qwerty0260
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Hey guys, this is my first grow. It has been going pretty good so far. However, I noticed that there seems to be an infestation of little white knats on my plants. Any advice for getting rid of them is welcome. Thx.
Little White Knats
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qwerty0260
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Could you tell me where to get that. Walmart, Lowes, Home Depot, etc. Thx. I like your avatar. haha. +rep
UserFriendly
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I've never seen/looked for it at the home improvement stores. I would buy it at the hydro store or order it online.
greenfarmergirl
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Those little white knats are white flies. If you go to a local nursery tell them they are on tomatoes or berrires. Lots of pesticieds will kill them. You can only use a food pesticide.
Jerry Garcia
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Have you used this product yourself UserFriendly? I just put some sand on the top layer of my plants but I don't think that is going to cut it long term.
UserFriendly
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I personally use mosquito dunks, yellow sticky traps, and neem + dishsoap.
Jerry Garcia
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cool. thanks man.
qwerty0260
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Thx GreenFarmerGirl. +rep
qwerty0260
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BTW, Are white flies even bad for your plants?
greenfarmergirl
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Yeah they eat them. Then they can't grow well and they also can't fight off molds. The sticky traps work well also. I have been using NEEM oil.
privateaero
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What is neem oil? and how do you use dishsoap and water, and is the sand on top of the soil worth the effort?
greenfarmergirl
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Neem oil is a organic chem. I water with it sometimes. 1oz to a gal. It helps prevent mold and bugs from eating my plants. Use the cold pressed oil. I bought mine at a nursery. No bugs or mold so far. The yellow sticky traps work well to control them also. I'm going to start flowering next week so I need to read up on what I can use and not use.
XMaNeverDYE
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I have been getting an increasing number of little white Knats in my bedroom and grow room, i was planing on harvesting in about a week any ways...
Should i just do it now, or wait??
ps: I haven't flushed her yet!!
Should i just do it now, or wait??
ps: I haven't flushed her yet!!
Forsaken5678
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Use neem oil. its organic and not harsh like pesticides. got rid of my white fly infestation. www.neemking.org
qwerty0260
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Just to let every one know, i just recently bought Sevin Insecticide and used it once and it got rid of all the white flies and other bugs I was seeing on the plants. I even dilluted it more than the bottle says. So now I have tons of this stuff and it only cost 10 dollars. I am extremely happy with this product. It is safe for flowering vegitables too so I know I wont die when I smoke my beautiful babies. PEACE.
juggaloclownz187
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I have a bottle of that that hooks up to my hose for killing shit in my yard, and it comes will all kinds of crazy warnings on how bad it is for you all over the bottle, never used it for anything else so i dont really know i would just be careful!!
KP2
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you are plagued by fungus gnats. sand on top of the soil helps prevent future breeding, mosquito dunks are the EXACT SAME THING as gnatrol, but in a solid form. any soap will kill the larvae, and the adults do not pose a threat other than breeding more larvae. the larvae eat the roots, which causes symptoms of overwatering, burn, and deficiency at the same time.
neem oil works too. mosquito dunks are awesome though, and cheaper than gnatrol.
neem oil works too. mosquito dunks are awesome though, and cheaper than gnatrol.
qwerty0260
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I read the bottle and it says it is safe for flowering vegetables. Plus I asked the nursery owner if it was safe for my "tomatoes". She said it was. Thanks for looking out for me. Plus I used it once and dilluted it about double what the bottle says. I'm nowhere near flowering yet anyways. I think I should be safe.
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