Root aphids....

Who has had them, and who has killed them, I want to know! I am battling an infestation and I am about to exterminate! I grow in Clay and coco, anyone out there have any experience with these little root eating bastards!

yep they get ya if your roots get to damp. you need liquid pyrethris, however the decomposing roots will lead to further rot. once they move in it gets bad fast.

i turn off pumps wait 10 minutes bathe the medium in a pyrethris mix i allow to stand one hour the resume the pump


you will end up with critters in your medium getting moldy but your plants have a shot at finishing

use nematodes, botaniguard, and liquid pyrethrum all together to sort them out. They are a serious pest and threat to your grow - to me looked like beetles more than aphids when i first came across them, but they are a hard coated aphid.

good luck mate

Thanks guys, I hit them with Nematodes alone, and I don't think they did well with the clay. I will try the combo pack like you suggested david, I hope I can get them the hell out of my room once and for all! Hey Abud, is there products out there that can help clean out the left over critters after I kill them? I was thinking cannazym might help..Any thoughts?

yes i would have thought cannazym would help, i would also check out hydrozyme and guardian angel

are you getting spots on your leaves from them eating the roots?

yes i would have thought cannazym would help, i would also check out hydrozyme and guardian angel
Thanks for the info David, when it is time, I will use a product like that...

are you getting spots on your leaves from them eating the roots?
Hard to say, since the spider mites are still around. Man these bugs are driving me to get mean! I only have a few spider mites, and are under control, but the combo of root aphids and fungus gnats need an a-bomb to kick the population down. I hit them hard on friday, and yesterday I left town, so I hope to see good results tonight...Wish me luck!

ilf you have trouble with fungus gnats use gnat off - sorted mine in a week.

Only thing is make sure you use double the recommended amount, i.e. use 2ml per litre instead of the recommended one ml per litre.

I killed them....I just went in there and did it man..I had no other choice, it was either them or me, and I am a survivor..I am so dirty now, filthy with the death of potentially thousands of life's...But what was I supposed to do? Let them win, and eat my ladies? Now way! So pulled out my weapon of mass destruction, and emitted chemical warfare upon the enemy, killing them almost instantly. I would not say it was a fair fight, they did not have much of a chance of defending them selfs. But, I do live the the horror in my mind, the unrelenting torture of all the life's I took tonight......

One word....Karma buddy Karma.......

I am a natural born killa! They got the Bug Buster, and they did not like that!

I have them in a DWC grow. Funny thing is that the top of the plant looks good. Its the roots that are jacked.

So, I applied Azamax (a liquid pyrethrum) to the reservior and about three days later I see them coming to the top of the pot yet not dying. So I clean out the DWC bucket, and spray of the roots with cold tap water. This has largely solved the problem, but now PH is a big issue. Their decomposition is ruining my water! It shoots up to 6.7 from 5.8 in a night. I have to babysit this thing way too much. And I'm sure that the plants can't take too much of this ph swinging.
I change the water every 2 or three days to keep it from getting too toxic. and with a 30 gallon system its getting expensive.
frusterated and
Not sure of what to do.

Hey there Just wanted to share some info. I'm now fighting these things for the 2nd time Dont know where they came from as i dont let anything in my house because im self seficent... But anyways If your having Issues in your bloom Search a product called botanigard 22WP Its a mycoincesticide WORKS GREAT in bloom its all organic they hit me the last 2 weeks of bloom on my OG's im in hydro rockwool medium do a full medium drench with the rate of 1 pound per 50 gal's water they started dying off after about 3 days they started moving out of my rockwool. I looked at them under my microscope can see the fungi's eatin them (what a great thing to see). So that takes care of them in bloom if they happen to hit you there. So now what do we do about veg Well lets nuke them in veg i had been using bayer tree and shrub but i dont like that fact that it haves a fert's in there so i want something stronger as well. So after plenty of research and calling manufacturs and shit of products I found Merit 75 with is 75 % imidacloprid mixed at a rate of 1 tsp per 10 gallons give this to them in veg NEVER in bloom only use the myco in bloom! So give this to them in veg up to the day before you flip to 12/12 do some searches on the net about how to use this product theres not many post about it but there is some good info... Anyways thats whats working for my now everyday i look my numbers are knocked down and i can see them turning brown in bloom as the myco eats them ....




Well i hope this helps anyone seeking some help with your friendly root aphid problem