CAN KEEN EYES DISCERN WHAT THESE ARE? PLEASE AND THANKYOU.
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hotrodharley
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Fungus gnats.
hotrodharley
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University of California - Davis has excellent reference materials on growing plants, which pot is. Their research on other plants does work on pot.
http://www.ipm.ucdavis.edu/PMG/PESTNOTES/pn7448.html
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Adult fungus gnats don’t damage plants or bite people; their presence is primarily considered a nuisance. Larvae, however, when present in large numbers, can damage roots and stunt plant growth, particularly in seedlings and young plants. Significant root damage and even plant death have been observed in interior plantscapes and in houseplants when high populations were associated with moist, organically-rich soil. Thus, a houseplant that is wilting may not indicate a lack of water, but rather root damage by fungus gnat larvae or (more commonly) other causes of unhealthy roots. However, too much or too little water, root decay fungi, and improper soil conditions (e.g., poor drainage, or waterlogging) are much more common causes of wilted plants.
Serious fungus gnat damage is more common in greenhouses, nurseries, and sod farms. Although larvae also feed on plant roots outdoors, they don’t usually cause serious damage."
But read the entire page. Please.
http://www.ipm.ucdavis.edu/PMG/PESTNOTES/pn7448.html
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DAMAGE
Adult fungus gnats don’t damage plants or bite people; their presence is primarily considered a nuisance. Larvae, however, when present in large numbers, can damage roots and stunt plant growth, particularly in seedlings and young plants. Significant root damage and even plant death have been observed in interior plantscapes and in houseplants when high populations were associated with moist, organically-rich soil. Thus, a houseplant that is wilting may not indicate a lack of water, but rather root damage by fungus gnat larvae or (more commonly) other causes of unhealthy roots. However, too much or too little water, root decay fungi, and improper soil conditions (e.g., poor drainage, or waterlogging) are much more common causes of wilted plants.
Serious fungus gnat damage is more common in greenhouses, nurseries, and sod farms. Although larvae also feed on plant roots outdoors, they don’t usually cause serious damage."
But read the entire page. Please.
hotrodharley
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If you ever go to Alaska and get near Denali National Park let me know. My place is a homestead, totally off the grid, between Healy and Cantwell. About a 2 mile walk in from where you park off the Old Parks Highway.
chuck estevez
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might want to look real close at the ass area, root aphids look just like fungus gnats but, they have 2 little ass antenna
