1love1earth
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well, the springtails to my knowledge don't develop into anything above soil.
Though oddly enough, I swear I saw two round eggs (bout the size of a period on the PC ., decently big) on a satori stem yesterday. Looked around on other plants but didn't see anything. Under a mag lense it looked like there was a little black thing in the egg, but it was hard to tell, could have been anything, though they did look like 2 eggs, right next to each other, maybe a few mm apart.
Might be multiple pests.
Anyways, the springtails really don't come to the surface, except the few that get dragged up there when I water. To my knowledge, they really like to live below the coco.
Now there's always a chance their not really springtails, but I'm taking a new preventative approach to all things bugs.
Gnatrol application every other watering, for a week, then weekly.
Nematodes bi-weekly for 2-3 weeks.
Spinosad spray (as soon as I can get some, might be 2 weeks out) weekly, depending on recomendations.
DE mixed into the coco.
Maybe some neem oil bi-weekly until I get the spinosad.
All and all, I don't think any of these products will really stress my plants out.
Though oddly enough, I swear I saw two round eggs (bout the size of a period on the PC ., decently big) on a satori stem yesterday. Looked around on other plants but didn't see anything. Under a mag lense it looked like there was a little black thing in the egg, but it was hard to tell, could have been anything, though they did look like 2 eggs, right next to each other, maybe a few mm apart.
Might be multiple pests.
Anyways, the springtails really don't come to the surface, except the few that get dragged up there when I water. To my knowledge, they really like to live below the coco.
Now there's always a chance their not really springtails, but I'm taking a new preventative approach to all things bugs.
Gnatrol application every other watering, for a week, then weekly.
Nematodes bi-weekly for 2-3 weeks.
Spinosad spray (as soon as I can get some, might be 2 weeks out) weekly, depending on recomendations.
DE mixed into the coco.
Maybe some neem oil bi-weekly until I get the spinosad.
All and all, I don't think any of these products will really stress my plants out.