PLEASE HELP ASAP...

fupalooter

fupalooter

Please help me out, first of all I understand these photos are horrible. I only have an iPhone to send pics at the time. And I think that they are aphids already but I need as much professional help as possible. My setup is in my garage and my great druken room mate decided to leave the garage door open over night last night. I came home from work to an infestation this afternoon of flying "nats" but they are kinda transparent and are concentrated around the grow lights and the plants. Please try to decipher these crappy pics and give me any advice on how to get rid of these ASAP. Thank you in advance guys.
 
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Fungus gnats. That plant is really leggy, by the way. You should take it out into the sun or lower your lights and put a fan on it.

Let the soil dry out all of the way between waterings, and leave a mosquito dunk in the the watering can. The little creatures in the mosquito dunk will eat the larvae. You can also put up fly paper to catch the adults.
 
They are fungus gnats not aphids they come from overwatering from the top of the soil they lay eggs in the soil so watch out. Try bottom watering and I have heard mosquito dunks kill them
 
You guys are amazing. I was freaking out... so I have some work to do I see... never heard of a mosquito dunk. And it was just yesterday I was going to start bottom watering.
 
Yep, Mosquito Dunks. Get it from Lowes or Home Depot.
 
Break a piece, let it soak in water for 12~24 hours, then water your soil with it for a couple of weeks. That'll be long enough to break their life cycle (kills the larva only, the adults live on for a week or two).
 
Don't overwater your plants in the process, the first soak can be a good one though.
 
StupidJerk said:
Fungus gnats. That plant is really leggy, by the way. You should take it out into the sun or lower your lights and put a fan on it.

Let the soil dry out all of the way between waterings, and leave a mosquito dunk in the the watering can. The little creatures in the mosquito dunk will eat the larvae. You can also put up fly paper to catch the adults.
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Thanks for the help StupidJerk, I have lowered all of the lights to within about an inch from the tallest seeling (which a few of them have four leaves at least now) and have the fan setup at a good angle with a moderate wind strength. 
 
 
 
NattyPepper said:
Great handle fupa!  Don't have any advice really, sounds pretty good what nightshade and stupid jerk recommended.  
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Haha, thanks Natty. Only people with a good sense of humor appreciate it.
 
 
Jetchuka said:
Yep, Mosquito Dunks. Get it from Lowes or Home Depot.
 
Break a piece, let it soak in water for 12~24 hours, then water your soil with it for a couple of weeks. That'll be long enough to break their life cycle (kills the larva only, the adults live on for a week or two).
 
Don't overwater your plants in the process, the first soak can be a good one though
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Perfect, I just got done making a run to pick up the Mosquito Dunks and some hanging fly paper. I was wondering exactly how I should go about it because I wasn't for sure if I should leave a container of open water with the dunk in it or put it in the watering container. I was wanting to start bottom watering but it sounds like I need to knock this little issue out first.
 
 
AND... since I have you fine gentlemen's expertise around, I found this little creature hanging out in a reaper cup that hasn't germinated quite yet... is it good or is it bad? Im starting to question growing in the garage but its my only option at the time until they are ready to go outside.
 
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if they r gnats or whiteflies--yur best track of action is the hanging of glue fly traps all around yur lights and above ur plants--this is standard procedure in our greenhouse. if a fungus there r 3 in one systemic applications that will ward off both fungal and other diseases  Bonide makes a good ne i have used called Infuse Systemic Plant Fungicide. hope this helps!
 
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StAugieHotPeppers said:
if they r gnats or whiteflies--yur best track of action is the hanging of glue fly traps all around yur lights and above ur plants--this is standard procedure in our greenhouse. if a fungus there r 3 in one systemic applications that will ward off both fungal and other diseases  Bonide makes a good ne i have used called Infuse Systemic Plant Fungicide. hope this helps!
 
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I may need to look into that considering there has been white fuzz growth and strand looking things on the surface of the soil as well.
 
 
 
Silver_Surfer said:
Some kind of common beetle, sorry don't recall the name, but have never seen em cause plant damage. Chunk him in the yard.
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Ok good, I didn't think it was harmful but being this new at it I didn't want to risk loosing any plants due to not asking people with the knowledge.
 
fupalooter said:
 
Thanks for the help StupidJerk, I have lowered all of the lights to within about an inch from the tallest seeling (which a few of them have four leaves at least now) and have the fan setup at a good angle with a moderate wind strength. 
 
 
 
 
Haha, thanks Natty. Only people with a good sense of humor appreciate it.
 
 
 
 
Perfect, I just got done making a run to pick up the Mosquito Dunks and some hanging fly paper. I was wondering exactly how I should go about it because I wasn't for sure if I should leave a container of open water with the dunk in it or put it in the watering container. I was wanting to start bottom watering but it sounds like I need to knock this little issue out first.
 
 
AND... since I have you fine gentlemen's expertise around, I found this little creature hanging out in a reaper cup that hasn't germinated quite yet... is it good or is it bad? Im starting to question growing in the garage but its my only option at the time until they are ready to go outside.
 
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Is that a June bug? or something of the sort? You'd know better by looking at the google images.
 
"With more than four hundred thousand different species, beetles make up forty percent of all insect species and account for twenty-five percent of the world's life forms. Differentiating between the innumerable types of Coleoptera is difficult." :)
 
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