Collembolas or?

Demacor

New Member
So I have a lady, little over a month into her thing. She's indoor soil, water every 2-4 days as needed, temps 75-80 with co2, and organic ferts(guano teas and biobizz)with mycorrhizae. I have a great soil biology, huge root system. Its hard to even get bamboo shoved in. I was watering the other day and noticed for the first time the little white specks that people say are springtails. Then a couple days later I watered again and saw 1 single gnat fly away from the soil. Today I caught a couple on tape and Ill try and get a picture posted asap.

Starting to see orange hairs here and there so its close to being done and I don't see huge numbers of gnats in the air. There are still lots of collembola in the soil, if I DE the soil they die too. There are some leaf spots but the spacing makes me believe its leaf transpiration with wind.

My question is what do?
 

SnapsProvolone

Well-Known Member
Pics? We can't help without identity of the pest/s.

If it's fungus gnats can be treated with a bacillus thuringiensis (sp?) dunk. Gnatrol or mosquito dunks.
 

Fuzzywuzz

Member
We will need a pic to ID the insect but collembolas are not really an issue (unless they get to huge amounts)
BTi is the sp. that works for fungus gnat and diptera control.

Typically you would have to use a broad spectrum pesticide to kill off the collembolas. I dont really know of any specific predators that will go after them effectively. DE might work depending on which collembola it is.

They mainly just eat/decompose bark and other parts of the media/soil, they dont really attack the plant.
 
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