Gross!!! I have Fungus Gnats

eyezla said:

Ok so I for sure have some fungus gnats, no big deal, I realize they are relatively harmless, and I plan to control them by getting sand to layer the top of my containers with. BUT, I looked at my soil, and as my eyes adjusted, I saw little critters crawling all over!!!! Like I said, I'm aware that I DO have gnats, and plan to address them tomo, but My levels of flying gnats aren't absurd, however, it looked like there was ALOT of things walking around on my soil surface. little bitty bugs, the super small ones were green, then some red ones that are a little bigger, and then some strait up gnats with wings walking and flying around. They are too big and too fast to be spider mites....I have no idea, my only guess is baby gnats?

Are these other non flying bugs just baby gnats, or another type of insect that i'll need to address?

I"m stumped as to why they are thriving if they are gnats. I just transplanted to new pots that the roots havent filled out yet, so my soil only needs water like every 4-5 days, BUT, the top dries out quickly, which is where they supposedly lay eggs. So the top soil only is moist and optimum for the gnats like once every 5 days...Could they still be thriving deeper below the surface?

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meezy4tw said:

OK so here goes man you're not gonna like my answer about those red and green ones, those ARE root apphids. I had them last batch and ended up scrapping my whole grow.
heres some pics tell me if I'm on the money but I'd say all of these pics contain the bugs you see right?
Note:that last picture of the maggot looking things, those are what fungus gnat larvae look like.

Yes the fungus gnats lay eggs just under the soil surface, but once they hatch, they follow the moisture. I've dealt with them before, and what I did was take some yellow tape, and cover the entire top of the pot around the stem, sticky side down, its the same as the sticky trap strips basically, but if you do it this way, they can't escape at all. Just hanging those strips around doesn't mean that every one of them will get stuck to it, naturally some will get away.
As for those root aphids, you're in a world of hurt in my opinion, especially if you're in soil. Its extremely hard to get any kind of pesticide organic OR Chemical to penetrate the soil that deeply, without causing other problems.
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eyezla said:

Wow dude, you are right on the money....F!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I think thats exactly what I have!! total bummer. I only have 4 plants in my tent, I REALLY hope I can get them under control. Feel free to follow my grow and see if i can eradicate or not, lol.

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eyezla said:

I am not totally 100% sure the best way to apply azatrol to the root aphids (azatrol was the only thing I could get my hands on on xmas eve, tho I plan to get addition stuff), but what I did was mix 2 tspn/gal and just drenched the soil. As far as I'm concerned, I'm gonna using this as a learning experience. I was told to scrap the grow, so i figure I might as well try this and risk posioning my plants since their good as dead anyway

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Brick Top said:

