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Help there's tiny white spots in the soil, they're moving(imgur.com)

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Anyone know what they are? We had spider mites last year, are these the babies?

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Willowl [they/them]@hexbear.net
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Possibly aphids?

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Woly [any]@hexbear.net
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Time to bust out the hydrogen peroxide baby!

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drinkinglakewater [he/him]@hexbear.net
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Does this mean I can just water my plants with hydrogen peroxide solution all the time?

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Woly [any]@hexbear.net
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I think it will kill off some helpful bacteria in the soil, so you don’t want to do it constantly, but it can be a semi-regular treatment for them.

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Lord_ofThe_FLIES [he/him]@hexbear.netOP
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have you used it successfully in the past?

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Woly [any]@hexbear.net
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Yup, on little mites that looked exactly the same as yours. I put all my plants in the bathtub and sprayed them down thoroughly before soaking their soil. I just did that once and it took care of the problem completely, although apparently you can do it quite a bit, because it turns out plants love hydrogen peroxide.

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420bootywizard [he/him]@hexbear.net
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Plants (and a lot of other living things) have a class of enzymes called peroxidases. They break H2O2 down into H2O + O2.

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