Tiny white worms in reservoir
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Marlboro47
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Symphilids
Small pests that are tan to white colored and look like centipedes. They are very deadly to the plants, because they burrow down into the roots and damage them by feeding of them. Your plants leaves will begin to die off. They are found mostly in soil composites that have not been cleaned, like soil that has additives in them such as animal manure.
(I know it will smell funny but sterilizing the soil in the oven for 30 min can kill any pests in the soil, heat to 350 for 30 min.) They are easy to tell if you have them, because they come to the top soil when your plant is being watered, if you find you do have them, use Fungus Gnat Killer (B.T." a non chemical,biological control) in the powdered form. One application should kill it, just to be safe repeat every 7 days to kill off the larvae. Tobacco juice kills them as well! And nematodes.
http://www.google.com/search?tbm=isch&hl=en&source=hp&biw=1117&bih=811&q=Symphilids&btnG=Search+Images&gbv=2&oq=Symphilids&aq=f&aqi=g1g-s1&aql=&gs_sm=s&gs_upl=408l408l0l1212l1l1l0l0l0l0l134l134l0.1l1l0
Small pests that are tan to white colored and look like centipedes. They are very deadly to the plants, because they burrow down into the roots and damage them by feeding of them. Your plants leaves will begin to die off. They are found mostly in soil composites that have not been cleaned, like soil that has additives in them such as animal manure.
(I know it will smell funny but sterilizing the soil in the oven for 30 min can kill any pests in the soil, heat to 350 for 30 min.) They are easy to tell if you have them, because they come to the top soil when your plant is being watered, if you find you do have them, use Fungus Gnat Killer (B.T." a non chemical,biological control) in the powdered form. One application should kill it, just to be safe repeat every 7 days to kill off the larvae. Tobacco juice kills them as well! And nematodes.
http://www.google.com/search?tbm=isch&hl=en&source=hp&biw=1117&bih=811&q=Symphilids&btnG=Search+Images&gbv=2&oq=Symphilids&aq=f&aqi=g1g-s1&aql=&gs_sm=s&gs_upl=408l408l0l1212l1l1l0l0l0l0l134l134l0.1l1l0
lowrider2000
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it it me or is your name and post count looking crazy
aeviaanah
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Thanks for the response. They dont look like these guys at all. Very similar to the nematode pictures.
I change reservoir every 6-7 days. Ive been using insecticides but i am real late in the game now. Im just going to cross my fingers. I already have a large fruit set.
Yea....i made the avatar to look like that.