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Organic growth accelerator?
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Finally getting excited again :). I tried the Kelloggs for 3 weeks, finally had to transplant everything as my plants were not doing well and all the freaking gnats were driving me nuts! Went to Miracle Grow. My autoflower transplanted well, as well as the Strawberry Cough. Looking forward to seeing how these ladies do!
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Gnats are a massive issue right now due to covid screwing up the supply chain and the demand. Lots of bags of soil sat for a longer period of time than usual, even brands that typically don’t have issues are due to being next to a brand that does. Neem oil, or mosquito bites in the soil is a great way to deal with them as well as hydrogen peroxide flooding.
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That makes sense. I had around 100 gnats in 3 weeks. I switched out to Miracle Grow and they seem to be doing great…and no gnats 
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@Kris Nats are a normal thing if over watered in loose soil. Mixing my own soil i try to use something to slow the seep down like the Fungi packs. they do slow water drainage down being fine powder and kill nats. i don’t like putting my Fungi on until 2 weeks before flowering because it’s actually micro for root growth pre-flowering so i use River Sand
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Your plants are looking great! Someone responded to me a while ago that due to COVID, it’s possible the bags of dirt had been old and that’s maybe why I had hundreds of those little bugs. I had tried using the food grade D.E. But they were still everywhere.
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@Kris bro, i have had nats from covid causing less shipping and soil sitting in Warehouses waiting to be shipped in plastic or even half plastic recycled bags drawing and making moisture on pallet stacks. Killed them all with sand
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I have heard of many complaints of critters in packaged soil. Covid or not, if you cannot get them under control with a silica (DEarth, sand, etc., anything that cuts them up), let the soil dry out. Most like and live in damp soil. When we allow our soil to dry out between watering, it helps keep them under control. Diatomaceous is only good on the surface and only good until first watering while the sand can get mixed in like top dressing. Ground cover, like peat or cocoa also helps.
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Thanks for the information. Maybe next time I’ll give it a try again because I have read so many good things especially about the Fox Farms Ocean.
BTW…I’m a great grandma
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Dang girl, kudos to you and your family. I am the last of my family name and when I was 50 (now 68), met a younger woman. She wanted kids and I had 1 girl from a previous. I thought I was done but when love strikes you, you know it. She has bore me 2 boys, now 8 & 12. Unless my daughter, now 23. decides to get married and have children, I will not even see grandpa for maybe this lifetime. Cherish your children, family, loved ones. At our age, we know every day is a blessing and it GOES FAST!
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I was reading this thread n I have had pest issues since covid began, cant say if it was related, however cld u tell me about peroxide flooding?
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Yeah, it was me. You can goggle it. But basically you use diluted hydrogen peroxide to flood the root zone. Killing the larvae in it. I cant remeber the exact ratio now.
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@Rye the ratio is 1/3 3% H202 to 2/3 H20. It’s the same as the sterilizing seed soak.
Only issue is it will also kill the good bacteria in the soil so you will need to inoculate again to bring the micro life back.
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The miracle grow potting soil every bag I’ve bought has had the gnat’s in it
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Has anyone ever tried the better home’s and garden compost went to Walmart the other day they had 6lb bags on clearance dollar a bag i got 20 of them it pretty good stuff no gnats
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LOL Mike, I got ya beat by 1 1/2 years. Seems about every 20+ years we kick out a new generation, my great grandkids are 3 & 5. Keeping up with preteens at 68? Wow…I’m impressed! I can’t imagine…
Take care, stay healthy & wishing you big buds!
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