twobrothersgarden
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Posted 1364898246
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The cuttings are in moss. They were cleaned with hydrogen peroxide and soap. They are inside a sterilite tote. The lid stays on, only opened to air out the cuttings and fluff the moss. Cuttings are being eaten by what appear to be a small clear worm/maggot. Only specific cuttings have it and several varieties are grouped together.
Henry, Brawley, California, 9B http://www.youtube.com/user/thetwobrothersgarden/videos?view=0 http://www.ebay.com/usr/two-brothers-2013
bullet08
1284496248
Posted 1364899498
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any pictures? i haven't seen any worm/maggots. sure it's not gnat maggots?
twobrothersgarden
1355136466
Posted 1364900793
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Sorry I panicked and cleaned the cuttings right away. I should have taken a picture. They were really small and clear. And I've never had gnat maggots so I wouldn't know if was or wasn't.
Henry, Brawley, California, 9B http://www.youtube.com/user/thetwobrothersgarden/videos?view=0 http://www.ebay.com/usr/two-brothers-2013
bonsaigai
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Posted 1364901634
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From the description of small and clear, it sounds like fungus gnats. I've used neem in the past for them. It is a "mild" organic pesticide, but I'd try it out on only a few cuttings to see if it's Ok for them.
JD
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bullet08
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Posted 1364903730
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yeah.. good thing you cleaned them out. they are too small for a bait. x)
Figaro
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Posted 1364913787
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It's also very probable that they came with your moss, so be careful before you use any more of that batch!
[B]Figaro Zone 10b - South Florida[/I] Growing: Black Mission, Strawberry Verte, LSU Hollier, LSU Purple, LSU Scotts Black, Cajun Gold, Panachee, Excel, UCR 291-4, UCR 143-36, Violette de Bordeaux, Ronde de Bordeaux, Calvert, Black Madeira, Col De Dame Blanc
Grasa
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Posted 1364919536
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Bad news, you need to dip them in warm soapy/bleach water and let them dry out and do it again, once in there, they crawl under the thin green bark... in 5-6 days you will have gnats flying around, you must get those yellow fly traps, and isolate them you can feel the green becomes softer, meaning, they are there already, I would cut the bottoms as they crawl inside also. See? that is what I described, so root them outside in your warm weather, less moss, and cover with thin fabric, I think their eggs may come in the moss too, sorry to hear, Frank.
twobrothersgarden
1355136466
Posted 1364926943
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Thank you all for the help. I cleaned them again and they look okay but I don't know. I threw out that moss and I'm starting over with new moss. I boiled some water and I'm gonna soak the new moss in that, to see if I can kill any insect that might be in there.
Henry, Brawley, California, 9B http://www.youtube.com/user/thetwobrothersgarden/videos?view=0 http://www.ebay.com/usr/two-brothers-2013
Dieseler
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Posted 1364929774
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Good idea Henry some years back same thing happened to me .
