#26906
March 14th, 2005 at 09:46 PM
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Hi y'all, Lately I have been noticing some suspicious looking "dirt" in the water trays underneath my plant pots. It looks distinctively like something very small has been burrowing into the drainage holes, and leaving little dooties behind. The only thing is, I haven't noticed any bugs, nor do my plants seem to be suffering. I'm wondering if it is fungus gnats? Do they burrow from the bottom? That is the only pest I have in my house(that I am aware of anyway), and even then, I only see one or two occasionally.
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#26907
March 15th, 2005 at 04:46 AM
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Oh my God, the Dootie-Makers have landed and are living in your pots. We are all doomed!
Of course, maybe it is just some soil that is leaking out of the drainage holes into the trays. Fungus gnat larvae? They live in the top layer of the soil and only leave when they have developed wings and can fly out.
Have a drink and forget about the dootie (!!) trails, but call me right away when the Martians land!
Will
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#26908
March 15th, 2005 at 04:58 AM
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Too funny!!! I was going to ask, where are your pots? Outside?? Would they be worms???? What do the dreaded "little dooties" look like??? Weezie
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#26909
March 15th, 2005 at 05:42 AM
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weezie, thank you, Most of my plants are inside. The plant in question is actually sitting on the rim of a water tray(is that what they are called, that doesn't sound right?)so there is a space between the pot and a tray, if that makes sense. Hence there is ample room for alien creatures to burrow up and leave their little dootie tracks behind! You know how when worms dig a hole in the soil and leave that funny, coiled dirt behind them? That is exactly what this dooty looks like.
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#26910
March 15th, 2005 at 09:59 AM
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So that's what those tracks are called - dootie tracks!
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#26911
March 16th, 2005 at 02:42 AM
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In all seriousness, the term dooty is not quite right. What it looks like is worm casings! I picked up a teeny tiny grow pot today, and sure enough, there were 1/16 OF AN INCH little dooties. WTH? Is it really just dirt falling out of the drainage holes, because that is the weirdest looking dirt I have ever seen? And I swear on my last cold beer, that I saw a FUNGUS GNAT fly out of the bottom!
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#26912
March 16th, 2005 at 04:50 AM
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Amy, you crazy lady please come back! Who else will entertain us with dottie comments about dootie trails?
I beg you to return. I will even go to your house and clean up all of the dootie trails if you promise not to abandon us.
I will also withdraw the complaint I filed with the Forum Queen about your use of offensive language (d**tie) on this post.
Please, please, please, Amy!
Will, The Beggar
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#26913
March 16th, 2005 at 11:45 PM
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#26914
March 17th, 2005 at 02:49 AM
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Did someone say compost?????
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#26915
March 17th, 2005 at 07:17 AM
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#26916
March 25th, 2005 at 12:11 AM
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Okay, this one is for all those Dootie-Doubters out there! I realize this is a horrid picture, but that's all my cheesy Kodak will give me. I know that it just looks like dirt, but I swear on the grave of my recently departed African Mask, that it is dootie casings! [img] http://tinypic.com/2byvyh[/img]
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#26917
March 25th, 2005 at 01:40 AM
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Ummm...won't dootie casings add nutrients to the soil?
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#26918
March 25th, 2005 at 04:59 AM
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I suspect mice, roaches or wolf mites.
Will (Not on duty) Creed
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#26919
March 25th, 2005 at 05:07 AM
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Will, do you ...ummm...have multiple personalities?
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#26920
March 25th, 2005 at 05:13 AM
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Will, Shouldn't that be Will (Not on "dootie") Creed??? :rolleyes: Weezie
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#26921
March 26th, 2005 at 04:16 AM
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Weezie,
Thank you for that spelling correction.
Will The Careless
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