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greenmatter
if they are jumping you are right ....very good call! i still see thrip when i look at that pic ..... what are you seeing that i don't ? teach me Kcar
if they are jumping you are right ....very good call! i still see thrip when i look at that pic ..... what are you seeing that i don't ? teach me Kcar
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Ziltoid
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i found a outbreak fo the same thing today in a soil pot
thought i had spring tail outbreak in the runoff but they didn't spring they didn't do shit
under a loop they were scary
here are some pictures
consensus seems to be thrips but they were in the soil, no signs of them on the leaf yet
thought i had spring tail outbreak in the runoff but they didn't spring they didn't do shit
under a loop they were scary
here are some pictures
consensus seems to be thrips but they were in the soil, no signs of them on the leaf yet
Those are springtails, also.
See how they're chubby with rounded antenna.
Thrips
See how their body tapers back and they're antenna is straight.
TYVM you are correct sir
after further investigation, because they acted like spring tails and i often get them when the warm weather comes, but have never had thrips i tried looking up images of spring tail larva, and that is indeed what they are
http://www.redwormcomposting.com/reader-questions/white-lice-in-my-worm-bin/
They are most certainly springtails, for both of you guys. As far as them hurting your grow, they will, but only if they cant find any organic matter in your soil to eat. When they have no food, they will start to eat ya roots. I have them in my grow and am pretty sure that everything is ok, I only have maybe 3 weeks to go. I can flush my containers and several of them will be floating on top of the water. Kill em or not, I wouldn't worry too much about them.
A good way to kill dirt pests is tobacco juice. If you can find some tobacco that isnt treated with 5000 different chems, even better. Put about 2 or 3 cigarettes worth of tobacco in a quart of boiling water and let it sit overnight. Use it at about 30 mls per gallon. This stuff will kill most all root pests even root aphids. It also kills the good criterz on the downside.
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Ziltoid
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greenmatter
Those are springtails, also.
See how they're chubby with rounded antenna.
Thrips
See how their body tapers back and they're antenna is straight.
thank you K ... cool pics. maybe the rule of thumb would be "if it has a pointed tail and does not jump it is a thrip". thanks for the class!!
About the tobacco juice hurting the roots, just don't overdo it. Go with the 30 ml per gallon and check in a couple days. If they are still there, up the dose a little, maybe 15 ml, but yea, im sure that too much of it cant be good for ya plants, but that goes with about everything sadly.
