Hi Everyone . i'm new here so please excuse any ignorance of site rules or etiquette. I had real issues i my last grow and suffered a 40% reduction in my yield as a consequence. I treated and treated for fungus gnats and after a little success with each new method saw a terrible return to yellowing and stunted growth etc. I realise now that the scyriad were only one of the pests I was fighting and I was totally unaware of the other more serious customer. After that go round I packed down and hit the room/tents/equipment with a 30/70 bleach solution hard . After a 4 month rest ( thinking that some time would stop repopulation) and starting again with new genetics from seed , in less than 3 weeks I have problems again and after much closer and more regular inspection have recognized my issue to be Root Aphids. Tiny black fliers (just appeared) 1/4 size of fungus gnats , already yellowing and dying off of the lowest leafs and tip s. honeydew slug trail type white residue over the top of my root riots and upon examination conical tails extending from the back eds of the little blighters. I cannot afford to get an expensive loupe for my phone camera so cannot i'm afraid really add any images of use to this post. I suffer from long term health problems that dont allow me to work , so growing my medicine has to be done a very tight budget and forking out for non effective remedies on my last crop caused me to go without vital life needs ( gas/adequate food etc) After buying seeds BB Cheese + Dinafem OG #18 I am terrified that im going to lose my girls before were even a length out the gate. Presently they are under a small 50w Cfl in a Bay6 Propagation tent in small plastic pots filled with tropic batmix soil surrounding the root riots i seeded them in. the itake is passive and double netted. I have a circulation fan inside but no extractor in my start tent as not really deeded i find.
I know ive' caught it quick but they're young and after lots of research the most effective kill dead cures and ongoing systemics, either are not available in the UK imidacloprid products , Botaniguard es or wp and products like Orthene . All pretty heavy duty I know but I used h2o2 and soaps and neem , as well as diatomaceous earth, which I have already added to my soil in the pots as I had some left. As i said I dont have much money at all to combat this , so PLEASE does anyone here have any good information of cost effective ways of eliminating these awfully resistant pests. Time is one thing I have plenty of on my side and can spend as much as is necessary i my room to fight this . What I don't have is £100's pounds to spend on insecticides that might not work and will gave to be re brought and applied again and again. If there is a solid killer of these pests that can be applied as a root drench or good practices I might not be aware of I'd be so massively grateful for your help. Lastly apart from bleach is there a again more powerful long acting solution to completely soak my whole area ad equipment with. Sorry for such a massive post but I wanted to get in as much information as possible. Ok thanks again for anything you might be able to do for me .
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