ROOT APHIDs???

[toohighmf]

I was spacing out my plants and found an infestation of 6 legged round bugs w/o wings. They range in color and size based on their maturity. Some are tiny yellow-amber colored and some have matured to a dark grey round bug with a red butt. These are not mites or thrips. My guess is root aphids. They are only in the root zone and seem to be sucking on the root tips. I squashed as many as I could without damaging the rhisosphere under each cube. Does anyone have any pics and/or solutions? If I had a real camera n comp I would post up pics but I don't. I want to jump on this ASAP, but not sure what to use. I'm about ready to bloom, and I'm holding off until the problem is erradicated. I'm all ears. Thanks in advance!

 

[Charg5152]

Check out the a few of the stickies at the top of the infirmary, but I have used Monteray Insect Garden Spray (active ingredient Spinosad), Azatrol, & floramite.

 

[toohighmf]

thank you. How does H2o2 or liquid pyrithrens work on em? Being a soft bodied insect would Gnatrol work? Azatrol didn't do much for em in my friends aerflo, but he found them way too late. What do you think?

 

[toohighmf]

Just got a tip that scorpion juice at 80ml/gal sent them running off and dying,and thousands of them came out his return lines. Sacrylic acid??? He tried floramite dips, azatrol and then got the tip on scorpion and it worked like a charm immediately. I'm gonna give it a shot as I got nothin to lose at this point.

 

[Charg5152]

Azatrol has to be used on a semi consistent basis. For a quick kill after an application or two go for the floramite or monteray garden spray. I keep the floramite for extreme issues and use the monteray more often (cheaper). I have been extremely successful with 100% kills with two applications.

 

[Lune TNS]

I am currently doing battle with these little bastards, from what Ive read and been told the only sure fire solution is to start over again with fresh cuttings and new medium... how great huh? I recently did a root dunk on everything in my veg room with Bug Buster O (pyrithium-based bug killer) and that seems to have killed em... roots that used to look sad are now getting fuzzy tips and what not.... that being said everything has been stunted a bit, but it will recover....

 

[toohighmf]

My plants are extremely healthy and have massive roots, with very little browng at all. Im going to try the scorp as it came from a really good grower I've known a long time.