They quickly multiply do they Mick?Probably the hardest of all , the more yellow sticky pads you have the best , you'll catch them by the thousands and thousands left
Yep they're cunnts of things , they breed very quickly and in b8g numbersThey quickly multiply do they Mick?
I've found perhaps ten or so and between my blow torch, electric tennis racket and the vacuum cleaner I definitely fucked their world up but I'd feel much better if I could reach intergenerational extermination if that's possible.
I'm really not sure if the punishment fits the crime or I'm just nieve about their ability to wreck a grow.
Are they something to beware of mate?
Are they like fungus gnats in that they lay their larvae in the medium?Yep they're cunnts of things , they breed very quickly and in b8g numbers
Put up a few yellow pads , you'll know very quickly after a light's out exactly what's in there and their numbers
I hope you're right , they not too bad , but the fuckers come out light's out , I'm feeling you only got a very small amount of what's truly in there
I struggled to control them , especially when in summer , in the end I gave up and just tried to limit numbers
Eradication was only achieved by cleaning the room out and leaving it idle for 4 wks and starting with seedlings
Never go into your outside garden then check your tent
No, they don't lay their larvae in the medium but rather the underside of the leaves and often down low where the direct heat of the lights is less (They don't like the direct heat). This is one of the reasons I strip the undergrowth out, it eliminates the more temperate zones they like. So check the underside of the leaf, they like to hide. If you can see 1 or 2, there's more like 20-30 hiding.Are they like fungus gnats in that they lay their larvae in the medium?
Thank you kindly Merlin pyrethrum is a natural product, right?No, they don't lay their larvae in the medium but rather the underside of the leaves and often down low where the direct heat of the lights is less (They don't like the direct heat). This is one of the reasons I strip the undergrowth out, it eliminates the more temperate zones they like. So check the underside of the leaf, they like to hide. If you can see 1 or 2, there's more like 20-30 hiding.
Others have suggested using the yellow sticky strips and, yep, they do do the trick if caught early. If the infestation is bad, pyrethrum works well, just remember to spray when your lights are off and don't forget to spray the underside of the leaves too.
Itchybro is correct in that they feed on the sap rather than the leaf, they leave little bleached out white patches on the leaf where they've been feeding. With a bad infestation it looks a bit like dandruff on the leaf surface.