overmyhead
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I am experimenting with some cuttings in the "wal mart cloner" vermiculite wicking from water underneath, also in a couple random cups. I went to look at things and saw clusters of what looked like peat dust floating, then I saw some of the pieces flipping around. Took some out of the water and they go nuts - they can almost jump like fleas. The first pic is what the clusters look like and the second is at like 300X with a kids toy. Here are some observations.
1. the coloring is like that of a plastic worm (fishing lure) that is smoke color with shiny flakes in it
3. they have a broad head (about the same width as their mid section not narrow like thrips), medium length thick antennae
4. they have six legs all in the midsection
5. most have several small "hairs" coming off their rear but one appears to have two long ones. That one is a little larger than the others so maybe it is just a little more developed?
I changed the water out last night and there are more clusters. They must be in the vermiculite too b/c they havent returned to the cup. Sprayed some docktor doom on the surface and it knocked them out for now. I really don't want to ditch the cuts and need to find out if these guys are something I need to worry about - maybe they're good guys? Thank you in advance for any input. How come nothing ever happens to my garden that looks just like something on the net?
1. the coloring is like that of a plastic worm (fishing lure) that is smoke color with shiny flakes in it
3. they have a broad head (about the same width as their mid section not narrow like thrips), medium length thick antennae
4. they have six legs all in the midsection
5. most have several small "hairs" coming off their rear but one appears to have two long ones. That one is a little larger than the others so maybe it is just a little more developed?
I changed the water out last night and there are more clusters. They must be in the vermiculite too b/c they havent returned to the cup. Sprayed some docktor doom on the surface and it knocked them out for now. I really don't want to ditch the cuts and need to find out if these guys are something I need to worry about - maybe they're good guys? Thank you in advance for any input. How come nothing ever happens to my garden that looks just like something on the net?
