Little bugs in the soil

[Fadò]

my friend just gave me a plant today but i noticed that theres really tiny black bugs crawling around in the soil. Does anyone know if theyre gonna hurt the plant and how to get rid of them????

[A Red Sharpie]

i had plants that had this issue never really hurt the plant, invest in pest strips tho, and take bug spary and spary the soil well if u do this for awhile u will get rid of them

[booboo420]

use safers pest control spray..... works well

[freedom4ever]

If they're fungus gnats ya wanna kill 'em dead quick. They look harmless enough and are easy to squish, but they lay their larvae in the soil and the larvae eat the roots! I fight these fuckers every day of my growing life.

I recommend sticky strips for the flying ones. Remove the top layer of soil, replace with new soil and then a 1/2 inch layer of sand to suffocate the larvae. They don't like garlic either.

GL.

[ggmallow]

Originally Posted by freedom4ever

If they're fungus gnats ya wanna kill 'em dead quick. They look harmless enough and are easy to squish, but they lay their larvae in the soil and the larvae eat the roots! I fight these fuckers every day of my growing life.

I recommend sticky strips for the flying ones. Remove the top layer of soil, replace with new soil and then a 1/2 inch layer of sand to suffocate the larvae. They don't like garlic either.


GL.

I wish we had pictures of these nats next time you see them could you snap a shot of them for me if you could. I think I may of saw them in a bag ffof I picked up. It makes me curious where they come from espically with fox farm having such great quality of products.

[freedom4ever]

Fungus gnatius:

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Not actual size! They are significantly smaller.

[ggmallow]

Originally Posted by freedom4ever

Fungus gnatius:

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Not actual size! significantly smaller.

Funny. Those aren't what I saw in the soil I picked up though. Thanks for the quick reply:-)

[cantharis]

Fungus gnat larvae are small white maggots. The adults actually cause no damage, only the horrible young.

[dfrtngrt]

Originally Posted by A Red Sharpie

i had plants that had this issue never really hurt the plant, invest in pest strips tho, and take bug spary and spary the soil well if u do this for awhile u will get rid of them

oh , sorry , and maybe i can not help you , but i will try my best to help yo u , andwhen i finished my game , and i will have a look oon it , wait for me

[Liverasta420]

do these little larvae jump around like they are on crack? flinging them selves around? these little bastards are showing up in the hundreds. just little tiny lavae looking things all through out the soil, its horrible and its almost 4 weeks flowering.. im bummed

[iwearnopants]

Originally Posted by Liverasta420

do these little larvae jump around like they are on crack? flinging them selves around? these little bastards are showing up in the hundreds. just little tiny lavae looking things all through out the soil, its horrible and its almost 4 weeks flowering.. im bummed

this is what i have currently, i could have sworn i seen a flying gnat i stepped on before watering then after mixn nutes and watering they all come to the surface hundreds of lil crackhead green bugs jumping around just as you described then they go back into the soil.

How do I kill them?

im afraid if i let the soil get real dry that they will migrate up the plant into my 7 week old buds


someone please help!
Ive heard of spraying garlic/pepper solution after lights out but I'd appreciate a tried and tured method... anyone please tell me how you did it? plz tks ty