brown bugs in my soil? tiny not.microscopic but very tiny almost a small mosquito

I dont know.what they are. They fly. They crawl and.live in my soil doesnt.seem to be effecting my plants though. They are a darker brown and.look like a flea on steroids basically loll. Please help im in an area that isnt legal so dont.have alot.of resources thanks in advance.for the help!!!

you probably have gnats, i recommend letting your soil dry out atleast an inch down to help kill off eggs and spraying a pesticide of some sort to combat the adult gnats.

theres also pesticides that can be applied into the soil to help kill them, but this route seems not possible by what you describe.

fill the top few inches of your pots with sand and then drench them.

Thank you all for advice is there a walmart brand pesticide i can use?

Don't use pesticide. use Mosquito dunks. You can find at most hardware stores. They are technically organic and kill the gnat larvae. Yellow sticky traps for the adults.

You daaa man! Thanks

hope it's gnats and not root aphid.

probably gnats, BT or mosquito dunks take a few to days to work, if you have a home depot in the area they sell nematodes.

They also sell DE (diatomaceous earth)at home depot, top layer of that on the soil keeps them out.

when i see pesticides its generally some shit that kills bugs, didnt mean to have it taken out of context my bad.

Thanks again guys!!

Pesticide is bad. Sand is good.

If you want to have fun killing the SOBs, get a Pinguicula moranensis, carnivorous butterwort from Mexico. Little bastards get stuck on the leaves and slowly digested. Otherwise, put out dishes of soapy water to catch the adults. Or make your own sticky traps by smearing vaseline on plant label stakes and put one in each pot. And of course, make sure you're not overwatering.

Ill try the soapy water one and yea ive been letting.them dry out

Soapy water worked like a charm put a dish in there and two hours later saw 6 bugs in there im going to put a couple small ones throughout to keep em away

Glad it worked!

From what I've read they lay eggs in ur soil. Adding a layer of sand at the top makes the little larva die when they try and move thru it. I used the sand and it works. But after u water ur plant u may need to ad more.

Awesome. Yea i have spider mites now lol i got clones and they were infested... just sprayed my plants with 50/50 rubbing alcohol and soap. Seems to have worked for now. Lol

i always get gnats with MG soil, everytime. i watered the other day and the larvae was coming out with the run off.