Extremely small white crawlers on soil / molded soil ? Root aphids or root rot ?

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How long has this problem been going on? 30-90 days lost track of time due to personal life problems
What STRAIN are you growing? Trainwreck, White Rhino, Og Kush, Ak48
What was the establishing technique? (seed or clone?) clones and seeds
What is the age of your plants? 30-60 days old
How long have they been in the soil mixture they are in now? All their lifecyle
How Tall are the plants? 10 inches +or-
What PHASE (seedling, vegetative or flower) are the plants in? Vegetative
What Technique are you using? (SOG, SCROG etc) N/A
What size pots are you using? (Include how many subjects to pot) 500ml to 3.5liters
What substrate/medium are you using? What brand of soil mixture are you using?(percentage of perlite, vermiculite...etc?) Sunshine mix #6 + perlite 50%/50%
What Nutrient's are you using? Advanced Nutrients
How much of each nutrient are you using with how much water? 2 to 3ml/lts *Knowing the brand is very helpful*
How often are you feeding? Everyother watering
If flowering, when did you switch over to using Bloom nutrients? n/a
What order are you mixing your nutrients? (example: veg nutes 1st, bloom 2nd ect) n/a
What is the TDS/EC/PPM of your nutrients used? 600 to 1.200 ppm
What is the pH of the "RUN-OFF"?
What method of pH test was administered? Using Strips? pH pen? n/a
How often are you watering? 2 to 3 times a week
When was your last feeding and how often are you feeding? n/a
What size bulb are you using? 250w
What is the distance to the canopy?
What is your RH Factor? (Relative Humidity) 60-90%
What is the canopy temperature? 25-30 C
What is the Day/Night Temp? (Include fluctuation range)
What is the current Air Flow? (cfm etc.) 1 small fan inside tent
Tell us about your ventilation, intake exhaust and when its running and not running ? 1 medium turbo exaust for cooltube + tent
Is the fan blowing directly at plants? kind of
Is the grow substrate constantly wet or moist? sometimes
Is your water HARD or SOFT? Soft
What water are you using? Reverse Osmosis (RO)? Tap? Bottled? Well water? Distilled? Mineral Water? Treated Tap
Are you using water from a water softener? no
Has plant been recently pruned, cloned or pinched? no
Have any pest chemicals been used? If so what and when? Imid, pyrethrins, neem oil and azamax.
Are plant's infected with pest's? I think, aphids but i don't know if they are ROOT aphids ...



So Let me break it down of the chaos that took over my perpetual system :

about 3 months ago i noticed some bugs on my late flower plants, they turned out to be aphids, looked kinda like root aphids but i have yet to confirm this ... pics and videos below

My yields started dropping around this crop too.

Videos from late flower / winged regular aphids or winged root aphids ?

Videos from late flower / winged regular aphids or winged root aphids ?

Videos :

https://vid.me/o1dd

https://vid.me/yA07

Roots of finished plants , very small plants almost no stretch during flower

Roots of finished plants , very small plants almost no stretch during flower

So when i got rid of the flyers in the flower tent i had yet some more issues :

My plants didn't grow at all, they usually double in size this time they only got a couple inches taller and that's it, very slow subtle and quick stretch in flower, yielded a LOT less than normal, when i harvested and inspected roots this is what i found :

Some more roots - No visible bugs

Some more roots - No visible bugs

More pictures :






Again no visible bugs, i was in a rush and didn't inspect with a microscope.

Young clones roots

Young clones roots

Last but not least my veg tent ... VERY slow and stunted growth ALL around ... Mothers, clones, new plants from seeds all grow VERY slow, shows multiple signs of nutrient deficiency and/or burned

Roots on young clone :

Plants in vegetative growth

Plants in vegetative growth

The plants :

More vegetative plants

More vegetative plants

More pictures :

Videos of bugs in raw potato slice - vegetative tent

Videos of bugs in raw potato slice - vegetative tent

Videos of bugs ( i placed some raw potato slices on top of soil in hopes of finding out if i had root aphids but i was unable to tell if these are or aren't root aphids. Also should be noted that i see them most on the molded side of the potato that is contact with the soil, the side pointed up did not grow mold nor had much if any bugs at all. ) :


https://vid.me/Nvkm

https://vid.me/o1Pd



Anybody care to help me a little ? I am already scraping my entire perpetual system and changing from soil to hempy buckets.

I'm still trying to clone 2 strains that i don't have any seeds anymore to see if i can prevent the loss of genetics ( VERY hard and expensive to get some quality seeds where i live ) any suggestions ?

I will scrape the last 2 plants this week after i make the cuttings.

The plan is to "sterilize" the tents and room where i have my plants for 2 to 3 weeks before coming back.

Any help is appreciated guys, thanks !

I see aphids and winged aphids in the first couple pics.
Hell of a scourge!!!
Good luck in your battle.
There's a sticky in the infirmary about winged root aphids and the correct way to eradicate them from your grow.
Grab your reading glasses, it's a huge thread

Thanks for the feedback cocktail_frank !
Those pics pretty much confirm i have root aphids right ?
I don't have any more flyers or any other stage of them living in leaves.
In fact right now the only thins i can see are those on the last 2 videos.
I have been reading that thread for a while now , i was afraid i might have a different problem e not root aphids.

Any suggestions on rooting the clones im about to take ? I've been having and extremely hard time getting roots since all this started.

Thanks