Good or Bad Bugs?!

cannakis

cannakis

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i tried to upload the video but of course can not... but the bugs look like mini termites and hundreds of them all crawling around everywhere. i read it could be fungus gnats because it may be too wet. also just cut some mothers back to clone it and it was either too hot, too much cut off, or fungus gnats.? Should i add sand on top? are these bugs actually okay? i think my plants dying was more to do with heat.
 
cannakis

cannakis

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Okay so Actually... i Think, and Pray by JESUS CHRIST'S NAME! That they are Actually Springtails and Predator Mites, more than likely Sprintails. https://www.thcfarmer.com/community/threads/root-aphids-fungus-gnats-and-other-fun-bugs-id-pics.55071/ This thread gave Great pictures showing the differences in Root Aphids and Fungus Gnats, and then showed Springtails which is Exactly what they look like.! Almost like very tiny termites, but are Extremely Quick. Thanks for your help, so i assume my soil is actually in Good condition, thanks everyone.!
 
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adower

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Do they jump? If so, they are most likely spring tails. Do you have a scope? If so, catch one on a piece of scotch tape and look at it with the scope.
 
cannakis

cannakis

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adower said:
Do they jump? If so, they are most likely spring tails. Do you have a scope? If so, catch one on a piece of scotch tape and look at it with the scope.
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Yeah... Kind of like jump straight ahead when moving, have a video but can't upload it for the life of me... Maybe later...
 
cannakis

cannakis

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Actually damnit they were fungus gnats, which they did not look like fungus gnat larvae but rather the springtails, but when i went back there was big ass fungus gnat flyers! UGH!

I just bought and added Sulfur And Cottonseed Meal to my soil mix and took that fungus gnat shit outside to mix with it.! Hopefully now with the sulfur and cottonseed the pH will be Lowered correctly and it and the neem meal will get rid of the fungus gnats.! This organic soil making is bull shit, i should have just listened! Should have just got promix, and amended.!
 
cannakis

cannakis

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DAMNIT! It is a Root Aphid Infestation! What do i do?! Scrap the soil, clean the roots? Mix the soil with other soil? Neem Meal? Oil? i don't have them anywhere else i believe, just in the 7 mother plants that i cut clones from, and they were slow to start growing so it stayed wet for a couple weeks.! Should i clean the container holding the infested plants?
 
Pattahabi

Pattahabi

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I'm curious if they are flying or crawling? If they are crawling in the soil, and they look like the following, there's nothing to worry about:

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Vnsmkr

Vnsmkr

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Looks like the soil is moving, I know, but its not zoomed in enough to tell what they are imo
 
cannakis

cannakis

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Pattahabi said:
I'm curious if they are flying or crawling? If they are crawling in the soil, and they look like the following, there's nothing to worry about:

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Yes they look like that to a degree, and they are just crawling all over the place moving fast. Seamaiden from thcfarmer.com says she believes them to be good/beneficial because they are moving around so fast.
 
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