[illdank]

my lifesaver seedlings havent been looking so great theyve been chewed up by tiny clear worms,they ate the roots and the stem and leaves,what do i do?i still have bout 4 good lifesaver,but the others might be contaminated,is there a product i can buy near me?

[Crazy Composer]

Yeah, I agree, unfortunately. You haven't invested that much time and effort so far. It's a good time to cut your losses and start again.
But if they're all you have, I can understand why you might want to save em...
I'd try neem oil... It's works good on pesky criters like that, and keeps em from coming back most times 100% organic and non-toxic too

cc

Yup, I was gonna suggest neem oil...
or maybe some soapy water with some Red Pepper in it...

[greenhit]

Not is only messed up It's totally gross.
Glad I just had dinner a bit ago.

I havn't had the worms, but i did leave my soil mix bag
open one time outdoors, and when i tried using it within
a 12 hr period, it was infested with like these little gnats.
Had to throw the whole bag away. Don't know what happened
or if it came like that ?. Now i close my bags if still in use.

-g

[DrJay2001]

We've had a real problem with what we think are fungas gnats. You can see them flying in the adult stage but they do their damage as hatching larvae in the soil.

We've got them under control with BT added to the ferts (BT is a natural bacillus that eats gnat larvae), pyrethrum sprayed on top of the soil and blue stickies (face down) to pick out the few survivors.

I think the gnats came from the bits of Supersoil we used. It's really maddening. Still, we have it under control and the girls are VERY healthy. They get fish food in veg and Tiger Bloom in flower.

Yours,
Dr. Jay

[illdank]

yea it sux!!im gonna throw everything out.thanks.

[Chronage]

Originally posted by DrJay2001
We've had a real problem with what we think are fungas gnats. You can see them flying in the adult stage but they do their damage as hatching larvae in the soil.

We've got them under control with BT added to the ferts (BT is a natural bacillus that eats gnat larvae), pyrethrum sprayed on top of the soil and blue stickies (face down) to pick out the few survivors.

I think the gnats came from the bits of Supersoil we used. It's really maddening. Still, we have it under control and the girls are VERY healthy. They get fish food in veg and Tiger Bloom in flower.

Yours,
Dr. Jay

Awwww crap, I've been seeing little nats in my grow box lately, looks like I've got some work to do.

[Crazy Composer]

We've had fungus gnats. Neem oil makes them entirely extinct within a week or so of the neem treatment.

[KGB47]

Originally posted by illdank
my lifesaver seedlings havent been looking so great theyve been chewed up by tiny clear worms,they ate the roots and the stem and leaves,what do i do?i still have bout 4 good lifesaver,but the others might be contaminated,is there a product i can buy near me?

Don't laugh but you might try using some ladybugs. Those things will eat the worms like they were candy and they're 100% organic. Get about 50-75 of them and turn them loose, they'll stick around as long as there's a food source. The best part is they don't like weed so they won't hurt the plants. The bad part is once they're done feeding, they're going to take off and indoors that might be a problem. Good luck.

[illdank]

how do i get hold of sum ladybugs?