Dies ist nur ein Beitrag zum Ableiten … keine Fragen, keine Bedenken … außer warum mein Mitbewohner zu glauben scheint, dass es in Ordnung ist, einen übergroßen Topf zu benutzen? Vor allem, wenn Sie über Wasser über Wasser sind. Vielleicht bekomme ich eines Tages es durch ihren Kopf.
Von: PhathomBWL
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BTI. Mosquito bits. Water with that for 2-3 weeks. If they can’t even be bothered to not overwater a houseplant to solve it though, I doubt they’ll buy the mosquito bits.
That’s a “I’ll be moving out” type of behavior – Her lack of caring about how that (entirely preventable) fungus gnat situation will impact her other roommate(s). How childish.
Hang on, what does pot size have to do with it? I’ve never seen that mentioned in the context of fungus gnats before.
What are the yellow sticky things called?
Wait. I have this issue. Is this because of over watering??? Do i need to repot or will this fix itself with the yellow traps?
My niece uses bottom watering pots to plant in. This solved her fungus gnat problems.
I’m getting war flashbacks. Nothing worked for my plant till I bought $70 worth of nematodes.
Put it in their room. Then they understand
1/4 cup hydrogen peroxide to 1 cup water (or any 1:4 ratio if you need more) will kill the eggs and I think the larvae without harming the plants. Let the top inch at least of soil dry out and then treat with the peroxide/water solution for one or two waterings letting it dry out a bit again between them.
The traps do a decent job of catching the adults, but if you catch them after they’ve laid 200 eggs in your pot it’s a losing battle usually.
Throwing in my 2 cents: Everyone should avoid Miracle Gro potting soil. It’s full of fungus gnat larva.
Overwatering can breed the knats. Pot size has nothing to do with it
Butt chug
Also, what kind of soil is that?
Why does this make me itchy?
Rocks or sand on the dirt
Systemic
Try nematodes and the sticky sticks . Sticky sticks catch the adults so they can’t breed. Nematodes kill the larvae in the soil.
Water from the bottom from now on
you should probably less watering it
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I just grow a plant that kills them. Usually Litchi tomatoes. One fruit will give me hundreds of seeds. The seedlings are basically DE, then they die off from lack of light.
This was so very helpful
Don’t use a systemic for fungus gnats… that is massive overkill.
There are 2 correct answers to this problem.
1. Sand on top, but it has to be at least an inch thick. So this method isn’t ideal.
2. When you pot your plants, add in some mosquito bits. You can also just add some to the top and mix it in a little.
Watering with mosquito bits doesn’t work reliably long term. But mixing the mosquito bits in does work… and… you don’t have to do it with all your plants, but it needs to be most of them. I haven’t had fungus gnats in years.
Pot can be fine. Put stone or sand on top and that’ll solve the issue.
Just tried Death Drops for the first time. Haven’t seen a fungal gnat in 24 hours but it’s too soon to call it a victory.
Put some mosquito bits or pieces of mosquito dunks in there. Kills the larvae.
I put liquid poison in a spray and I spray liberally the soil once a year and i had no fungus gnats in years. And it used to be kinda bad.
I barely see anything nowadays. It’s magical.
If you put some diatomaceous earth on the top of the soil it helps to kill the eggs and bugs. Had the same issue
To be fair, do any of us really understand them? What’s their motivation?
Didn’t read all comments, maybe someone suggested this, but my game-changer fix was mosquito dunks. Soak mosquito dunks in water before watering (I do it overnight) & it kills the wingless larvae in the soil that harm the plant without negatively affecting the plant. It won’t kill the adults (who are harmless outside of laying more eggs and being f’n annoying) but if you get sticky traps for those & then let it dry out well before the next watering, the breeding cycle should end.
Dia-salacious erth and vacuums
Buy some predatory nematodes from amazon. Solves it by them literally eating the eggs and larvae
5/1 water and peroxide. Thank me later
I just had this problem on my outdoor garden.
If you mention to her that this is too wet, and that it creates an ideal environment for them to breed in, maybe she will do some research herself and correct the problem.
Last thing you want is for them to get into other areas of the house like the sink drain if you have a garbage disposal. Or the trash if you leave food scraps in there for any amount of time.