Well I made sure I saw no sightings before throwing into flower and haven't noticed any since but how do they make it bug
Yea see I went to my local hydro store and there was fungus Kats flying around the bags that's why I posted this hah
I'm a soil grower as well fairly new but have minor problems with pests so far. I find when soil stays wet for period of time pests start to appear. What I do after a water or feed is to get some air across soil to dry it up a bit on top, seems to be working for me. I also heard and started to grow companion plants like oregano and basil with my cannabis in the room. Read that the oils of the herbs are a natural way to rid pests. Also use chilli pepper and garlic sprays seems to help.i also veg my plants in summer time outside and bring them in to flower and these methods work. Few years doing these things and never had a serious pest problem yet.
If stored outside anywhere along the line from production to final selling point bugs are likely. Some say soil companies actually add some bugs like nematodes etc
buys are in coco also (gnats love coco)
For sure I didn't think anything of it til I had fungus gnats after using ffof and saw them flying around at my hydro store
Yup. They sure do. And funguses in em. Any of them that get wet n sit trapped in a bag with little holes in it.
i have found that after i feed or water,top coating the soil with ewc keeps them at bay,flys dont even like the shit,i start all my seedling outside and found this to work very well,as stated above ibm is good even if you dont have bugs,depending on temp in your room or tent you can also add nemtodes,temp range 65 to 90 they stay alive,under or over that temp they die,with my soil i cook i always cook this time of year and the first frezze i spread it a inch thick on a tarp and let mama nature kill them shits,after a couple frost,i bring inside in totes and start feeding the soil with LAB and add oatmeal to keep the web going,,sounds like your hydro store kept the bags outside,and got rained on
if you get a bag that smells musky put it back it is anerobic,if they drop price buy half you can work it back,but check it out,if your soil is mixed with compost your gonna have bugs period,some of those bugs are good,,but as far as bag soil goes,dr,earth with aleo vera and ewc is the best i ever bought,i dont waste my money on bag soils anymore ,i build my own,and microbes keep there ass at bay
