Little white bugs running around the top layer of my coco.

[DoobieBro462]

Sevin arrived today. But after doing a ton research I am now scared to use it. I read conflicting information on the web. Has anyone actually used Sevin on cannabis? It says I can't water for 48 hours after using it.

 

[DoobieBro462]

Looks like I should have just went with the Jack's Dead bug

 

[Skunk_dog]

Nope, CJDB, I use Sevin in my veggie garden outdoors, not on things like lettuce I plan on eating the leaves of however. Let the plants dryback a bit and most of the population will die off anyway..

 

[DoobieBro462]

Nope, CJDB, I use Sevin in my veggie garden outdoors, not on things like lettuce I plan on eating the leaves of however. Let the plants dryback a bit and most of the population will die off anyway..

That is exactly what I did. It cut their numbers down alot.

 

[SeymourGreen]

Are springtails really worth the trouble? I thought they don’t do much damage to plants anyway? Mostly just eating decaying organic matter. I could be wrong though.

 

[Skunk_dog]

Are springtails really worth the trouble? I thought they don’t do much damage to plants anyway? Mostly just eating decaying organic matter. I could be wrong though.

No you are right, but some folks want no bugs and thats Ok too. Springtails are no worry to me, unless its full on billion bug march

 

[DoobieBro462]

Are springtails really worth the trouble? I thought they don’t do much damage to plants anyway? Mostly just eating decaying organic matter. I could be wrong though.

To be honest I could care less if my plants look good. But this grow has been horrible. I have every aspect under control but the stupid springtails. And the other day it was a million bug march.

 

[DoobieBro462]

They do look better. But definitely not what a 37 day old plant should look like. Especially for autos.

 

[DoobieBro462]

I tried to do a lil lst on this one

 

[DoobieBro462]

To be honest I could care less if my plants look good. But this grow has been horrible. I have every aspect under control but the stupid springtails. And the other day it was a million bug march.

Should have said.
To be honest I could care less about the springtails if my plants look good.

 

[SeymourGreen]

That new growth is starting to look pretty healthy.

 

[DoobieBro462]

That new growth is starting to look pretty healthy.

Thanks bro. I am getting there slowly but surely..

 

[DoobieBro462]

I have never buffered coco coir before. This is what I was going to do. Fill up a bucket with water add 1500 ppm of Cal/Mag. Fill up two 1 gallon fabric pots with fresh coco. Soak the fabric pots in the bucket of Cal/Mag solution for 8 hours. Would that be a good way to buffer the coco?
Also do I need to wait a certain amount of time before I put a seedling in it? Is it good to go immediately?

 

[SeymourGreen]

I follow the directions for pH and buffering Coco on the Coco for cannabis website. Has done me good so far.

 

[DoobieBro462]

@Anthem i dropped the nuke today. I want to start new seedlings and I can't introduce them to the springtails. So i made a decision and put a layer of Sevin dust on top of my medium. I have to wait 48 hours before I can feed again. If this doesn't kill em I may have to sanitize and start over. I would like to have some sort of plants going at all times if possible. Can't do that with the buggers..

 

[Cirroji]

NGL - if i needed to remove any major pest or mold/fungus I would've scrapped them or shoved them outside (for the rest of their journey) and bleached the tent

you know the most dangerous part about sevin right?

it 8, 9 & 10....

 

[DoobieBro462]

NGL - if i needed to remove any major pest or mold/fungus I would've scrapped them or shoved them outside (for the rest of their journey) and bleached the tent

you know the most dangerous part about sevin right?

it 8, 9 & 10....

I thought about scrapping but I figured I will give it a shot. If it doesn't do the trick I will have to bite the bullet and start over.

 

[DoobieBro462]

Do I need to water this shit in 48 hours? I would much rather suck it up with a vacuum very delicate

 

[DoobieBro462]

Looks like I bought the wrong Sevin. I bought the dust I should have got the granules
Hopefully it does the trick. I think they have the same active ingredient just one is a granule that gets activated when watered(probably what I needed) the other is a dust you sprinkle on affected area... doh

 

[Cirroji]

i don't use any pesticides/fungicides ever - but i think @Aqua Man mentioned in a post somewhere that the ones you need to avoid are ones that are designed to be part of the root system and feeding uptake - making it basically part of the plants actual structure