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Pest problem, need some advice

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What are these little white bastards? Not 100% sure. Thanks!
 

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you need to get magnification,.
could be mites,.. are they in your soil or on your plants,. let’s see better pics of plants and what medium you growing in?
 
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GNick55 said:
you need to get magnification,.
could be mites,.. are they in your soil or on your plants,. let’s see better pics of plants and what medium you growing in?
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No magnification, working on that. First grow ever so building up the equipment Lol but the medium is fox farms happy frog and they are mostly in the that. I really don’t notice them on the plants and the plants look healthy.
 
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Meeker280 said:
No magnification, working on that. First grow ever so building up the equipment Lol but the medium is fox farms happy frog and they are mostly in the that. I really don’t notice them on the plants and the plants look healthy.
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Howdy, and welcome to the Farm! 🤠

Without good clear pictures of the suspects, it's hard to say, but from what you are describing it sounds to me like springtails. If it is springtails they are a good sign of a healthy biome in your soil, don't try to kill them! They are very beneficial.

Otherwise it could be 2 spotted spider mites, aphids, who knows.

Can you try to find a magnifying glass or jeweler's loupe to take better pictures of them?

Look up springtails on Google or something and tell us if that's what you're seeing.
 
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Deadstill said:
Howdy, and welcome to the Farm! 🤠

Without good clear pictures of the suspects, it's hard to say, but from what you are describing it sounds to me like springtails. If it is springtails they are a good sign of a healthy biome in your soil, don't try to kill them! They are very beneficial.

Otherwise it could be 2 spotted spider mites, aphids, who knows.

Can you try to find a magnifying glass or jeweler's loupe to take better pictures of them?

Look up springtails on Google or something and tell us if that's what you're seeing.
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Googled springtails, doesn’t look like them because of their elongated bodies. The ones I’m seeing are shorter. i will get a clearer pic to post later today. Hard to tell. Thanks!
 
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Meeker280 said:
Googled springtails, doesn’t look like them because of their elongated bodies. The ones I’m seeing are shorter. i will get a clearer pic to post later today. Hard to tell. Thanks!
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Take pics of the entire plants, as well. As many angles as possible in good lighting. If there are any signs of damage we'll help ya spot it and identify WTF is going on 🤠
 
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i’m guessing soil mites they are different from spider mites,. if so that’ll be easy to deal with so you can relax a tiny bit
 
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GNick55 said:
i’m guessing soil mites they are different from spider mites,. if so that’ll be easy to deal with so you can relax a tiny bit
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Fingers 🤞posting a clearer pic later. I am a machinist so I have lots magnification tools in my toolbox!
 
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GNick55 said:
yep soil mites.. they came with soil, not a bad thing as it means your soil is alive,. you can easily take care of them or manage them by letting your soil dry out before watering each time..
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Ok cool. I just watered yesterday and go about 3-4 days before next water. Usually the top 1-1.5” is dry before I water again. Should I wait longer? I have tried neem oil but it’s tough because I am running the autos on 24hr light. Not sure what’s going on with the one that has that one yellowish leaf?
 
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Meeker280 said:
Ok cool. I just watered yesterday and go about 3-4 days before next water. Usually the top 1-1.5” is dry before I water again. Should I wait longer? I have tried neem oil but it’s tough because I am running the autos on 24hr light. Not sure what’s going on with the one that has that one yellowish leaf?
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soil mites will not bother the plant but there is stuff for the soil but remember your growing organic..
somebody probably will suggest something..
well go 5-6 days till watering..
a droopy weak looking plant from no water is much better than watering a day or two to early in all aspects.. but it’s not a method to follow
 
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just keep them managed they are beneficial but dont want them to be over infested. After water the next day when the top layer of soil is dry i just sprinkled DE on top of the soil and did that a few times still saw some here and there
 
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Suds.an.buds said:
just keep them managed they are beneficial but dont want them to be over infested. After water the next day when the top layer of soil is dry i just sprinkled DE on top of the soil and did that a few times still saw some here and there
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Cool, I’ve been doing that the last couple weeks and also saw a few here and there. It’s after watering more then would come out
 
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busy little things. I would pass on neem
as far as pests go they are not the worse
just dry back properly from time to time

is that self watering trays?
 
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