Gnats! Please comment.

Is the random gnat hovering around going to be a problem? Once or twice a day I find one flying around or crawling around in the dirt.
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Yep, fly strips work great I have them in my pot just on top of the soil... in 2 weeks there have gotten to be at least 50 gnats on each.

Man...can anyone say DUH. Thanks guys...wish I'da though of that.

Fly strip is a good idea but I don't know if the gnats will go to it or not. You could always use some garden safe pesticide spray. Raid makes some, although I have never used it on weed because I am afraid of smoking it despite it being "garden safe."

The Gnats arent the problem it is the larva they leave in their soil. I had the same problem, Turned out after a little research that they were fungus gnats and their larva feast on your plants roots.

There are a few different ways to get rid of them.

Their larva need the soil in order to survive so one thing you can do is put a 1in. layer of sand on top of the surface. This is a not a over night fix, all it does is prevent the larva from getting to the soil after they have been layed. Eventually the larva die, the adults die and problem is solved.

You can also use 3-in-one insecticide, fungicide, miticide. This stuff will knock those bugs out the box in a day or two but since your plants are so young might do them damage as well.

My third and final suggestion is diatomaceous earth. Its organic and will kill any bug that walks over it. Tiny fossils that shreds any bug matter that comes upon it. Just dont breath this crap in, comes in a powder form.


Those fly strips only eliminate the nuisance but not the cause of it.

I will look into that. i just got back with the fly strips...thanks for the reply

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i used 1/4" of playground sand on top and then sprayed with Schultz Garden Safe Fungicide with 0.9% neem oil. sprayed once or twice a week for 3 weeks. no more gnats

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i have them lil fuckers 2..

i found that the fly strip dont work for them....

might try the sand thing.. thanks..

i like using the sand. it acts like a mulch so i only need to water every 6-8 days

sand and diotamacious earth work well. the best thing i have used for gnats was preditory nematodes and they wiped them out completly.