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lettuce bugs

scargill · 2004-08-04 21:05:34

i have a small amount of lettuce growing - but it is under attack at the moment. :rolleyes: when i pull up a lettuce there is a white powdery looking substance in the soil around the root. if i have look through it there is some sort of larvae thingy in the middle of it ? I presume its some sort of root fly ? any advice to…

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04-08-2004 10:05pm

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scargill

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i have a small amount of lettuce growing - but it is under attack at the moment. :rolleyes:

when i pull up a lettuce there is a white powdery looking substance in the soil around the root. if i have look through it there is some sort of larvae thingy in the middle of it ?

I presume its some sort of root fly ? any advice to get rid of it would be appreciated. preferably not DDT !!

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