Does FFOF come with root aphids
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Coloradoclear
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Where are the bugs? Please take a good HD quality picture of the pests.
MichiganMedGrower
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No and no
chemphlegm
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I've been buying packaged soil blends for a long time. I've never blamed the the new soil for pests, wanted to //////
but will admit when I used those little pop up peat moss starter plugs the gnats seemed to be born over night with those, and since then I use rapid rooters with nary a gnat in my garden.
could flood a bucket of new soil with water and see what floats, I did, saw nothing move ever, maybe eggs, proly not, I dunno. be sure nice to be able to lay the blame on the soil instead of my controls though...
but will admit when I used those little pop up peat moss starter plugs the gnats seemed to be born over night with those, and since then I use rapid rooters with nary a gnat in my garden.
could flood a bucket of new soil with water and see what floats, I did, saw nothing move ever, maybe eggs, proly not, I dunno. be sure nice to be able to lay the blame on the soil instead of my controls though...
MichiganMedGrower
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I switched soils 4 times my first year. Then I learned to not overwater. LolI've been buying packaged soil blends for a long time. I've never blamed the the new soil for pests, wanted to //////
but will admit when I used those little pop up peat moss starter plugs the gnats seemed to be born over night with those, and since then I use rapid rooters with nary a gnat in my garden.
could flood a bucket of new soil with water and see what floats, I did, saw nothing move ever, maybe eggs, proly not, I dunno. be sure nice to be able to lay the blame on the soil instead of my controls though...
MichiganMedGrower
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If you have ants around your plants it is definitely a possibility.......
But better a microscope than paranoia. Lol
MichiganMedGrower
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They reward you for doing well by out growing your space.
I have purchased a couple bags of happy frog and a few bags of ocean forest. From two different local stores.
The first bag of happy frog I bought was full of gnats as soon as I got it home. Must have overpaid on that bag
Dr.Nick Riviera
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it all depends on WHERE you got it, if it was stored outside and/or then sold to your store and they have aphids at the store, then it is possible, you could have just as easily picked them up at the same store while buying said soil.