So I've noticed small little light colored balls in my soil. I've looked into it and found that fungus gnats can come from overwatering and I've definitely been overwatering. Thought I would post here hopefully someone will have an idea what this is. The first two pictures are zoomed in using a phone microscope. The first one is a picture of them directly in the soil the second one is a single egg in the palm of my hand also super zoomed in. Sent from my Redmi Note 5 using Grasscity Forum mobile app
for sure a shit ton of some kind of eggs... Suprised yoi dont see something crawling or flying around
Only been a couple of days since I have noticed them so probably just early. Found something on Google saying to feed 1 part hydrogen peroxide and 4 parts water. Which is supposed to kill the larvae when they hatch but that's if they are fungus gnats. My ass was so worried about underwatering that I started to water too much. Sent from my Redmi Note 5 using Grasscity Forum mobile app
Still weird that they would be that many eggs and none flying around. I am currently dealing with a bit of a fungus gnat issue myself in living soil so can't to go the peroxide road but can say they are easy to spot flying if you got em.. Put up some sticky strips and if you don't get any then you've got something else
Cool I'll try sourcing some sticky strips just to see what happens. A little difficult getting things these days will all the shutdowns Sent from my Redmi Note 5 using Grasscity Forum mobile app
I spray the top of my soil with Hydrogen Peroxide 1:5, if I see gnats or anything moving I spray them too, they stop moving after a few seconds. I wouldn't feed it to your plants, it destroys any beneficial microbes and insects too. Just spray every day or other day for a week. In all honesty I've given up on fighting gnats, if your plant is big and healthy enough the gnats wont thrive anyway. You've probably lost these seedlings, has happened to me. Good luck
Fingers crossed that I haven't lost the seedlings. I've already watered it with the hydrogen peroxide and water mixture so just wait and pray I guess Sent from my Redmi Note 5 using Grasscity Forum mobile app