i figured white flies. they live on the bottom of my fan leaves and all fly away when i shake the plant. as for root rot...im not sure if there was any. the roots were white, they just had a white slime all over them (flies or mold maybe?)

ill get the traps though. my last grow had a spider mite issue that i cleared with soapy water in a spray bottle. unfortuanately, the flies seem immune to that method....