HeLp ! PlS Termites came out of hibernation on grow room

Ok I set up shop in my dad's old building he used for a print shop. He had termites but skunks came along and stayed unset the building a couple of winters consecutively and I assume ate the sleepy hibernating termites and larvae, briefcase they quit emerging when summer came. They started back apparently and the lights terrified them into coming out and they are in the soil of my plants. I heave 7 different strains, autos and photos, and believe they may have skipped half the plants because I hadn't watered in awhile and they love moisture. What are my options? I thought about watering with high vinegar solution then flushing right after but that's gonna screw my Ph all the way up , ifit don't kill the plants all together .i thought of vacuuming soil out and replacing with new soil, a little at a time.i don't know. It just happened this mourning.they are the winged wood termites. HeLp
 

Susanne

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I just saw your post, so if you didn't get anything done, I'm probably too late. My first two grows were ALL killed by termites. The first were "chopped" down at about 2 months. I thought it was cutworms or something. The 2nd year, they were almost ready to harvest, and they all came tumbling down (the first grow was planted in the soil/ the 2nd were in 15-20 gal pots), cut at the soil line. It was a straight cut, and we finally figured out it was termites. We saw them in the soil.
So, from then on, we've sprayed the soil with Dominion 2 BEFORE we set out the pots and haven't had a problem since. I don't know if it can be sprayed after the plants are already growing (it's sprayed in the soil). You might want to look that up. The booklet that came with mine got wet and I have nothing to read, sorry.
Good luck!
 
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