Little maggots eating into the stem??

[chazz michaels]

Hello all,

I took a few clones a couple of weeks ago, and they started to grow very slowly.... one of them went limp....

I didn't know what was wrong, so I dug them up and had a look...

They all had these tiny little maggot looking creatures eating their way into the stem just under the surface of the dirt??

Does anyone know what they are? Or how I might have got them?

I thought it might be nematodes, but i'm not sure?

It looks like they eat their way into the stem under the soil and then eat the inside of the stem out?

Thanks for any help.

 

[chazz michaels]

I think it is fungus gnat larvae...

 

[brer]

Crap , seen tiny maggot's in a pot tray before and never identified them , however I do not remember them causing harm . Hope you get it resolved .

 

[SeedsOfFreedom]

It does sound like Fungas Knats. They look like skinny maggots or worm like things as larvae. I have always used just H2O2 for fungas knats. Its quite easy on plants and it kills knats larvae quickly. It sucks for organics because you kill most life off in your soil, but the knats die with it. Fair trade? I think so.

 

[chazz michaels]

Thanks for the replies.

I am pretty sure they are fungus gnat larvae now.

All of the cuttings were thrown out and I have some neem oil which should fix the soil.

 

[brer]

I will be using an mix of one third ISO alcohol mixed with water as a leaf rub on clones taken from an outdoor plant to hopefully reduce the possibility of mites on recently taken clones , after they root . Isopropol 99.5% , everclear ! Rubbing alcohol .
Have H2O2 in the easy cloner .