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Can anyone help tell me what these pesky little things are in my Coco? If anyone could advise how to treat them.

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spring Tails?

think thats a let the coco dry out job to get rid. but i may be wrong
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Hydroponics and Indoor Garden Control
Because of their moisture levels, indoor growing spaces are particularly susceptible to springtail infestations. In hydroponic growing systems, the pests will cluster at the edge of grow-tank and in exposed root crowns of plants. Careful periodic inspections and removal can help keep populations down.
While it’s often claimed that springtails do little noticeable damage, they will feed on roots and moist plant matter, causing “leaf stipling” (yellowing) and cause other harm to growth and vigor. Still, many growers choose to tolerate them rather than treat them. If you choose to co-exist with them, make sure you’ve positively identified them and aren’t mistaking them for some pest like spider mites that can cause extensive damage.
Wipe up pest colonies around the rims of trays, near drains and other damp places in your grow space. Large colonies on floors or on stands can be vacuumed with a shop-vac.
If springtails have become such a nuisance they must be sprayed, use an OMRI listed for organic production compound such as azadirachtin, an antifeedant and insect growth regulator (IGR) that controls pests through starvation and growth disruption.


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Meh, so need to get rid these, how can I dry them out without my girls wilting 😩

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A soil drench of pyrethrins should kill em off pretty quick or you can use diatomaceous earth. If you run your media a little dry for a few weeks that will help too.
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They ain't spring tails look more like thrip lavae to me, try poking a few with a stick if they jump 2 ft they springys if not they thrip lavae, either way they just made me itch like fuk, a bottle of Scott's is your friend either way . Ach y fi they put some shit on your flowers that's a fact

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Onychiuridae

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onychiuridae

dry em out :D

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GMO wrote: ↑
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Onychiuridae

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onychiuridae

dry em out :D

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Post by Josh »

Springtails jump around like crackheads, in my opinion those are mold mites a.k.a. cheese mites. I have them in most my plants tbh, they love to show up in moist conditions.
Honestly I wouldn't spray anything, they do no harm they just eat decaying matter. Unless your roots or plants start to decay you'll be fine

Drying the coco out will help for sure though



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im pretty sure but if ya can find any adults itll help confirm family of the pest

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