Thank you for the reply. I'm frantically going back and forth between Google and checking riu to see if anyone replied. I can't find a bug that looks like it. Plus there were 2! I will def get rid of it all then.
It looks very much like it except the color.
Dude, I think it's a springtail! I would guess in a younger stage of life bc it's small. It said adults were around 1/16 of an inch. This this wouldn't have been visible with my eye. Thanks a lot dude. I was only googling pest so I never came across this guy. I really think it's prob what it is.
Could it be bc I left the baggie covering it for a few days after it broke soil? I was spraying it every day too. Not drenching it but maybe 5-7 spritzes. The fuzz was under the leaf.
I got rid of that plant. I was strongly considering ditching them all. I found those tiny white balls in the bagged soil I bought and used with them. The company said they were fungi but I'm starting to doubt that. I'm going to watch them closely over the next week and see what I can see. Thanks for the help bro. I will do that with watering them. I thought seedlings needed constant moisture but I'll let them dry out more.
This is my last run with bagged soil. I'm gotten almost everything together now for a living soil. I'm going to grow in a 2x4 bed. Was planning on using blumats. I do okay watering from a can, on bigger plants I am better about maintaining a good wet to dry cycle, I just got confused on the seedlings I think. But I've read a bunch of really good stuff about blumats. Plus being able to go on vacation for more than a couple days seems cool too. I'm pretty nervous about messing out all up though. I was going to follow Coot's mix but the way I understand it is the compost/ewc is the most important part. And that's the part I'm struggling with the most. There's no hydro stores in my state. Nowhere to get pumice, quality compost or ewc. I found some new England compost which I heard was good. But I'm honestly thinking of using my own compost at this point. It's been a 3 month search and still isn't definite. Also I'm thinking maybe it wouldn't be a bad idea to get a soil test and call one is these living soil consultants for $75. Sorry i just smoked and I'm rambling
That sounds like very good advice and I will follow that rule of thumb as well. It's not worth the risk. Thanks for that.yes ewc is important fresh ewc is the king of all microbial innoculants and soil conditioners in my opinion and keeping a worm bin is so easy you would beat yourself up for not doing it sooner if you ever tried. just toss all your leftover veggies and fruits and coffee and tea leftovers and they will give you pure black gold in return.
blumats are good too but if you are gonna connect it to a live faucet you should get some security equipment to cut the water flow in an event of runoff which can happen. and if you are gonna connect it to a tank be sure to have a tray or something to keep the water from flooding the house in an event of runoff again. especially keep all the electrical equipment off the floor.
pumice is not a necessity you can use lava stones or perlite or rice husks or many other materials.
as for using your own compost as a general rule of keeping my indoors pest free i dont use anything from outside. bagged stuff is usually sterilized which means it will more than likely not contain pest eggs and seeds but your own compost probably will. you can sterilize it yourself by baking it or something but you have to look that up yourself. its a suggestion from an ocd guy
yes i’d now harvest some worms and start a small indoor bin for your indoor garden. these seedlings are indoors yes i am not mistaken? if so again this rule of outdoor bin for outdoors and indoor bin for indoors stuff is a good precaution to have imo. as you already realized they like horse manure too but again after sterilizing for indoor bin haha