Found some aphids or something else

[Redblueblur993]

So I went to the hydro store last week to get a bag of Ocean Forest and two clones from there I did that successfully I put the cutlings into a container. A week goes by and I noticed aphids on the clone soil and the seedlings that I just popped a bunch of aphids and I thought that was crazy cuz I don't know how they would have just showed up out of nowhere. I want to go check the bag of Ocean Forest and there was a bunch of aphids in the soil this isn't the first time this happened. I got some Captain Jack spray and ladybugs in the mail today so I'm going to use it tomorrow and hopefully it will work out I plan on calling the store when they open and tell him I experience but I'm just letting you guys not be careful when you buy soil from anywhere and make sure you check the soil.

 

[PadawanWarrior]

So I went to the hydro store last week to get a bag of Ocean Forest and two clones from there I did that successfully I put the cutlings into a container. A week goes by and I noticed aphids on the clone soil and the seedlings that I just popped a bunch of aphids and I thought that was crazy cuz I don't know how they would have just showed up out of nowhere. I want to go check the bag of Ocean Forest and there was a bunch of aphids in the soil this isn't the first time this happened. I got some Captain Jack spray and ladybugs in the mail today so I'm going to use it tomorrow and hopefully it will work out I plan on calling the store when they open and tell him I experience but I'm just letting you guys not be careful when you buy soil from anywhere and make sure you check the soil.

Do you have a pic? Sounds more like soil mites than aphids.

 

[Redblueblur993]

Do you have a pic? Sounds more like soil mites than aphids.

I don't have a pic but I'll take one tomorrow and upload it

 

[Redblueblur993]

But I see little white things that look like aphids but they're just on the soil

 

[PadawanWarrior]

But I see little white things that look like aphids but they're just on the soil

Sounds like soil mites which are beneficial. They're common in FF soils.

 

[Redblueblur993]

Sounds like soil mites which are beneficial. They're common in FF soils.

I want to take pictures tomorrow but what you said and I looked it up online and read that's what it sounds like it could be soil mites.

 

[Redblueblur993]

Diatomaceous earth is what I found and I looked it up on Amazon should I get this

 

[exploziv]

Maybe springtails?

 

[Redblueblur993]

It was hard to get shots because they moved around pretty fast but this is a close-up of whatever it is

 

[PadawanWarrior]

It was hard to get shots because they moved around pretty fast but this is a close-up of whatever it is

Beneficial mites. All good. Those look like hypoaspis miles which eat fungus gnat larva. Fast is good. Most fast bugs are predators.

 

[Redblueblur993]

Beneficial mites. All good. Those look like hypoaspis miles which eat fungus gnat larva. Fast is good. Most fast bugs are predators.

Will it hurt the plant itself in the long run

 

[PadawanWarrior]

Will it hurt the plant itself in the long run

No. They're good to have in soil. They're beneficial insects.

 

[Redblueblur993]

I found a few of those bugs. It was hard to get a good shot they moved fast. What are they?

 

[Redblueblur993]

It's like they jump around and try to hide. They have wings from what it looks like. They kept in trying to crawl into the soil

 

[William76]

Do they float around in ur runoff?,if so could be springtails,76

 

[Redblueblur993]

Do they float around in ur runoff?,if so could be springtails,76

Not that I have noticed I just seen them the last few days on the soil on top of it and walking around it

 

[Creeperpark]

Get some yellow stickies lay by the stem and catch a few. Then take a magnifier and get a close look. I don't like having anything in my substrate that moves.

 

[Redblueblur993]

Not that I have noticed I just seen them the last few days on the soil on top of it and walking around it

I didn't see anything

 

[Redblueblur993]

I found these in the runoff when I pulled the cup from the other cup All of this was floating in the water swimming and on one of the seedlings there's a little sap and I saw a bug on it before I can take a picture and jumped off or flew away I couldn't tell. It was sticky when I touched it.

 

[William76]

Looks like springtails,supposedly harmless(debateable),but i hate them.glad iv not had them for long enough,resistant to alot of pest controls too.i know some folks put up with them but i believe they maybe be a vector for other things so id rather not have them.iwould finish up what youve got going then start over clean(different medium,plants etc,),wait a few weeks at least between this grow and the next and clean ur room over to to be safe,if its aphids then ull hav to pull out all the stops to deal with them.good luck,76