Can you try to get a picture or video of the worm/larvae you were seeing? That could be helpful too.
Hypoaspis miles, predatory mites. I got some with a clone recently as well, theyāre usually mixed in with worms. They eat fungus gnat eggs and are harmless from my understanding
Get them stuck on a piece of tape or sticky trap so you can get a nice zoomed in picture
Positive identification of it is definitely first step.
These are really nice to have handy too
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What kind of soil?
Fast or slow moving?
If its fast, itās a hyposasis miles. A good bug. Eats bad bug larvae and eggs
Tell that to the dead plant
Unfortunately a high magnification still picture is the only way we are going to be able to 100% identify the critter
Soil drench with imiclapradid. 3x in a row
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This will 100% kill any bug (minus sm, bm, rm).
Promis was the name of the product. Now discontinued.
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Those are def not thrips. Thrips are long and skinny. I had them once and bought some killer pirate bugs from Arbico Organics and they devoured them suckers. I will never grow in dirt again. I swear that how I got them.
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I still never got a replyā¦
Fast or slow bug?
What type of soil?
And 1 more indoor or outdoor?
The vid shows slow moving. Atleast I consider it slow moving. Def not fast moving like the PM I have seen move. He is in a greenhouse.
Iām gonna take a wild guess it is a beneficial bug and thatās not what killed your plant but what killed your plant attracted those good bugs.
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I can see HM scurrying around my pot lids before my usual soil drench with promis. This is ONLY used after potting any new soil.
I also have awesome eyesight. I did sign-off paint inspections and corrections on very expensive car paint jobs.
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I still never got a replyā¦
Its all posted in the thread
Fast or slow bug?
Video they seem pretty fast
What type of soil?
āBulk organic soilā doesnāt specify if theres a brand
And 1 more indoor or outdoor?
āgreenhouse plantsā
Id like to add that maybe root rot could be the issue
Root rot would have a bad odor from the root area.
Iām using a huge computer monitor and Iām gonna guess most are using smartphones so you cannot see as well. I am almost positive it is the same bug that @pdxcanna posted a pic of. Also it has 2 ant or feelers and most of the other bugs I looked at do not.
Looks like you figured out this mystery 10hrs ago LOL.
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Lol but we still have to solve the mystery of the dead plant
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In his 1st post he mentioned worm/larvae. Maybe thatās what attracted the Hypoaspis and thatās what killed the plant. Or is that how the Hypoaspis starts out(larvae)?
I would assume the Hypoaspis starts out as eggs.
Hey guys so sorry for the delay, I was up late working.
So a few answers for youā¦ as far as fast or slow moving, the videos would be the best demonstration of that. I would say they move pretty fast, and never seem to stop
Soil is called Gaiaās gift from good earth organics.
I grow in outdoor greenhouses meaning they are covered for weather and sun dispersion but they are not sealed environments at allā¦ basically outdoors with a roof. I have 2 greenhouses with plants and every single one looks healthy except the one that completely died in 4 days. Im about to go and really get into this issue and get better pics and video as well as scout all my plants. Like I said I donāt want to do any drench or flush or anything at all until I know what it is. If these are beneficial mites then I have absolutely no problems in my garden. As for the larva or what I saw, it didnāt look like typical larva to me although Iām no expert. I just noticed a small very skinny white ātailā just squiggling back and forth but couldnāt find it again. I usually associate larva with being fatter and having distinct appearance. This all happened as the sun was going down so right now Iām going to really investigate and get all the details. I still donāt think itās environmental as far as soil or watering anything because for that to have such a dramatic health issue while none of the others do wouldnt make sense to me. Iām going to do the sticky tape trick so I can get some good pictures
Iād definitely start with a ppm and slurry test of soil. Youād be surprised at some companies that donāt adjust soil ph. Iāve had some come in at 5!