kushwizard
New Member
Hello all my name is Kushwizard and this is my first post on the 420 forums! Thank you in advance for all your feedback any and all is greatly appreciated... now for some backround info...
At first I thought I saw little bites subtle here and there on my fan leaves.... Checked all the plants over with a magnifying glass saw nothing on the leaves under or on top nor on the stalks...
I sprayed with neem oil just as a precaution because I had some left over from some spider mites who were devouring my basil plants.
After spraying the neem through a cycle the bites out of my leaves ceased but then I noticed some little black bugs crawling on the rim of my pots, which brings us to my current situation. At first I did a little research and came to the conclusion I was dealing with Fungus Gnats (after digging up an inch of soil and finding little black bugs hovering around the main root ball) I believed those bastards were eating my roots and that they would pay!
I treated my soil with Hydrogen peroxide 3% solution and saw fizzing and I read on a post on this forum actually that was a confirmation sign of me having fungus gnats. However after a few treatments and the placing of apple cider vinegar traps I thought I would have bested the bastards... I didnt... I then released 7,500 Hypoapsis Miles in a 10 plant room and thought they'd do the job... its been about a week and I still see high numbers of these black bastards.
Now I'm lost... Maybe springtails? maybe root aphids or both? i dont know.
I hope the pictures help as they were they best I could capture.
PS: I grow organic, fox farm ocean forest, and General Organic nutes.