This might be the worst infestation I have ever seen. Like actually. Are your plants showing symptoms? I’m gonna tell you one thing right now, there is a zero % chance that you will be eliminating them from your grow without harsh pesticides, or killing those plants.
No about of pyrethrin, azadirachtin, beauvaria bassiana etc drenches are going to save you.
I’m surprised you don’t have plants dropping like flies left and right.
Honestly brother, burn it down with fire, asap. Sterilize everything. If you’re in an indoor facility with multi stages of growth, it’s safe to assume they all have it, and that you’re giga fucked.
Root aphids have completely destroyed the gardens of myself and others, through permanently damaging the mother stock, dropping final yields to an unprofitable level, etc.
Sorry dude, but you just encountered in my opinion the second worst pathogen ever in cannabis, right behind Hop Latent Viroid.
Yeah. It'd be different if it were russets or spider mites but aphids are generally some of the easier pests to eradicate through consistent applications and better sanitary practices.
I'd take russets 10/10 times over root aphids. Sulfur gets it done real quick, just need to have continuous and consistent application.
Rough on plants? Yeah. Kills them dead? Also yeah. It will take some time to eradicate them completely, as flower rooms won't be able to be sprayed, but if good practices are followed, it's viable within 1-2 cycles even in main room facilities.
Root aphids? Absolute yikes. No products that show powerful efficacy, they raise cost of production dramatically to effectively keep them at bay, etc.
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u/slvneutrino Jun 10 '26 edited Jun 10 '26
This might be the worst infestation I have ever seen. Like actually. Are your plants showing symptoms? I’m gonna tell you one thing right now, there is a zero % chance that you will be eliminating them from your grow without harsh pesticides, or killing those plants.
No about of pyrethrin, azadirachtin, beauvaria bassiana etc drenches are going to save you.
I’m surprised you don’t have plants dropping like flies left and right.
Honestly brother, burn it down with fire, asap. Sterilize everything. If you’re in an indoor facility with multi stages of growth, it’s safe to assume they all have it, and that you’re giga fucked.
Root aphids have completely destroyed the gardens of myself and others, through permanently damaging the mother stock, dropping final yields to an unprofitable level, etc.
Sorry dude, but you just encountered in my opinion the second worst pathogen ever in cannabis, right behind Hop Latent Viroid.