lemme ask this....would smoking a plant that had been treated w imid be worse then smoking the horseshit chemically loaded "medicine" they sell here in the cali dispensaries that get juiced right up to the day of harvest? that may be a silly question...but im not afraid of my ignorance! haha
How is best to confirm weather I have aphids, gnats, or both?
Just a quick update. I'm mid way thru harvesting and I finally got some photos to share. Sorry about the poor quality, I just put my digi cam up to my scope ocular.
I'm now starting to think I am only dealing with Fungus Gnats, and that they may be introducing a pathogen into my crops. I can find very few of the adults, and I think I may have some winged immatures (or some other species, maybe the pics will show). My root balls are very healthy looking/smelling and I can't seem to find any grubs/pupae in the roots under the scope. Maybe someone can help me diagnose by looking at these pics.....
Adult Fungus Gnat?
Immature gnat, or some other species??? The antennae seem much more segmented
I just found one of these bugs in my garden. First time I have seen one that looks like the ones in the pics above. The winged bugs Ive seen before were fatter and just plain different in every way. I can't say for sure whether it's the top example or the bottom example though. It wasn't flying though. It was RUNNING and goddamn it was quick! Anyway thought Id share that I have these sort of bugs too and had never seen them before.
(ETA: Fwiw, I think both bugs in the pics above are the same species, just slightly different stages of life. They look too similar to be completely different. The question is are these aphids or fungus gnats?)
I got a case of the crabs, probably from reusing coco too many times. I would say in the future only use it twice at the most. I was just being cheap and pushing my luck.
anyways I got sum bayer bush and shrub and spectricide triazicide once and done concentrate 2. It only contains .08 percent of the gamma cyhalothrin. the one mentioned on the first page said 25 percent. maybe cuz i got concentrate 2? should i tripple the dosage recommenced on the first page to get it up to par or should i just try out the regular 7.5 or 15 ml? I guess while I wait for some ill do the regular recommended dosage while I wait for the answer. Im Using the bayer for my veg area(hand watered coco) and the spectracide for my flower area(ebb n gro 27 site). I still have 60 day or so left till my flowering plants are done should i use the bayer in there too? thanks for the great thread