GanjaFarmerNW
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Hey guys, so I recently have taken over for a Tier II Cannabis Production Facility here in Washington. Were up to 2500 plants with 3 of 5 rooms built. Unfortunately, I believe I have root aphids. I know this is a repost, but i believe this warrants it own post due to the incredible scale of problem.
So it started as with most, in that we noticed what we thought were fungus gnats flying about the facility. We used foliar and soil-top sprayed Azatrol, Azamax and pure neem oil (all in conjunction with a soap) in rotation to begin battling this problem. It seemed to quell the population. Then today, we noticed high levels of the "gnats" flying about. We disrupted some of the top layer of soil in a pot and the pot literally came alive with creepy crawlies. 100's of thousands of them.
Here is a close up of one the various forms i have found so far:
http://s113.photobucket.com/user/ganjafarmernw/library/
What I could really use help with is a positive ID of Class&Order of this pest.
From there, please weigh in on your opinions for the following management strategy:
1) there is no way we can scrap the flower room. too far in debt.
2) we plan to heavily water all pots with a 6.2mL per gallon H20 of azamax, followed at next watering need by application of Orthene by means of heavy watering, followed at the next watering with an inoculation of Beauveria bassiana (BotaniGard). We also plan to spray azatrol intermitidly to help reduce populations of the flyers.
3) all new planting will have soil ammended with diatomaceous earth at the rate of 1 cup per 3 gallons of soil.
One of our biggest problems is that our flower room is currently entirely overcrowded. They will be spread into our new room, 50-50, in the next few days.
Please hit me with all your ideas guys. Job on the line here
So it started as with most, in that we noticed what we thought were fungus gnats flying about the facility. We used foliar and soil-top sprayed Azatrol, Azamax and pure neem oil (all in conjunction with a soap) in rotation to begin battling this problem. It seemed to quell the population. Then today, we noticed high levels of the "gnats" flying about. We disrupted some of the top layer of soil in a pot and the pot literally came alive with creepy crawlies. 100's of thousands of them.
Here is a close up of one the various forms i have found so far:
http://s113.photobucket.com/user/ganjafarmernw/library/
What I could really use help with is a positive ID of Class&Order of this pest.
From there, please weigh in on your opinions for the following management strategy:
1) there is no way we can scrap the flower room. too far in debt.
2) we plan to heavily water all pots with a 6.2mL per gallon H20 of azamax, followed at next watering need by application of Orthene by means of heavy watering, followed at the next watering with an inoculation of Beauveria bassiana (BotaniGard). We also plan to spray azatrol intermitidly to help reduce populations of the flyers.
3) all new planting will have soil ammended with diatomaceous earth at the rate of 1 cup per 3 gallons of soil.
One of our biggest problems is that our flower room is currently entirely overcrowded. They will be spread into our new room, 50-50, in the next few days.
Please hit me with all your ideas guys. Job on the line here