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Pests in coco need help !

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Peso325

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How do I get rid of these ?
 

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I have no idea what those are but I know I'll be checking my coco grow in not not long ☹
They are so tiny they would have been easy to miss.
 
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They look like gnats, and have you got good drainage in those pots? They look like they are way over saturated and little to no drainage.
 
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Maybe not gnats, however your media is way to wet
 
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Do you know of anything I could put in the coco or water to kill them ?
 
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Jesus... I don't know what the hell those are but I would use drzymes or nuke em as a soil drench
 
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Why is your coco so wet? It looks like soup
 
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Your video won't play right for me so can't say for sure but from what I can see of it I would search springtails
 

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Hes pouring water on it duh ... lol

You need to dry it out and drench it with something that will kill those go to your local grow store they should be able to help you
 
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Akabudz said:
Why is your coco so wet? It looks like soup
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I just drenched it cause that’s how I spotted the bugs it made them surface
 
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Beachwalker said:
Your video won't play right for me so can't say for sure but from what I can see of it I would search springtails
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Peso325 said:
Do you know of anything I could put in the coco or water to kill them ?
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Looks like springtails to me... If you find something that works please post. I've got springtails now. Tried diatomaceous earth, then SMS 209 and 3% peroxide as drenches. None of those worked 100, and pissed off the plants. The good news is springtails (if that is what you have) are more of a nuisance, and don't harm the plants. Nonetheless, I'd prefer for them to be gone.
 
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Use 30% H2O2 it just fine to use on plants it turns to water and oxygen enventually and your plant will thank you for the added oxygen. Or look into capillaries bennies he’s got a root pack that will work wonders
 
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Video plays fine.
 
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Yup springtails. Almost nothing kills them but they are just a nuisance. They eat rotting organic matter. Actually beneficial but i couldnt stand seeing them. They always infest ocean forest here. They are common outdoors and come in for water sources. Leaks, wet basements amd of course gardens.

I switched to pro mix hp and with no added organic matter the springtails all left.
 
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Maybe if you tried keeping it a little on the dry side for a while, not overly dry but maybe get the top inch to dry out completely
 
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Maybe if you tried keeping it a little on the dry side for a while, not overly dry but maybe get the top inch to dry out completely
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That will thin out the numbers some.
 
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That will thin out the numbers some.
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I was reading about them and it seems nearly the only way to keep the numbers down.
 
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I was reading about them and it seems nearly the only way to keep the numbers down.
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They live in topsoil. In our lawns. In leaf piles. They have become fully pesticide resistant.

Also cleaning the leaves away from the house helps keep them away.
 
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How do I get rid of these ?
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Okay so those are russet mites. Thats why your plants will look like your having nutrient problems. But its those fu**rs.. i hate them there are hard hard to get rid of my man
 
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