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spaceman101
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Gnats
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Hey I was just wandering if myc gnats feasted on myc or if they just laid their eggs and the maggots were the ones that feasts on the myc? Also does anyone know exactly what the genus or name be it Latin or English that classify these gnats?
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http://www.shroomery.org/5276/What-are-common-contaminants-of-the-mushroom-culture
"Fungus gnats (Sciarids) (Lycoriella spp.) and phorids (Megaselia spp.)
Adults are small (1/8 inch long), fragile grayish to black flies with long, slender legs and thread-like antennae. Their wings are clear or smoky-colored with no pattern and few distinct veins. Larvae are clear to creamy-white and can grow to about 1/4 inch long. They have shiny black head capsules. They are attracted to the mushroom crop and their larvae feed directly on mycelium, swarm over the mushroom, and tunnel into the developing or developed mushroom. Tissues that have been physically damaged by flies often become colonized by bacteria which cause soft rot, thereby accentuating the problem. Controls include strict sanitation and general farm hygiene. For example, the grow room must be air tight. Fresh air that is used is filtered. Even a small crack will serve as an entry for the flies. Most farms use sticky tape or some other method that allows monitoring of populations. A biocontrol using nematodes offers effective control when populations of flies are low. In addition to the damage which fly larvae cause by eating mushroom mycelium or killing pins, the adults also carry diseases such as Verticillium, Mycogone and Cobweb."
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Here are few of the common ones
Sciard Flies (Family: Sciaridae) Cecid Flies (Family: Cecidomyiidae) Phorid Flies (Family: Phoridae)
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spaceman101
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Re: Gnats [Re: Kizzle]
#18926790 - 10/03/13 05:18 PM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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Hey thanks for the link this site could be very useful I seem to have Phorid Flies from what I read I believe I just know mine are absolutely tiny. My only question is I have 5 different outdoor grows and they all seem to be fruiting yet some more than others but I was wandering if the flies will start eating the pins or premature fruits if so how would you stop them?
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Leave them alone outdoors. Bugs will get on the mushrooms but won't eat much. Adult fungus gnats don't eat. If you see chunks taken out of your mushrooms, it's usually squirrels or birds. RR
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Or slugs ^
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Quote:
RogerRabbit said: Leave them alone outdoors. Bugs will get on the mushrooms but won't eat much. Adult fungus gnats don't eat. If you see chunks taken out of your mushrooms, it's usually squirrels or birds. RR
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spaceman101
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In the past I've had trouble with slugs eating a whole flush almost down to the bottom and I heard their was some kind of pellitt or slug repellant but I haven't seen any in the garden stores around here so does anyone know of a good brand that works well that I could search for?
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bulkgrownoob
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Copper tape is one repellent but I don't know how well it works
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Diatmatious earth will help with the slug problems.
Out of nowhere my sgfc got gnats 3 days ago ... they started replicating very quickly. I sealed off every hole on the chamber and sprayed a lot of hydrogen peroxide ... didn't seem to do much. Thankfully it was like the third or fourth flush so I didn't lose too much when I threw it all away. Thankfully I've got about 25 jars inoculating with the first 5 or so dunking later this weekend ...
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Copper tubing is what to use. They won't crawl over it if you make a circle. Get 1/2" to 3/4" flexible copper tubing at the hardware store and make a circle around your patch. RR
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spaceman101
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Thanks guys for the help and I'll get the copper tubing tomorrow and see how well that works. I wonder why they won't cross the copper I've heard it before but it just sounded so easy that I just figured it couldn't be true.
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