How/why is it strange that we see root aphids, dutchman? We have extensive agriculture in the U.S., and
Phylloxera (one genus of RAs) are well known. Of course there are myriad species, I personally was never able to identify for certain what species I had, but I happen to live in heavy conifer forest and my initial infestation occurred outdoors, 30' up off the ground.
Ok, so, fungus gnats. I've been using emulsified
Neem oil to deal with them, and didn't keep up on application. My reward was an EXPLOSION of fungus gnats to the point that I've lost half a dozen seedlings. All show the blunted root ends typical of larval feeding. I also noted that I see a buildup of goo that turned out to be Neem, so I'm dropping that from the regimen right now. I discovered that Home de Pot has some of the best pricing (online at least) and shipping rates for beneficial nematodes, and so I got clicky wid it and hopefully those should be here soon. If the weather were a bit warmer I'd just put all the seedlings outside and let nature do her work, but I really want a good head start with these babies. I think I also need to treat the veggie seedlings much more aggressively, instead of focusing on the cannabis.