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I think so, but here are some pics. Appears to be a 'red-assed' root aphid and a flier. Also the plant, which is doing well (the white powder is some food-grade DE I just applied).
I just woke up the other day and found these things crawling all over the outside of the pot. It's interesting though that if I dig around in the soil I do not see any obvious aphids there, even inspecting the top part of the roots I do not see any infestation, just white roots (obviously I am only digging down a couple inches, there is plenty that is not visible).
I sprayed some neem on the pot that first morning to clean things up and every morning since I still find a handful crawling on the pot.
Is it possible that a colony of pests got carried to the pot by the wind? That they are not actually on the roots of this plant?
Another longshot is that this pot sits on a layer of rocks in a saucer. Sometimes the saucer has standing water so maybe the roots are pushing through the bottom of the fabric pot into the rocks, and the colony is forming underneath the pot.
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Thanks! Those were not actually the roots. That was a close-up of the tan fabric of the pot. I edited my original post to mention that.
At this point, I'll just try to stay on top of things. I will monitor the plant closely, and perhaps use the Botanigard 22WP if things go south.
Well my anxiety got the best of me. While waiting on the BotaniGard to arrive, I begrudgingly went at her with some BioAdvanced Complete Insect Killer (concentrate) for knockdown - soil drench and follow up spray of the root area.
.72% Imidacloprid
.36% beta-cyfluthrin
I added 5ml per gallon to the normal feeding.
Hard to say if it made a difference yet, but I did not wake up to the usual 30 or so crawlers on the pot. I did find and kill about 5 fliers looking lethargic on the pot. I'm planning to apply 3 times, every other day for 5 days (possibly increasing dosage if I do not see improvement), then I will use BotaniGard for maintenance through end of flower.
I found signs of these things on almost all my outdoor plants (mostly fliers), with 1 other plant in particular that also has a growing infestation. It's pretty disheartening.. these plants were crushing it through veg and I put a lot of time into them daily.
Almost all plants are now in week 1 of flower so I am super hesitant to use Imid on other plants. It's systemic and protects subsurface for "up to 90 days" and I'd guess I have ~2.5 months left.. cutting it too close I think. Fingers crossed that BotaniGard can keep things at bay until harvest.
Imid is the preferred pesticide in tests for complete irradication but botanigard can be used through flower.
I have done an awful lot of reading about these bugs.
The big unknown after my research is the effect of systemic Imid on the final product. There is no shortage of strong opinions and anecdotal info, but I've not seen much science here. So I'd rather play it safe.
It would be interesting to know if and how much Imid is actually present in the bud when used at various pre-harvest intervals, and what the actual short and long term effects of smoking/vaping this bud is. (It may well be that many of us have been consuming product with it for years.. who knows)
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