Nuke Juice: Or how I killed the pests in my garden :)

The morning was crisp and the night before I had watered...

I woke to my veg grow area inundated with tens of thousands of the smallest little creatures you've ever seen.

First I choose to freeze the entire polyfilm tent for 48 hours. This was the best choice and one that doesn't involve any pesticides! Second remediation effort was to quarantine the plant in the bathtub letting the critters buildup and then I would wipe them out literally with a sponge.
In 36 hours and 6 or 7 cleanups of the tub the infestation was critically slowed. I used a teaspoon of diatomaceous earth over the top soil but that didn't even do anything. At this point only about a hundred of the bugs would build up over the course of a couple hours.

After scouring the internet for solutions to my problem (I never found out what these things are.) I discovered that various combinations of normal household liquids could kill off an infestation. Here is what worked so well after some trial and error;

Nuke Juice:

1/8 cup cream
1/8 cup cider vinegar
1 cup hot water with 1 tablespoon molasses dissolved
20 drops of pure peppermint extract
3 tablespoons fine garlic powder
5 tablespoons dish soap

Stir and do not shake until use. We want to preserve the sudsy nature of the soap for when it's applied.

Applying this solution to the top soil, rim and bottom openings of the container has eliminated them!
I hope others find this useful. These critters could take over a grow area in a matter of days. Watch out for them if you choose to go with any organic soil amendments!

Has your research given you any idea as to where they originated? I wonder if that will work for fungus gnats, that's the pest I'm dealing with, thankfully on somewhat of a small scale.

I did. I believe they are some kind of Springtail.

Just to make this clear in case anyone uses this method to control them; Don't drench the soil. It mostly works as a coating they can't pass over so they become quarantined within the pot.

Yes, these little springtails are a great indicator of active healthy soil. But I still found it nice to have them in the pot and not everywhere else lol.