I might resort to growing my peppers and tomatoes inside this year. The slugs are everywhere end keep eating my plants, they've destroyed my aubergine and paprika plants.
I feel like pineapple quality should be the term used to describe ultra high quality pics now like the opposite of potato quality because they are such an impressive thing. I’m going to start describing really nice high quality photos as pineapple quality from now on haha
Probably springtails. They are not harmful, but may indicate overwatering (unless the plant needs constantly wet soil). They eat fungi and float in water, which is cool.
As others have said, springtails.
They usually only eat dead stuff, but still can harm the plant sometimes. But mostly, they're disgusting imo.
Best ways to get rid of them:
Don't overwater your soil. Keep it on the dryer side and add some drainage (stones on the bottom, some perlite, etc.) to keep everything aerated
Or, try switching to inorganic substrate, e.g. pon or LECA. That way, you can get rid of pretty much any soil living pest. But by transplanting the plant you can also kill it, especially since it's already stressed.
They look like springtails to me. I use springtails and isopods in my gecko's terrarium as a clean up crew.
The isopods eat the poop while the springtails eat any mold that would grow in moist conditions. I do have plants in there too so all that bug poop goes right back into the soil to be reused.
They can't survive outside of a moist environment for long and will simply dry out. I have no idea how harmful they are to plants alone but at least you don't have to worry about mold.
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