Unidentified critter. I'm hoping it's just soil mites!

PadawanWarrior

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They were pretty much all over the pot.

I dunno, I haven't watered yet except for Dr zymes, but it didn't seem to do anything to them. I'm guessing they've been in the room for a while and I haven't seen them before. I'm guessing they're soil mites or mould mites.
It says the active ingredient is citric acid. I wonder what those biologically stimulating ingredients are. Because citric acid is super cheap.
 

PadawanWarrior

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I dunno but it gets soapy, so there's gotta be saponin of some sort in it maybe?
Sounds like it's just citric acid and yucca extract. I saw this in another link. I love yucca. I've been using it all the time lately.

When used as a Plant Biostimulant, Yucca Extract allow for increased mobility of nutrients and water across plant and soil surfaces. Plants gain many positive benefits from the increased dispersal of water, nutrients, and other beneficials through soils.
 

Hollatchaboy

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Sounds like it's just citric acid and yucca extract. I saw this in another link.

When used as a Plant Biostimulant, Yucca Extract allow for increased mobility of nutrients and water across plant and soil surfaces. Plants gain many positive benefits from the increased dispersal of water, nutrients, and other beneficials through soils.
So basically it's snake oil? Lol
 

JustBlazin

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I agree that they are mould mites, I've had them as well, took me awhile to figure out what they were but the hairs at the back and the almost clear body are dead giveaways for me. I found them all over my pots but never had any damage to my plants in fact they were all doing very well. Guess they eat some type of mould or fungi in the soil or on the pots, I've also noticed them on my blumats sometimes.
 

PadawanWarrior

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I agree that they are mould mites, I've had them as well, took me awhile to figure out what they were but the hairs at the back and the almost clear body are dead giveaways for me. I found them all over my pots but never had any damage to my plants in fact they were all doing very well. Guess they eat some type of mould or fungi in the soil or on the pots, I've also noticed them on my blumats sometimes.
Eating mold and fungi and converting it into usable plant food. Part of the soil food web.
 

Hollatchaboy

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I agree that they are mould mites, I've had them as well, took me awhile to figure out what they were but the hairs at the back and the almost clear body are dead giveaways for me. I found them all over my pots but never had any damage to my plants in fact they were all doing very well. Guess they eat some type of mould or fungi in the soil or on the pots, I've also noticed them on my blumats sometimes.
Cool man. Thanks for your input. I'm not thinking they're detrimental. I noticed them before a month or so ago but didn't realize it's was insects. They're so small and don't move very fast, that I thought it was dry dirt. My eyes just aren't what they used to be. :-( lol
 

JustBlazin

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Cool man. Thanks for your input. I'm not thinking they're detrimental. I noticed them before a month or so ago but didn't realize it's was insects. They're so small and don't move very fast, that I thought it was dry dirt. My eyes just aren't what they used to be. :-( lol
Haha
Pretty sure same thing happened to me, then when I realized they were bugs I almost had a heart attack.
And it took me like a week to figure out what they were cause it's so hard to get a good pic of them and then there's not much info on them, until you know exactly what they are.
As soon as I saw a pick with the clear body and all those fine hairs on the back I knew that's what they were
 

Hollatchaboy

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Haha
Pretty sure same thing happened to me, then when I realized they were bugs I almost had a heart attack.
And it took me like a week to figure out what they were cause it's so hard to get a good pic of them and then there's not much info on them, until you know exactly what they are.
As soon as I saw a pick with the clear body and all those fine hairs on the back I knew that's what they were
Yea I had a problem identifying also. I figured I'd come on here and ask the real pros, not the Google or YouTube ones. Lol
 
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