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Bad Bugs
To
create the perfect growing environment for your Hydroponics project,
and to ensure the optimum growing conditions to produce a beautiful,
tender, dirt-free, flavorful product. We suggest you utilize
beneficial insects, or "good bugs", to eat the "bad bugs", which
keeps your produce free of harmful pesticides.
Although bringing in good bugs to eliminate a bad bug problem might
not always solve the problem, you might have to resort to a
pesticide. In cases like this, our staff is very educated and can
direct you to the best product to use.
Watch Out for These Guys
When possible, it is always recommended to use "Good Bugs" to
fend off the "Bad Bugs" that might take home in your hydroponic
garden.
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Aphids
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Caterpillars
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Cockroaches |
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Cutworms
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European Corn Borers |
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Fungus
Gnats
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Leaf
Hoppers
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Mealybugs  Description:
Small bugs create white, powdery masses on leaf stem
joints.Treatment: Scrape off and spray with insecticide. |
Root
Maggots Description:
Fly larvae that hatch at the base of the plants and eat
the roots.Treatment: Not too common in hydroponics gardens. If found, spray with insecticide. |
Scale
 Description:
Tiny waxy growths on the underside of leaves and on
stems.Treatment: Scrape off and isolate plant, if possible. Wash leaves with warm soapy water and apply insecticide if needed. |
Striped Cucumber Beetle  Description:
Small, very destructive, striped back beetles 1/4 inch
long. As adults, these plant pests eat leaves, and as
larvae eat roots.Treatment: Use insecticidal soap. |
Tarnished Plant Bugs Description:
Small beetles about 1/4 inch long with tarnish-like
markings on it's back. They inject plants with a
substance that deforms leaf tips and stem joining.Treatment: Clean off all nearby organic debris and spray with insecticide. |
White
Flies  Description:
Tiny, white flying bugsTreatment: Very resilient. Spray with insecticide or something stronger. Also spray all surrounding plants. |
Colorado Potato Beetle  Description:
Inch long striped beetles and their larvae will eat
everything on a plant.Treatment: Pick off by hand and optionally, spray with insecticide. |
Earwigs Description:
Small dark brown centipede-like insects with a pincer
tail. Treatment: Pick off by hand (they usually come out at night). |
Imported Cabbage Worm  Description:
Small velvety green caterpillars that eat plant leaves.Treatment: Spray with insecticidal soap. |
Mexican Bean Beetle  Description:
Small, 1/2 inch beetles will eat roots and leaves,
leaving only the veins.Treatment: Wash with soap. |
Spider
Mites  Description:
Red, yellow or green microscopic bugs forming cobwebs.
Treatment: Isolate plant if you can, wash leaves with warm, soapy water and spray with insecticide. |
Thrips
 Description:
Very small and slender bugs leaving dark blobs on the
leaves.Treatment: Remove bugs by hand, wash leaves with water and spray insecticide. |
