Found a lot of bugs in my soil. Quite a few jumping but then theres these that look like spiders. I'm growing indoor hps and using soil. Any help would be greatly appreciated thanks heaps.
Are they jumping all around your soil?
The one kinda looks like a spider mite. But most every plant is going to have some kind of bugs on it. Is it building webs? The jumping ones could be beneficial to the soil. I’ve had them before. Bothered me to see but they were harmless and were good for the soil apparently. I would watch the ones on the leaves closely. Make sure they don’t grow in population and start building webs.
None on the leaves only on the container and in the soil. Really scary seeing like 1 a week ago and now theres a whole ecosystem of them. Almost looks like the spider creatures are eating the little jumping ones.
Those are beneficial predatory mites known as hypoaspis miles. They eat fungus gnat larvae and springtails along with other soil dwelling pests. Fox farms and other companies add them to their soil to combat fungus gnats.
Those are beneficial predatory mites known as hypoaspis miles. They eat fungus gnat larvae and springtails along with other soil dwelling pests. Fox farms and other companies add them to their soil to combat fungus gnats.
You're good man. Now I will say their proliferation is an indicator that their prey is proliferating. Keep an eye out for fungus gnats just to be safe and adjust watering habits. I have Afghans that go 12 days no water. They actually grow more vigorously like that.