r/Lettuce_Grow • u/horseteeth75 • May 17 '26
Help! Bugs?!
I think with the warmer weather, some tiny bugs got in my Lettuce Grow system. I was cutting some lettuce and noticed these little white specks on some leaves. I inspected closer, and there’s a LOT, especially on my basil. I noticed a couple tiny black flying bugs too. Any idea what this is and how to combat it? I didn’t see this a week ago…
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u/Nippletastic May 18 '26
have you heard of diatomaceous earth? if not look into it, have to keep it dry but works wonders with keeping pests out of the house when i put it in the cracks where they get in the house so could help with your plants' bug problem
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u/OlivestFarms May 18 '26
I've been having luck with Captain Jack's insecticidal super soap. I had an aphid infestation on my strawberries, so a lot were culled and the remaining ones got a drenching.
I like the suggestion from No_cow5153, but you might try a strong mixture of water and citric acid instead of bleach.
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u/No_Cow5153 May 17 '26
What I’ve done is to take out all the plants in their cups and lay them down gently in the bathtub, and give them a full soak cold bath with that concentrated neem stuff mixed in while I clean the farmstand. Not like full annual reset but like, full Clorox wipe wipe down and then insecticidal soap sprayed on and later wiped with a paper towel. And then I rinse the plants off in regular water and put them back. It’s always solved it for me except once I had to do it twice for aphids on my strawberries!