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myo6
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Little tiny white bugs all over my monotub....?
#19358688 - 01/02/14 01:55 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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Hello!
I recently discovered that an army of mini white bugs (1/4 mm ,hardly visible ) are walking in my monotub. They are hundred and hundred...I can't take a picture cuz they are really hardly visible. I first saw them one day ago ,on a black monotub (which made it easier to see the white bugs...) , i can't say if they are mites,or flies,or what.
Do you guys ever seen something like that? My substrate is wheat spawned to Hpoo, and is just put in fruiting conditions since 2 weeks ( I just harvested the first flush, and dunked it 2 days before seeing this bastards).
I don't know what to do....I'm afraid of loosing my work!
Thank you in advance,sorry for my poor english
myo6
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PussyFart
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Re: Little tiny white bugs all over my monotub....? [Re: myo6]
#19358696 - 01/02/14 01:57 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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Toss it and start over rethinking your sterile technique, along with the entire process.
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myo6
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Re: Little tiny white bugs all over my monotub....? [Re: PussyFart]
#19358779 - 01/02/14 02:15 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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Notahacker420 said: Toss it and start over rethinking your sterile technique, along with the entire process.
Thank for the fast reply...but I did some nice grow the same way,properly sterilizing grains & pasteurizing the manure. I searched but without be able to understand which part of my process failed...
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lil_demented
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Re: Little tiny white bugs all over my monotub....? [Re: myo6]
#19358792 - 01/02/14 02:19 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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I don't think you need to toss them. Probably move them outside. I remember seeing this before in a post by another user. They looked like little white dots, but moved.
Those bugs are probably just attracted to shrooms. Like ladybugs and slugs. Try to get a close up pic of them to help us help you.
And I would defiantly wait for a trusted cultivator to chime in before you go throwing away your project.
Edited by lil_demented (01/02/14 02:26 PM)
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HypnotoadCroaked
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Re: Little tiny white bugs all over my monotub....? [Re: myo6]
#19358798 - 01/02/14 02:20 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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myo6 said:
Thank for the fast reply...but I did some nice grow the same way,properly sterilizing grains & pasteurizing the manure. I searched but without be able to understand which part of my process failed...
I had fungal gnats destroy a yellow oyster/straw log over the summer. They were fruiting and looking great, and one day I look in the corner and saw maggots and flies all over. I almost vomited. I move the mass out to my dead wood pile in hope that it colonized the logs and refuse. After a few weeks I gave up on even that, because it just got more and more consumed. Ill know this spring if there is any "success" though I totally doubt it.
Get that tub out of your home. If they will infect a monotub, imagine what they can do with any food that you may have out (fruits/bags of chips etc).
All it takes is one bug to find a grow and lay some eggs, then you got a real issue. IMHO, Id rather have trich than gnats ever again. God how foul.
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StygianKnight
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Re: Little tiny white bugs all over my monotub....? [Re: HypnotoadCroaked]
#19358857 - 01/02/14 02:33 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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Most likely fly/gnat larvae. They will eventually grow wings so toss sooner than later. Tossing the tub is better than trying to control an infestation. Edit: If they are larvae, there's nothing wrong with your sterile procedure. A couple gnats found their way into your grow and got it on, again and again.
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