( Spinosad) as a drench following what this site said , and it worked great in 10 minute there were no live larvae that I could see . After that I sprayed the walls floor pots etc with Coopex a Permethrin Residual spray. Now its see how the girls look tomorrow.
My concern is the RDWC I have a few flys in that room and lifted a couple of lids to see a couple of flys in the air space inside the tote, so did the same with sticky traps and at lights out slowed the air right down to a crawl and have a BinDie insect pest strip its designed for inside a garbage can, but its same active ingredient as Hot Shot pest strips, well hopefully the vapor takes care of the flys, but what can I do for the larvae which are bound to hatch if the flys were in the tote, as of right now the plants are perfect and roots as white as snow but Im going to be paranoid as fck waiting for these to appear.
My question is what can I use in the system that will be safe for the plants, I was thinking if the larvae cant live under the water ? , whether I could use the same spinosad drench and poor it from the top through the clay balls and down the roots , seems feasible but its my first RDWC and they are beautiful Id hate to smash them with something , I also run Pool shock and a chiller at 68 whether or not that will slow the larvae or not I dont know, will have to wait and see if anything hatches in the tote.
So guys anyone recommend something for RDWC and Fungus Gnats ?
My concern is the RDWC I have a few flys in that room and lifted a couple of lids to see a couple of flys in the air space inside the tote, so did the same with sticky traps and at lights out slowed the air right down to a crawl and have a BinDie insect pest strip its designed for inside a garbage can, but its same active ingredient as Hot Shot pest strips, well hopefully the vapor takes care of the flys, but what can I do for the larvae which are bound to hatch if the flys were in the tote, as of right now the plants are perfect and roots as white as snow but Im going to be paranoid as fck waiting for these to appear.
My question is what can I use in the system that will be safe for the plants, I was thinking if the larvae cant live under the water ? , whether I could use the same spinosad drench and poor it from the top through the clay balls and down the roots , seems feasible but its my first RDWC and they are beautiful Id hate to smash them with something , I also run Pool shock and a chiller at 68 whether or not that will slow the larvae or not I dont know, will have to wait and see if anything hatches in the tote.
So guys anyone recommend something for RDWC and Fungus Gnats ?