Some are 9, some 8, and some 7 days old. The little ones on the side are 1, 2 days old
Their conditions are the same as I did before, the only difference is the soil. Temp +/-75 F, RH 60%. I didn’t have the usual soil, and I live on an island, good soil is not easily available to me. It would take a while to get it. A friend gave me a couple of liters. It is designed for germination with few nutrients, and he claimed that it was ok. I just asked him the specifications today and the indicated ph is from 4 - 6.5.
But, the major problem is that some flies have started flying around the box.
I would like to remove that soil, but I’m not sure how and when.
Maybe I should take the plant out with the soil and put it in clean water so that the soil breaks down and only the roots remain?
I don’t see why that wouldn’t work, but if someone has a better way…
Personally I would just transplant those straight into your good soil. No need to remove that dirt or rinse it away, too much stress for the roots especially for such a small seedling. Just go ahead and transplant them
My opinion on when, I would say in another 10 days or so when each cup has a little bit better rootball established. It makes transplanting much easier, but if those flies are becoming a problem then just go ahead and transplant now.
Sounds like you need BT for the fungus gnats and you need to add 30% course perlite for the compaction thats the cause and best course of action is mix up some bt hit em let them dry back so when you remove the soil to add the perlite they are flemlisy and can take the man handling to get the job done but do be careful ps the compaction also causes the low ph the perlite will fix this as well
It doesn’t look like fungus gnats to me, but honestly - I don’t know.
I can’t get a better picture, so if someone can give me some guidance based on the outline of this fly. What should I google?
@Pannonian Yes flies are attracted to your plants… As is almost every single thing in nature and probably people haha… As the seasons change we battle new warriors along with it. Hopefully this guy was just a rando warrior that slipped in through the door ect and was drawn to the scent. They are wicked good pilots so Cheers on the Kill !!!
Exactly what i was going to say. I get them all the time from my french drain opening. When ya kill them it will leave a little powder like a moth does. They are annoying but harmless.
I took at least 20 pictures, and this is the clearest.
You’re probably right @buzzmobile
It’s almost certainly some Pcychodidae
Thanks everyone. The important thing is that I don’t have to shock the plants by removing the soil
I see you not need to.
But it is so easy to remove medium from plants simply flood their with container, with some tepid water, and jiggle the plant upwards nice and easy. It just falls away from the roots, mostly.
