bongzaway
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I started a shit load of seeds ...in paper towels...grew tails...put in soil. NO pop. Fuck !
so goddamm dug in the soil and found motha fukin tiny white worms eating the tap roots and eating the inside of the seeds. Tiny little squiggly fukers all over the seeds. At first I thought it was some weird type of roots growing but once i saw the fuckers wiggling,, I flipped my bonnet. WTF ! Fungnus gnat larvae. The seeds are toast. I had a first batch planted from the same soil 2 weeks ago..some seedlings are thriving but most are not....acting like they are overwatered but not. I suspect these are infected or soon wil be.
So..i think everything Ive grown out could be infested and the seeds that got eaten are fucking wasted. A shitload of money down the drain and I hope to save the others.
What soil you ask ? Light Warrior (Fox makes it) but I used their fuckin soil for years and never a prob ( been growing 15 years or so). I'm fukin smokin pissed. I've heard of guys heating their soil in ovens to kill shit like this but I;ve never done. I will now.
I've battled a lot of bugs and stuff over the years but this is a first. I lost some high dollar strains. My treatment options for the survivors are hydrogen peroxide drenching of the soil ( 1 part HP to 4 parts water)
I'll try and get some DE in the solo cups and pack sand on top (1/2 layer) to keep mature gnats from getting out. No signs of any mature gnats flying around. just tiny motha fucking worms eating my seeds and fresh roots of others.
Anyone ever find these attacking their seeds ? What methods did you use to get rid of them and keep em from coming back ?
for the fukin record..this thread aint bashing Warrior starter soil cuz from what I've read and heard every commercial soil has fuking bugs in them..ya just roll the dice. I been using this soil for the past 5-6 years or so and never had any probs. Cook your soil guys or get burned !
so goddamm dug in the soil and found motha fukin tiny white worms eating the tap roots and eating the inside of the seeds. Tiny little squiggly fukers all over the seeds. At first I thought it was some weird type of roots growing but once i saw the fuckers wiggling,, I flipped my bonnet. WTF ! Fungnus gnat larvae. The seeds are toast. I had a first batch planted from the same soil 2 weeks ago..some seedlings are thriving but most are not....acting like they are overwatered but not. I suspect these are infected or soon wil be.
So..i think everything Ive grown out could be infested and the seeds that got eaten are fucking wasted. A shitload of money down the drain and I hope to save the others.
What soil you ask ? Light Warrior (Fox makes it) but I used their fuckin soil for years and never a prob ( been growing 15 years or so). I'm fukin smokin pissed. I've heard of guys heating their soil in ovens to kill shit like this but I;ve never done. I will now.
I've battled a lot of bugs and stuff over the years but this is a first. I lost some high dollar strains. My treatment options for the survivors are hydrogen peroxide drenching of the soil ( 1 part HP to 4 parts water)
I'll try and get some DE in the solo cups and pack sand on top (1/2 layer) to keep mature gnats from getting out. No signs of any mature gnats flying around. just tiny motha fucking worms eating my seeds and fresh roots of others.
Anyone ever find these attacking their seeds ? What methods did you use to get rid of them and keep em from coming back ?
for the fukin record..this thread aint bashing Warrior starter soil cuz from what I've read and heard every commercial soil has fuking bugs in them..ya just roll the dice. I been using this soil for the past 5-6 years or so and never had any probs. Cook your soil guys or get burned !
