Need HELP. Have black bugs on roots!!

[Kronz]

Im on my 3rd week of flowering and noticed these black bugs on a couple of my plants roots. The plants look fine. How can I get rid of these things? Please help me.

Kronz Reviewed by Kronz on 11-28-2009. Need HELP. Have black bugs on roots!! Im on my 3rd week of flowering and noticed these black bugs on a couple of my plants roots. The plants look fine. How can I get rid of these things? Please help me. Rating: 5

[greigandsooo]

Im on my 3rd week of flowering and noticed these black bugs on a couple of my plants roots. The plants look fine. How can I get rid of these things? Please help me.

Mate having a few problems myself...but you could try flushing the roots with fresh water and oxyplus. Not sure what you have as equivilent to oxyplus but it is a 50% hydrogen peroxide sterilizer and oxygenator. I use 2ml per 10 litre as normal but you may like to double that simply for a flush. Failing that spray regularly with neem spray. comes from the neem tree and bugs do not like it and also will help with keeping plant seriously green. Og and it is organic. My brother in law was also saying that milk with crushed up garlic, put in a spray bottle with a couple of drops of dish detergent to help it stick to the leaves is also really good and wont damage your plants. all completely organic.

recipe for a litre is something like this...
crush a clove of garlic..fresh is best, into approx 1 cup of milk,top up to 1 litre with fresh water and add just a couple of drops of dishwashing detergent into the mixture.

Im told it is really good however I havent tried it. My B in Law is a bit of a green thumb and swears by it.

Best of luck bud...

[Storm Crow]

Sadly neem STINKS! If you get it on your buds, the flavor may be affected. I do not recommend neem as a flavoring agent for cannabis!

Garlic smells better than neem, but still.......

Try this, get out the powdered cinnamon and shake it on your soil! Many bugs hate it and it sure smells better. I found these 1 pound jars of cinnamon at the Dollar Store, but even at the grocery they aren't too pricey. The downside is that you have to reapply it every few days. Might even help hide the scent of your grow from visiting relatives.


Granny :hippy:

[BobBong]

I do not recommend neem as a flavoring agent for cannabis!

Granny :hippy:

Hahaha.. though some people might like that smell/taste.
I don't recommend it either.

Sounds like fungus gnats. Little buggers love damp soil and warm temps.

See if you can change those two factors. Let it dry out, and try to cool the root mass a bit.

If it becomes a serious problem, which normally with certain control methods it doesn't.. but if it does, there are larvacides that you can use. One in particular is call Vectobac. It's an agricultural larvacide that they use to control black fly and mosquito populations.

Also, make sure there is no standing water in the room (you should never store water in the room) and make sure there is as little dead debris in the room as possible.

Hope this helps,
Bob.

[greigandsooo]

Sadly neem STINKS! If you get it on your buds, the flavor may be affected. I do not recommend neem as a flavoring agent for cannabis!

Garlic smells better than neem, but still.......

Try this, get out the powdered cinnamon and shake it on your soil! Many bugs hate it and it sure smells better. I found these 1 pound jars of cinnamon at the Dollar Store, but even at the grocery they aren't too pricey. The downside is that you have to reapply it every few days. Might even help hide the scent of your grow from visiting relatives.


Granny :hippy:

Cinnamon hey.....mite give that a bit of a go as well. Havin my own set of probs at present which I reckon could be similar to this blokes. Serious investigations under way this arvo

[greigandsooo]

Hahaha.. though some people might like that smell/taste.
I don't recommend it either.

Sounds like fungus gnats. Little buggers love damp soil and warm temps.

See if you can change those two factors. Let it dry out, and try to cool the root mass a bit.

If it becomes a serious problem, which normally with certain control methods it doesn't.. but if it does, there are larvacides that you can use. One in particular is call Vectobac. It's an agricultural larvacide that they use to control black fly and mosquito populations.

Also, make sure there is no standing water in the room (you should never store water in the room) and make sure there is as little dead debris in the room as possible.

Hope this helps,
Bob.

Bob, would fungus gnats cause my plant to go droopy overnite?? What is considered the best growing medium? Im using 50% perlite and coco peat...

[BobBong]

Bob, would fungus gnats cause my plant to go droopy overnite?? What is considered the best growing medium? Im using 50% perlite and coco peat...

I don't think they would. I've never seen it happen.


The only reason i can see that happening is because water can't make it up the plant because of some sort of root disease or damage to the stock.. or not enough hydration to the medium.

does that help?

Bob.