hey guys i git a bag of soil the other day and i opened it to see how the soil was (quality wise) and i closed it and a couple if days later i went to look again and a couple gnats flew out and i seen a little teeny tiny ass bug shaped like a cigar i wouldnt of seen it if it hadnt started goong up the side if the bag... is this something ti worry about or is this sorta normal? im nit growing yet the soils still in the bag i just dont wanna start with infested soil? "The pharmacuetical industry doesnt create cures, they create customers"
Are you serious? Its been three hours. Chill the fuck out. Sent from my SGH-I337M using Grasscity Forum mobile app
Hello! I farm organically and grow a little pot on annually for myself so I would love to help.I wouldn't worry terribly much on these bugs in your soil. If it really concerns you can bake your soil, which will actually kill any weed seed, insect, disease or fungi present in your soil. This is pretty much pasteurizing your soil, which also you want to make sure you buy pasteurized soil or you can do this instead. You will need for this an aluminum baking pan, aluminum foil and a good meat thermometer. Set your oven to 180 degrees. Put your soil (not dry or soaking wet, just moist) into the pans and cover with aluminum. Now insert your meat thermometer into the pan through the aluminum, that way you can just open the oven really quickly and look at the temperature. Or you could maybe see it through the glass if positioned right. Once the thermometer reaches 180 degrees F (82 C) bake for 30 more minutes. Now if you can't set your oven to 180 degrees just make sure that the internal soil temperature never reaches 200 degrees F. Also, this could smell bad just a warning.
[quote name="ShaunDizzle" post="20332882" timestamp="1406011348"]Hello! I farm organically and grow a little pot on annually for myself so I would love to help.I wouldn't worry terribly much on these bugs in your soil. If it really concerns you can bake your soil, which will actually kill any weed seed, insect, disease or fungi present in your soil. This is pretty much pasteurizing your soil, which also you want to make sure you buy pasteurized soil or you can do this instead. You will need for this an aluminum baking pan, aluminum foil and a good meat thermometer. Set your oven to 180 degrees. Put your soil (not dry or soaking wet, just moist) into the pans and cover with aluminum. Now insert your meat thermometer into the pan through the aluminum, that way you can just open the oven really quickly and look at the temperature. Or you could maybe see it through the glass if positioned right. Once the thermometer reaches 180 degrees F (82 C) bake for 30 more minutes. Now if you can't set your oven to 180 degrees just make sure that the internal soil temperature never reaches 200 degrees F. Also, this could smell bad just a warning.
theres no gnats in my garage its completely closed off its probably 100 in there and even hotter inside the plastic the soil is not humid at all "The pharmacuetical industry doesnt create cures, they create customers"
nevermind u were right those fuckers can always get to soil it seems like "The pharmacuetical industry doesnt create cures, they create customers"