--- title: "Help! Found these little white bugs in my soil mix. Do I need to…" description: "Help! Found these little white bugs in my soil mix. Do I need to scrap all of it and start over? Soil is in a “moisture and pest resistant” container but there…" url: "https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/0byDehaOL4MTrkz8eWrLAB?language=ko" community: "Pests, diseases and problems" author: "Tori B" published: "2025-04-20T14:24:10.700303Z" language: "en" image: "https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/KNL4diTynKQlqdoYVmbaRAZwpMXHCH_myZ5nQBKRm5s/7Az5WMs6S9SRwE_Wv9dByA.webp?size=large" --- [커뮤니티](https://getplanta.com/community.md?language=ko) / [Pests, diseases and problems](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ.md?language=ko) # Help! Found these little white bugs in my soil mix. Do I need to… _Tori B님이 2025-04-20에 게시함_ Help! Found these little white bugs in my soil mix. Do I need to scrap all of it and start over? Soil is in a “moisture and pest resistant” container but there is a ton of moisture inside… ![3개 중 1번째 첨부 파일](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/KNL4diTynKQlqdoYVmbaRAZwpMXHCH_myZ5nQBKRm5s/7Az5WMs6S9SRwE_Wv9dByA.webp?size=large) ![3개 중 2번째 첨부 파일](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/KNL4diTynKQlqdoYVmbaRAZwpMXHCH_myZ5nQBKRm5s/hqxPBr21SAaGj6aH1bUN5Q.webp?size=large) ![3개 중 3번째 첨부 파일](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/KNL4diTynKQlqdoYVmbaRAZwpMXHCH_myZ5nQBKRm5s/drc_EYGPTWujlH5sQK998w.webp?size=large) ## 15개의 댓글 ### KJM님이 2025-04-20에 댓글을 남겼어요. Unless I'm not looking at the wrong thing those are not bugs that's pieces of perlite. #### KJM님이 2025-04-20에 답변했습니다. Ah wait! I see the bugs! Possibly thrips. #### Tori B님이 2025-04-20에 답변했습니다. Ugh, they’re all over the scoop and I’ve found some in the soil :( ### KJM님이 2025-04-20에 댓글을 남겼어요. There is another bug whose name I can't remember that are actually beneficial. It's spring something or other. I'm inclined to think it might be that one because thrips are attracted to flowers and you clearly don't have flowers there right now. #### KJM님이 2025-04-20에 답변했습니다. Springtail that's the name springtail. That is more likely what you have. #### Tori B님이 2025-04-20에 답변했습니다. Interesting, thank you very much for your input! :) ### Bebe🌵🤍님이 2025-04-20에 댓글을 남겼어요. You can treat the soil for pests. Water it with 1 part hydrogen peroxide to 5 parts water for a few weeks and it’ll get rid of them. You can also use any pesticide to get rid of them. People treat soil all the time with pesticides before using it ### Sunny님이 2025-04-20에 댓글을 남겼어요. I bake my questionable soil out in an old metal or cast iron pot over my charcoal grill. I stir the soil to evenly disperse the heat. Then, let it cool. I have rinsed the soil in hot water when I’m in a hurry. Heat treatment kills the fungus, pests, eggs and weed seeds. 🪴🍀 #### KJM님이 2025-04-20에 답변했습니다. Years ago I worked at a place and we had a metal box about 5 ft square and 3 ft tall, with no bottom in it. We would fill it with soil mix, a little water, cover it and turn on the heat. 4 hours later we had a big pile of sterilized soil. I'm very glad we don't do that anymore! #### Buffy님이 2025-04-20에 답변했습니다. Just interested as to why you are glad you don’t do that anymore.. a lot of work to do this or is there another reason. I truly wonder.. Lol.. I have no social life.. ha ha🥳 #### KJM님이 2025-04-20에 답변했습니다. It was very work intensive because we had many plants to plant. Shovel it in, shovel it out and then do it again and again. Where I work today we grow 14,000 or more of a rotating primary crop and I just can't imagine hand shoveling that much dirt! #### Sunny님이 2025-04-20에 답변했습니다. Turning dirt in the hot sun is no fun. 😁 ### KJM님이 2025-04-20에 댓글을 남겼어요. Not to mention it didn't smell very good. #### Sunny님이 2025-04-20에 답변했습니다. The smell is why I never baked my soil indoors in my oven. I used my little bbq pit. I don’t even like the scent of fresh pine bark mulch. 😂 #### Bebe🌵🤍님이 2025-04-22에 답변했습니다. Omg I can only imagine 😭 --- _Planta 커뮤니티 (https://getplanta.com). 누구나 읽을 수 있습니다. 게시물을 올리고, 댓글을 달고, 좋아요를 누르려면 Planta 앱을 다운로드하세요: https://getplanta.com/download_