Please help!!

I am about a third of the way through a closet grow in my new apartment. I have done this before with great results. This morning I noticed these almost invisible little gnat looking bugs jumping around in my soil. fortunately no damage to plant YET! I don,t know what they are exactly and I need a good way to get rid of them before I loose my girls. I'm on a tight budget and would rather not use chemicals if I dont have too but whatever it takes. Please hel!!!! I appreciate the time

If they jump when startled then its just springtails.

Springtails are detrivorous feeders, feeding on decaying matter and fungi.

They aren't detrimental and are a part of soil ecology.


They are unsightly though.

Jumpy little buggers. Lol.




J

jondamon said:

If they jump when startled then its just springtails.

Springtails are detrivorous feeders, feeding on decaying matter and fungi.

They aren't detrimental and are a part of soil ecology.


They are unsightly though.

Jumpy little buggers. Lol.




J

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Oh ok. I was so worried Ive never had them before. So its ok to preceed as usual? is there anything I should be looking for just in case its not springtails??

C-litt1385 said:

Oh ok. I was so worried Ive never had them before. So its ok to preceed as usual? is there anything I should be looking for just in case its not springtails??

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Yeah you should be looking to positively identify them.

Descriptions are not as good as pictures for definitive confirmation.



J

If they are actually flying they are probably fungus gnats. Letting your pots dry out well helps, a layer of sand helps also. I'll stop there as you are against chemicals.