sorry, the bugs need soil to reproduce. the larvae drop off the leaves, burrow into the soil, and pupate into adults. then they have nasty thrip sex.

the bomb method works on whiteflies too
stinkyattic Reviewed by stinkyattic on . bugs on leafs. plants in flowering. need help. I have a DWC hydro set up next to a soil plant. both 7 days into flowering. and I have been notesting these tinny brown bugs crowling on the leafs of my soil plant. they look long. and they don't ever fly. see pic. and I my soil also has white flies. I have been killing all of them hand. And its getting too hard to keep up. and all the bugs I'am seeing WERE only on the soil plant's leafs. but now I am starting to see them on the hydro girlies. but the only part of the hydro that I Rating: 5