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Managed to get a couple of better photos.
Most of the photos for mealy bugs look like they’re on stems and leaves where as this is mostly contained to the soil occasionally outside of the pot. I haven’t had any issues with the leaves and seen nothing on the stems. Although just looking at backs of leaves there are little white marks (on 2 of more than 8 infected plants) I didn’t think these were pest related though
@Rodolfo did you have anymore issues with the springtails or unknown pest since reporting removal of soil or just gnats that improved?
mobe
I don’t know if this got a response but i am pretty sure these are springtails.
Anyone got any ideas on how best to deal - drying out plants to within an inch of their life didn’t help, looking for a more permanent solution.
Basically infected all plants so I think must have been the soil?
Would just reporting everything into new soil and cleaning the roots off as much soil as possible be a last solution?
Also trying to rid gnats with mosquito bits, gnats are frustrating each plant has maybe 1 gnat appearing a day - hoping the tape and bits will kill them off.
Photo is off some springtails but found it impossible to focus on them even with a big lens
edit - no issue with the springtails for causing any damage or stopping growth just a lot of them crawling around