Fungus Gnats

Fungus gnats like to feed on roots of the plants and organic matter. Adults and larvae live in moist, shady areas. The adults lay there eggs on top of the soil, near the base of the stem and takes about 4 days to hatch. The larvae will start by eating the root hairs of the plant then working their way up the plant, Fungus gnats like to eat organic matter so they will be stealing away nutrients from your plants, so its best to get rid of them completely. [color=red. Plants growing in rock wool are more prone to getting a more severe infestation than plants growing in soil. If your plants are affected during late flowering or close to harvest, please try to use the safest means of control to be safe to your health.[/color][/color]
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[color=red. Plants growing in rock wool are more prone to getting a more severe infestation than plants growing in soil. If your plants are affected during late flowering or close to harvest, please try to use the safest means of control to be safe to your health.[/color]Prevent and Control
[color=red. Plants growing in rock wool are more prone to getting a more severe infestation than plants growing in soil. If your plants are affected during late flowering or close to harvest, please try to use the safest means of control to be safe to your health.[/color][/color]
[color=red. Plants growing in rock wool are more prone to getting a more severe infestation than plants growing in soil. If your plants are affected during late flowering or close to harvest, please try to use the safest means of control to be safe to your health.[/color] Prevent indoor entry of gnats by making sure there is no open windows open without screens on. Aug is a bad time for them as they are worst that time of the year.[/color]
[color=red. Plants growing in rock wool are more prone to getting a more severe infestation than plants growing in soil. If your plants are affected during late flowering or close to harvest, please try to use the safest means of control to be safe to your health.[/color][/color]
[color=red. Plants growing in rock wool are more prone to getting a more severe infestation than plants growing in soil. If your plants are affected during late flowering or close to harvest, please try to use the safest means of control to be safe to your health.[/color] Put sticky traps on the soil surface to trap the gnats[/color]
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[color=red. Plants growing in rock wool are more prone to getting a more severe infestation than plants growing in soil. If your plants are affected during late flowering or close to harvest, please try to use the safest means of control to be safe to your health.[/color] Put potato slices on the surface of the soil. The larvae like it and will be drawn to it.. After about 4 to 5 days, remove the potato slices with the larvae. To get rid of them you can do a lot of things like either use a NO pest strip, neem oil or putting sand on the surface of the soil will suffocate the eggs and get rid of them as well. Tobacco juice kills them, and works well for re-occurrences!
[color=red. Plants growing in rock wool are more prone to getting a more severe infestation than plants growing in soil. If your plants are affected during late flowering or close to harvest, please try to use the safest means of control to be safe to your health.[/color][/color]
[color=red. Plants growing in rock wool are more prone to getting a more severe infestation than plants growing in soil. If your plants are affected during late flowering or close to harvest, please try to use the safest means of control to be safe to your health.[/color]Margarine tubs with a moist paper towel on the bottom will also work. Wait several days and then cover and throw away. Using something like margarine tubs that you can quickly cover will also often times capture many adults in the process of laying eggs.[/color]
[color=red. Plants growing in rock wool are more prone to getting a more severe infestation than plants growing in soil. If your plants are affected during late flowering or close to harvest, please try to use the safest means of control to be safe to your health.[/color][/color]
[color=red. Plants growing in rock wool are more prone to getting a more severe infestation than plants growing in soil. If your plants are affected during late flowering or close to harvest, please try to use the safest means of control to be safe to your health.[/color]The key beating fungus gnats is to break the breeding cycle. Make sure you do not have any moist/damp garbage in your home. They will move about your home traveling from your grow room to kitchens and other rooms and if there are sources of moisture there where eggs can be laid, they will lay eggs there.[/color]
[color=red. Plants growing in rock wool are more prone to getting a more severe infestation than plants growing in soil. If your plants are affected during late flowering or close to harvest, please try to use the safest means of control to be safe to your health.[/color][/color]
[color=red. Plants growing in rock wool are more prone to getting a more severe infestation than plants growing in soil. If your plants are affected during late flowering or close to harvest, please try to use the safest means of control to be safe to your health.[/color]If you have multiple bathrooms and not all are used often drains can be sources for egg laying. Flushing them well, and often, even using boiling water to assure killing any eggs that are not flushed, will also help get rid of fungus gnats.[/color]
[color=red. Plants growing in rock wool are more prone to getting a more severe infestation than plants growing in soil. If your plants are affected during late flowering or close to harvest, please try to use the safest means of control to be safe to your health.[/color][/color]
[color=red. Plants growing in rock wool are more prone to getting a more severe infestation than plants growing in soil. If your plants are affected during late flowering or close to harvest, please try to use the safest means of control to be safe to your health.[/color]Putting a layer of sand, as thick as possible, over the top of your soil (if growing in pots) will also help rid you of fungus gnats. The sand will dry out quickly and not offer them a good location for laying eggs. [/color]
[color=red. Plants growing in rock wool are more prone to getting a more severe infestation than plants growing in soil. If your plants are affected during late flowering or close to harvest, please try to use the safest means of control to be safe to your health.[/color][/color]
[color=red. Plants growing in rock wool are more prone to getting a more severe infestation than plants growing in soil. If your plants are affected during late flowering or close to harvest, please try to use the safest means of control to be safe to your health.[/color]They can be in or on the soil and can fly. In order to get rid of them you can use neem oil, sand or perlite on the surface again kills them, and no pest strips catch the ones that fly. A chemical product called Zone works very well and is very powerful and works well in Hydroponics/Aeroponics![/color]
[color=red. Plants growing in rock wool are more prone to getting a more severe infestation than plants growing in soil. If your plants are affected during late flowering or close to harvest, please try to use the safest means of control to be safe to your health.[/color][/color]
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