Sticky bug traps are my best friends in my grow they go out from day one and stay till the end. Its easier to head off infestations if you start at the beginning. Don’t bother with spray stuff, hydrogen peroxide, sand on the soil, I have tried all that you gotta catch the bugs and interrupt their reproductive cycle on a regular basis
Yeah. Either I didn't apply enough cayenne or it's bullshit. They're just running through it.
Do you place any on the floor of the tent or just in the pots? If they're not in the soil, we either brought them inside somehow or they're just in my basement (which seems odd) and are finding the plants.
How and why they show up is a great mystery to me, I think most pests are drawn by the lights and of course moisture. Were they in the soil or attracted to it, plants emit hormones when they are in poor health, were they attracted to that, do you shower frequently, so many possibilities. I put the sticky traps right in the pots and fly traps higher up in the heat of the lights. I live in the country so bugs are just a part of life, sticky traps
Yeah, definitely a challenge to figure out. I've moved the pot out of the tent and will try the few natural remedies I've come across and see if any of them work.
Omg so badCareful, if those are South American root aphids you're just seasoning the soil.
This wobbly gurl needs to get some meat on her bones and fatten up! I keep waiting to open the tent and see her in limp mode. I kicked the light up to 340 µmols, sitting about 22" from the leaves. Almost a 21 DLI, so still on the low side. I am going to keep an eye on the leaves for signs of stress/burn and slowly increase into the 400s as she gets bigger. 
. This seedling pot is the first I've run with just HF, and I check it every day for pests w/ the scope and have found nothing. Possibility two is the unfiltered water from the basement spigot I was using. Either way I'm happy she's gotten this far (yeah, I know it's not really that far 
), and I might even name her this week 
. I've decided to use 1 gal pots going forward. The glory of a bigger yield from a 5g pot sounds great, but A) I think it should l be easier to learn and understand the wet/dry cycle better, and B) I like to interact a lot, so I can water more frequently w/ the smaller size.
Take that kickstand off your encouraging the plant to be weak there is absolutely no need for it backfill against the stem if you must fuck with itDay NINE! It's a new record
I didn't scope to confirm, but one possible reason I had so many deaths could be the OF soil was the source of the root aphids. I don't know how likely that is though
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I banished the 5g pot to the corner of my back yard patio and treated it with the Safer soap above and some horticultural oil on Thursday. To my surprise, it's still alive after the first treatment application. I'll scope it later today and see how the pest population looks. I don't want to bring anything into the tent because I'm going to sterilize it today, so I'll leave this to run outside and see how it responds to the hot muggy Midwest environment. Love me some experiments lol
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Which always happens. Man I’m high.she will be eating her own womb at some point
It will last at least 3 days in that cup.
