I would spray that with domestic bug spray and monitor.
Downtown_Degree3540
Looks like fungus gnats to me. I’d recommend you look at diatomaceous earth (fossilised kelp, it’s really cheap to get a like a kilo of it). It is a non toxic molecular irritant that will effectively kill any insects in your soil. It’s best applied by mixing a *small* quantity of top soil with it then spreading that as top soil and then re-mulching. Don’t do this after watering, and don’t water immediately after.
I’d especially recommend this if this is an indoor plant or a plant that you use things like fertilisers on.
Just be sure to not breathe it in as your mixing/applying. A simple COVID mask will do the trick, or if you’ve got them a proper particle mask.
RavinKhamen
Springtails. Generally considered beneficial to garden/soil health.
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Nuke the fucking thing from orbit.
I would spray that with domestic bug spray and monitor.
Looks like fungus gnats to me. I’d recommend you look at diatomaceous earth (fossilised kelp, it’s really cheap to get a like a kilo of it). It is a non toxic molecular irritant that will effectively kill any insects in your soil. It’s best applied by mixing a *small* quantity of top soil with it then spreading that as top soil and then re-mulching. Don’t do this after watering, and don’t water immediately after.
I’d especially recommend this if this is an indoor plant or a plant that you use things like fertilisers on.
Just be sure to not breathe it in as your mixing/applying. A simple COVID mask will do the trick, or if you’ve got them a proper particle mask.
Springtails. Generally considered beneficial to garden/soil health.