whiteflies?

hey guys i am new here and i am new to growing anyways i was looking at my plants last night and i noticed when i moved the soil there were these little white things going all over the place. i have 5 plants and unfortunately it was in all 5 i have done some looking around and figure they are whiteflies and was looking for some suggestions on how to get rid of the problem and then how to keep it away. thanks for any help

They sound like soil mites, springtails, or some other soil insect.....more than likely the insects in the soil are beneficial & a sign of healthy soil. Root aphids can be destructive, but they are rare and I highly doubt that you have them.

Whiteflies, like the name suggests, fly around and suck sap from the undersides of leaves. They don't hang out in the dirt.

Hope this helps,






-OSUB

i thought they were whiteflies because some of them were on the side of the pot and they looked like they had little wings and they were white so i just assumed but thank you for the help i appreciate it nice to know its something that wont harm my plant

these are whiteflies, in case you were wondering







-OSUB

alright definitely not one of those however i believe i saw a gnat in there on one of my plants there was 1 and then i lost it and saw it again later on but i didnt get a chance to kill it what can i do about that?

let your soil dry out a little bit more inbetween waterings.


the larvae of gnats can eat your roots.....but that is only if your plant is entirely root bound. fungus gnat diet mostly consists of what their name implies - fungus! the flying gnats DO NOT eat any parts of your plant. fungus gnats can be a sign of healthy or unhealthy soil.....but in your case with seeing other bugs, ide say you have nothing to worry about & your soil is healthy





-OSUB

yeah the guy at the grow shop told me to let the soil dry so i have not watered since then thank you for the response nice to know my plants will be ok

ok so i had not watered in like a week just so the soil could dry out i know the plants can handle a dry spell better than over watering so i let them dry out and then when i watered again the top layer in 2 of the 5 plants were like swarmed with those little white things jumping around its really annoying to deal with these things every time i water and i dont really know much about watering from underneath my plant was just curious if you had any ideas on how to handle the bugs? also i stopped watering all plants as soon as i noticed the bugs