Not that you didnt hear this, but if you look up organic or natural weed comtrol. One or the top answers every time is boiling water. You pour it on the soil and it kills the roots therefore killing the weed.
Truth be told I have never used DE. Only mosquito dunks in my water barrel. Maybe I wasn't using enough but I should have been considering the amount one dunk covers.
Dunks are really not all that effective. Crumbles go on top of the soil and as you water the soil, they work their way in and kill larvae. They work every time, it just takes a little time so if you get them early your better off.
H2O2 didn't work for me (HP). I kinda like that a thin layer of sand blends in during watering. Actually, it would help increase drainage (think of perlite, or gravel). The sand doesn't absorb moisture. I notice that water just seeps through rather quickly with a layer of sand on top. Glad to hear the bugs are diminishing!
That does make sense now if I think back to my sandbox days. It also contains silicon which probably benefits the ladies also!Actually, it would help increase drainage (think of perlite, or gravel). The sand doesn't absorb moisture. I notice that water just seeps through rather quickly with a layer of sand on top. Glad to hear the bugs are diminishing!
Hello brother. This is a good question being that almost all commercial soil is infected with fungus gnats. I found out about those little annoying insects when I bought happy frog soil. I was infected pretty bad and read up as much as I can about them in order to eliminate them. Fungus gnats can be fatal to your plant in severe cases by eating at your root system. They breed and lay larvae in the soil. Typically when I water I water directly where the stalk of the plant and not the whole bed. I also wait until the last minute to water when the lower leafs are beginning to droop ever so slightly. Let your soil dry out a bit in between waterings making an environment they don't like which forces them to come up. Get yourself some food grade diatomaceous earth which is a fine powdery soft, crumbly, porous sedimentary deposit formed from the fossil remains of diatoms. They are like very tiny tiny shards ofor glass that cut through and dry out the exo-skeletal layer of insects particularly of soft shell/bodied instects. Be sure to water only the stalk area when you water, let the soil dry out and sprinkle diatomaceous earth as a top dress for your soil. Mix it in u to about a couple inches, then add another top dress for the top layer of your soil. Drying your soil out will force the fungus gnats to surface and make their way through the D.e. cutting them and drying them out. As the larvae hatch and come up they too will go through the same process until you eventually kill them all. This process can take up to a couple weeks maybe more as there is still larvae in the soil.
