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08-07-2009, 06:44 PM
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ok my friend calls me today and tells me there are small shite maggots in the soil of the plants, he says they are small like a sugar ant, and ideas? im not going over to see them till sunday so no pics yet.. he does have a dog and a cat,,any way it could be flea larva or some thing? and he did say there were flys in the unused bathroom they had been in befor the grow room was built... thanks for any help... | ||
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08-08-2009, 07:49 AM
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| Honestly dude. Cleanliness is key for preventing all pest infestations. My advice is, transplant, inspect and remove all pests by hand that you can find. Try to get a positive idenification of the pest and use the best method for removing that paticular pest. After all of that is done. Clean, clean, clean. Clean the grow area and all areas aound the grow area. If you are using a cabinet, filter all incoming ducting with black nylon. As i've already said. prevention is the best thing you can do. Good luck.
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08-08-2009, 08:55 AM
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Like the man said keep it clean. There is no reason to let your grow area get funky. Think about the rewards for cleanliness,  BEST OF LUCK | ||
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08-08-2009, 09:55 AM
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08-08-2009, 10:17 AM
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| the area was clean, i moved and had to move my girls to a friends house till i got settled, they were in a un used bathroom for 5 days and then webuilt a grow room for them, he did say he saw flys in the bathroom when the plants were in there, but he didnt tell me about it, i would have got some pest trips right away but he dont know jack and is only doing me a favor here. what kills these fly maggots??? | ||
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08-08-2009, 10:35 AM
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I don't believe its maggots you have. I ain't sure what it is, but flies don't lay eggs in soil. (at least I don't believe they do unless it has some sort of dead shit in it ) I don't know where you are but here we have fire ants. They will get in a pot and lay their eggs and raise, but never hurt the plant. You can rake the soil and see thousands of these eggs. If you have no fire ants where you are I am as lost as you are. They are the only thing I have ever seen in a pot with lots and lots of little white eggs, which would look like a maggotts. A very small on. | ||
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08-08-2009, 05:23 PM
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| putting in inch of perlite on top of your soil will help prevent the white flies or whatever they are from laying their eggs
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A typical fungus gnat larva is a small white/clearish maggot. I use to get them all the time in my rockwool & they never actually hurt anything but pest strips will catch/kill the adults that are flying around & thus the problem will go away since there are no adults to breed. | ||
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