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[mazman1989]

yeah bomb the room and start over man

[TheGatorViking]

I appreciate your opinion but there is no reason to bomb it.

A: its my first plant, ever, so its a learning exprience
B: since I repotted my plant the knats have gone away.
C: Even if the knats come back, alcohol and pest strips will take care of it.



Thanks to all the guys on here I've saved my plant. When I'm blowin on some ICE i'll be happy I didn't toss it.

[greenatik]

If they are gnats I wouldn't be too worried. Here's a few simple tricks to keeping their numbers stunted and/or eliminate them.

Water the soil with hydrogen peroxide. Not a lot, maybe a capful per gallon. Only do this when they seem to be getting out of control

Get some yellow sticky traps and position them around your pot. This should catch the majority of them

Cover the top 2-3 inches of your pot in perlite. They will have a very hard time surviving with a dry surface. This also means that the drier the soil, the better chance you have at ridding them.

If you want to rid them completely do all 3 of these at the same time. If this still doesn't seem to work (unlikely), next step would be a product like Gnatrol or Mosquito dunks

As far as everything else, the advice you have gotten is spot on. Except for chucking your plant. The soil should have great drainage with the added perlite. Now that the roots are breathing, growth should explode. You didn't mention what you used for the new transplant. What soil? Did you add perlite?

No pest strips are great but they won't work unless the room/box is sealed for a period of time. Whenever I pick up new clones I let them marinate in a small box with a no pest strip for 12 hours. It will kill everything if there is no ventilation (mites included)

Foliar feeding should be done at 1/8th strength or less

Well, thats everything I can think of, I hope your plant gives you some massive buds

[BlewBerry]

Well damn...looks like you guys got this one covered. :thumbsup:

[TheGatorViking]

Thanks Greenatik! I appreciate all the info. It covers any questions I had or have.
Here is a link to my plants before I transfered them.
(I transfered them to the same soil they where in before, miracle grow. I did 1/3 Perlite and 2/3's Miracle Grow.)

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Now here is my plants after the transfer, in shock.

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Now heres my plants today, 6 days after transfer. Looking perky!

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[TheGatorViking]

Bump*

[TheGatorViking]

Well its been a full week since I transfered my plant to new, fresh soil. Just like stated before in this thread the plant is taking off.


Taking some time to ask questions was well worth it. If I would have listened to the very FIRST post. I'd be back at the drawing board!



I want to thank everyone again. I will continue to ask questions and post updates as much as I can.



Happy Smoking!

[BlewBerry]

There is something to be said for just doing it yourself at first. Mistakes are never a bad thing as long as you learn something from them. GL in the future

[greenatik]

well, to be perfectly honest. if I only had one plant (in my flower chamber) and it had spider mites I would probably chuck it. They are a real pest and can ruin a crop very quickly. The key with mites is prevention. So if you had an infestation, scrapping the plant and bombing the room would be the best idea. But since this is your only plant and your first time (and we know they are gnats now) there is nothing wrong with seeing it through to harvest; there is plenty more to learn about the whole process. Next time you'll be able come out the gates runnin' :thumbsup:

[greenatik]

oh.. one more thing. what are your temps? you need to know, go buy a cheapy thermometer. the temps need to be 75-85 for optimum growth. my veg box was getting too cold at night (65) and my plants were growing slower then hell. just a thought

peace,

greenz