Came home tonight to hot house (on day13 of no AC moved my tiny aero garden into bedroom w me where air & humidity is less &temp around 76degrees w portable AC), ant invasion & tiny white worms I think ate one of my sprouts. I didn’t take a picture because I was so mad I smashed them all (@ least 6) but they were about 1cm long & my tiny root was gone from the seed pod, what were they & how did they get there? The seed was still under humidity/sprout dome tightly sealed. Any clue?
Whitout pictures wee can say what is your problem.
Ugh, so frustrasting. Seems like everything hit me at once! The day after I decide to start to sprout my seed, the AC went in both my car & house. Then the ants, oh I hate ants! They’re coming in from everywhere & I haven’t had any all year! Sorry for the rant. But I think I know what may have happened. I just used a used pot to put the pellet in because it was tiny & handy & the cover was “supposed” to be just a clear run off cup which sealed it perfectly. Both of these items were in the kitchen where I had just battled fruit flies prior to my sprout. I didn’t wash or otherwise sanitize the pot or the cover. My bad! Dang it! I’ll be more careful from now on.
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Inch worms they are
Not sure but food quality diatomaceous earth kills just about anything.
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Good to know; thank you. Where can I purchase it?
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You can buy at plant store, farm and ranch or online. I got a 10 lb bag for $8 where I get my dog food. There’s lots of uses for it. We got a bug & put in saucer and put de on it. It started shaking freaking out. It tears their exoskeleton like a human crawling thru shards of glass. Can give it to dogs in food for worms. Warning, it’s messy but I put on all my girls on top of soul after watering and if leaf problem you gotta dust whole plant. Dusting entire plant should only be done during veg
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