- You are here:
-
Home
-
Growing Tips
- Bad Bugs
Bad Bugs
Description: Tiny, white flying bugs Treatment: Very resilient. Spray with insecticide or something stronger. Also spray all surrounding plants.
Description: Very small and slender bugs leaving dark blobs on the leaves. Treatment: Remove bugs by hand, wash leaves with water and spray insecticide.
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…
Description: Small, very destructive, striped back beetles 1/4 inch long. As adults, these plant pests eat leaves and larvae eat roots Treatment: Use insecticidal soap
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.
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…
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.
Description: Small, 1/2 inch beetles will eat roots and leaves leaving only the veins. Treatment: Insecticidal Wash with soap.
Description: Small bugs create white, powdery masses on leaf stem joints. Treatment: Scrape off and spray with insecticide.
Description: Small, 1/8 inch long, wedge shaped insects that suck the sap through the plant leaves. Treatment: Pick off by hand and apply insecticide if needed.
Description: Small velvety green caterpillars that eat plant leaves. Treatment: Spray with insecticidal soap.
Description: The hatched offspring of tiny black flies. The maggot offspring attack plant roots. Treatment: Discard any damaged plants, spray with insecticide. Not too common in a hydroponics garden.
Description: Small, 1 inch long caterpillars who bore into plant stems and eat them from the inside out. Treatment: Spray with insecticide.
Description: Small dark brown centipede-like insects with a pincer tail. Treatment: Pick off by hand (they usually come out at night).
Description: Small worm type insects that curl up into a ring shape. They eat through plant roots and topple the plant. Treatment: Not too common in hydroponics - if found,…
Description: Small dark colored insects with beetle like bodies. Treatment: Pick off by hand if you can catch them. Remove any organic debris from the base of the plant. Set…
Description: Inch long striped beetles and their larvae will eat everything on a plant. Treatment: Pick off by hand and optionally, spray with insecticide.
Description: Most kinds of caterpillar are considered plant pests and will eat the leaves. Treatment: Pick off by hand
Description: They are very small with light colored bodies. They leave a sticky residue on the leaves. Treatment: Remove damaged leaves, wash plant leaves with warm water for a week…