Root Aphids eggs??

[dank.frank]

Okay...so found a few plants with these eggs on them while transplanting last night - please tell me this is nothing serious and that it can be treated...

dank.Frank

 

[MIway]

Looks fuzzy like a mycos colony forming...

 

[watts]

cool pic.. hopefully not eggs or anything bad. MIway may be right.

 

[noyd666]

shit, looks like a mold like spore, can ya scrape it of?

 

[dank.frank]

It can be easily removed from the soil - but I removed them from one plant - then I kept them on the rest...lol. I see zero visible bugs within the soil, nothing moving or crawling around. I have no pests flying around inside the room...

No visible signs of plant stress above soil - all is healthy and green and growing at normal rates - nothing sluggish - nothing wilted, nothing yellowing.

The roots around the spores, eggs, or whatever - do not appear to be damaged or suffering in any way...

It has been MANY months - and at least 1 bleaching a month of my growing area as a result of a broad mite infestation - so I can't possibly imagine how ANYTHING could have gotten in...

I truly hope this is not a pest but rather microbial activity...but this is not anything I have seen before...

I'm half tempted to dig up a plant and attempt to cut one of the discarded ones open and see what there is to see....lol..



dank.Frank

 

[rasputin]

It's nothing serious and doesn't need to be treated. I've had it before. Healthy, moist (key detail) soil with lots of organic matter. If it bothers you allow for a slightly longer wet/dry cycle.

 

[DIDM]

from what I understand


they give live birth, and the fucking bastards are, get this, born pregnant


like WTF is this thing and how do we annihilate them as a species

 

[dank.frank]

lol DIDM - I tell you, nature blows my mind!! Crazy how species that such short life cycles manage to perpetuate and continue to the point of infestation. I know this is the case with broad mites - but I am pretty certain that root aphids - which are my primary suspects here, have a full egg, larve adult type cycle...

Rasputin - YOU SURE ON THIS, bro? I'm about to start digging up plants to cut out a fresh sample - or start pouring all kinds of crap into them as a preventative...hahaha. You are not the first to tell me that it is nothing to fear...

I stopped into ICm chat earlier this evening at talked to a few trusted heads there for an immediate diagnosis...was worried about not getting a conclusive answer and losing sleep over the matter...hahaha!!

Thank you all for the replies! Much love ICm!!



dank.Frank

 

[GeorgeSmiley]

Kinda looked like nitrogen fixing root nodules..... With mycelium covering.


Damn heathy roots at that

GS

 

[dank.frank]

Hey George - thanks for that tidbit - gives me a new direction to look. After removing a few clusters from one plant - as I said, I planted the rest of the ladies showing this... I noticed what appeared to be the beneficial fuzz...and figured perhaps what I was seeing was good - and left it alone.

I just really wanted to double check that nothing was wrong with these girls - really need this round to go well...

The soil these plants are in composted for nearly 6 months - so I suppose I shouldn't be surprised by higher levels of bio-activity....seeing as I normally only get about a months worth of compost time in...

And yeah, I would have thought if it was root aphids, the roots would not have looked as healthy as well...



dank.Frank

 

[Hazed]

Fungi feeding on carbohydrates. Could be eggs, but I doubt they will hatch. Take a sample, keep it dark and moist for a few days and see what happens.
If ya got a USB microscope some pics would be cool!

I don't think ya got anything to worry about, but would be good to figure out what the hell it is feeding on just in case it is eggs of some kind...Hazed

 

[Applesauce]

Odd, I had the exact thing in one of my pots two days ago. I bombed the hell out of everything. My second guess was fungi. No time to ponder! Only thing I have noticed in my media (coco) are spring tails.

 

[medicalmj]

Okay...so found a few plants with these eggs on them while transplanting last night - please tell me this is nothing serious and that it can be treated...


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dank.Frank

Sounds like you got it resolved. One note however, with "eggs" that big you would have surely seen something laying them and/or your roots would be effed by now. But with so much I the line, I'd freak too.

 

[Phillthy]

saw another post with same pics. they were under the impression it was a fungi. they are not fungus gnat eggs fwiw. just keep doin what you do and hit them with a little azamax drench to be sure. roots are healthy as hell.

 

[dank.frank]

Yeah, I've read nearly all day yesterday every source I could find and a few pest books at home and on and on - made the thread to sort of ease my mind and get a few second opinions. I'm fairly convinced it is fungi and NOT pest....


Thanks to every one that contributed opinions and info. I think I'll just keep a really close eye on them - I did mark the plants I saw this on, so if I start seeing odd growth or something, I'll know right away something is off...



dank.Frank

 

[rasputin]

Rasputin - YOU SURE ON THIS, bro? I'm about to start digging up plants to cut out a fresh sample - or start pouring all kinds of crap into them as a preventative...hahaha. You are not the first to tell me that it is nothing to fear...

I'm sure. Seen it before, no issues. Reused the soil that showed it, no issues. Keep it green, amigo.

 

[Infinitesimal]

I would add some beneficial nematodes just to be on the safe side of things... they eat most soil dwelling pests that are in their larval or pupae stages... and are a good thing to have in your soil anyways

 

[ThirdEyeVision]

I chopped a couple plants and one had the exact same issue as you, my heart sank for a second, then i realized they were way too big to be eggs, had to be some sort of fungi.

About a week later on a plant in the flower room a couple weeks behind; one, two, then three caps of mushrooms busting out from the top of the pots lol...

 

[Phillthy]

shroooooooms

 

[watts]

see if you can get an educated opinion like from a university or something. Surely you could email the pic to someone and tell them the type of soil/mix, climate and all that stuff.