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Originally Posted by RandomGemini
Are they so tiny that you wouldn't be able to see them if they weren't moving?
If so... then I suspect they are springtails. These feed on rotting vegetation. I had a plant infested with these when I got it. I changed the medium completely, pitched the old stuff and cut off the rotting roots. I allowed the plant's roots to air dry over night before I repotted it in clean bark that I poured boiling water on, and allowed to soak overnight.
Haven't seen one since.
I believe my infestation was limited to that one plant as I have not seen them again.
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I hope it's that simple!!
But I have relatively good eyesight but I would say
maybe I would think they were just little flecks in the medium were they not moving. Looking close I couldn't focus in on them; they're thinner than a grass seed.
Thanks for reading through that long post btw, I appreciate it. Figures this would come up just as I'm getting new ones! And I assume you're saying your repotted it AFTER soaking bark in boiling water? I will say that this plant was never repotted after I brought it home since it was flowering and I was even less experienced then. But I've been thinking the almost dirt like medium it's in is probably bad. I have newly purchases coconut choir and clay pebbles too. My bark is limited right now.
Thanks again!
Lotis
---------- Post added at 11:46 AM ---------- Previous post was at 11:44 AM ----------
I had browsed some of the pest and disease resources out there and couldn't remember the name, but I believe they do look like Springtails now that you've said that. You could say I lazily posted here out of haste and anxiety!!
Thanks!
Lotis
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