Bug found in water tray of new plants.

Hi all,

I started plants from seed and have them growing on my kitchen floor, under a grow light, some are very small 1/4" to 6" tall. I accidentally over watered one tray of plants, so I moved them to a dry tray. In the flooded tray was one bug that looks like a Silverfish to me. I will post a pic of it in alt.binaries.pictures.gardens soon.

I believe the bug must have been in the planting mix I used. Due to the shape of the watering tray, I do not think that this bug crawled into the tray. Should I be concerned? Should I treat the plants or the watering tray with pesticide?

Cheers, Jim

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Doug Kanter

In article , snipped-for-privacy@yahoo.com says... :) I believe the bug must have been in the planting mix I used. Due to the :) shape of the watering tray, I do not think that this bug crawled into the :) tray. Should I be concerned? Should I treat the plants or the watering :) tray with pesticide? :) :) If it is a silver fish I would think it more likely came from the home (though it's not out of the question it may of come with the mix. Kitchens are areas where they make their appearances and the moist conditions of the plantings along with the grow light would probably attract them. Where ever it came from it shouldn't be a real concern unless you are over run by them.

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