Granny (StormCrow :hippy made a post the other day where she recommended adding sand to the top of the pots to prevent fungus gnats from breeding there. Would this be feasible for other soil pests? She also mentioned adding about an inch of it... how would that affect the roots and medium as it eventually drains into the pot?
Mr. Clandestine Reviewed by Mr. Clandestine on . Spider Mites or Amblyseius Fallacis? I wish I could post the pics from my microscope. I was checking the plants this morning and saw a bunch of fat little bugs (smaller that an average speck of sand) crawling around the soil. I took a teaspoon of sand, put it on a plate, isolated one of the buggers from the sand particles, put the plate in the toaster oven until it stopped crawling, then put him under the scope. What I found made me think spider mite. I threw some loose leaf tobacco on top of the soil (actually on top of the 1/2" Rating: 5