I'm trying to grow my peppers indoors since I live in an apt with no balcony and no decent light and no chance of just setting them outside. So..... making the best with what I have.
Recently, I've noticed a not so great change. For starters, I've been dealing with fruit flies since I started. They seem to have come in with the potting soil I bought. I threw a lid on the buckets of potting soil that I had extra and the pest problem dropped quite substantially. However, I still have an issue with them. Is there any chance I could get a suggestion for a food safe and plant safe pesticide that will kill those fuckers?
I'm also curious if they're maybe the reason I'm seeing a different issue.
I have two plants that look like this, and another that is just starting. At first I assumed it was entirely something I did wrong like over or under watering or over fertilizing, but I with this new one, I swear it looks like something is eating it from underneath. Could fruit flies do that? If so, could I kill the suckers, cut the stalk, water it really well, then let it regrow itself? The flowers that have started all seem to turn brown and die quite quickly, I assume this is from the same cause.
Something else I noticed is that sometimes the leaves like to tip random directions. It goes so far that sometimes the leaves wind up completely upside down. It's not all of them. Maybe I have the lights on too much or too little during the day and they're trying to hide from teh light?.... Sounds unlikely. The leaves that twist around look normal and healthy all the way to the point they touch the stem.
On a brighter note! My trinidad scorpion is looking mighty fine. It did looking like it was falling over, but I used some wire to make it grow more upright and over the weekend it seems to have learned how to grow toward the light.
I tried really really hard to get a picture of one of the things. I caught one alive, holding it hurt it enough that it couldn't fly, tried and tried to get a camera to come in focus on it, and just couldn't. I'd say it's body is about 1/2 the thickness of a dime. When it's standing with wing up, it's taller than the thickness of a dime, but not by much. I've been fighting them for a few weeks now and that seems to be as big as they get. I think this is a pretty good picture of what I have -- http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQ6uRbymv7kW332TNUOACDGWpKx-FDYTTj-mw7pkcCSIr2-CJ2rqAG0-KBc
Recently, I've noticed a not so great change. For starters, I've been dealing with fruit flies since I started. They seem to have come in with the potting soil I bought. I threw a lid on the buckets of potting soil that I had extra and the pest problem dropped quite substantially. However, I still have an issue with them. Is there any chance I could get a suggestion for a food safe and plant safe pesticide that will kill those fuckers?
I'm also curious if they're maybe the reason I'm seeing a different issue.
I have two plants that look like this, and another that is just starting. At first I assumed it was entirely something I did wrong like over or under watering or over fertilizing, but I with this new one, I swear it looks like something is eating it from underneath. Could fruit flies do that? If so, could I kill the suckers, cut the stalk, water it really well, then let it regrow itself? The flowers that have started all seem to turn brown and die quite quickly, I assume this is from the same cause.
Something else I noticed is that sometimes the leaves like to tip random directions. It goes so far that sometimes the leaves wind up completely upside down. It's not all of them. Maybe I have the lights on too much or too little during the day and they're trying to hide from teh light?.... Sounds unlikely. The leaves that twist around look normal and healthy all the way to the point they touch the stem.
On a brighter note! My trinidad scorpion is looking mighty fine. It did looking like it was falling over, but I used some wire to make it grow more upright and over the weekend it seems to have learned how to grow toward the light.
I tried really really hard to get a picture of one of the things. I caught one alive, holding it hurt it enough that it couldn't fly, tried and tried to get a camera to come in focus on it, and just couldn't. I'd say it's body is about 1/2 the thickness of a dime. When it's standing with wing up, it's taller than the thickness of a dime, but not by much. I've been fighting them for a few weeks now and that seems to be as big as they get. I think this is a pretty good picture of what I have -- http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQ6uRbymv7kW332TNUOACDGWpKx-FDYTTj-mw7pkcCSIr2-CJ2rqAG0-KBc