Been fighting those Fungas gnats.

Renfro said:

You can use mosquito dunks to get rid of the gnats. Totally safe for you and the plants. Same stuff as in Gnatrol. Just mix a chunk in with the waterings. Fungus gnats are common with coco grows because you want to keep it moist always.

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NICK72690 said:

Those are looking good I been fighting em to but a few is literally no problem, there larva is in the roots and that’s what would go after your roots but even then it’s no big deal as long as it’s not a complete infestation sticky traps and hydrogen peroxide are the shit the peroxide just kills eggs and larvae on on contact and put the cards in the pots on the coco that’s where you want em. The real problem is if there’s fungus gnats that means it’s damp and you could get mildew and mold.

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Daveindiego said:

I think I’m holding steady against them.

I started with the oscillating fan addition, and kept in low, over the pots. Then I picked up the sticky yellow traps, and was kind of bummed, finding about 15-20 on a card on the plant closer to the room entrance, with 2-3 on a card on the plants in the back.

Then I got some Neem oil to spray onto the Coco. I did NOT like that.

Now I’m using 4-1 Hydrogen Peroxide sprayed on the Coco. And I’m going to use a 3-1 if I find them today when the lights come on.

Still finding a few gnats, but it does seem headway is being made. I’m going to pick up more sticky traps and maybe some of that Dia’whateverthefuck’ Earth today. I apparently can’t purchase SM-90 in California.

Anyone else have any ideas or thoughts?

Aside from thinking I’m tripping by staring at Coco until I THINK I saw something move, what is the obvious signs of distress to the plant that I would begin noticing? Will the gnats always stay in the Coco, with no migration to the plant itself? They’re after the roots, right?

Here is a picture of my crop yesterday right before lights came on. Just concluded week 3, after flip on Feb. 2.

600w HPS
3 gal pots
Using BluMats, set it and forget it watering. I supplement that weekly with a pour over rinse of about 1250ml of equal strength nutrients as being fed weekly through the Blu-Mats.
Botanicare Coco w/ supplemented perlite
Emerald Green nutrients
(4) Critical Kush
(1) Bluniverse
And another one too, all from seed.

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Daveindiego said:

I think I’m holding steady against them.

I started with the oscillating fan addition, and kept in low, over the pots. Then I picked up the sticky yellow traps, and was kind of bummed, finding about 15-20 on a card on the plant closer to the room entrance, with 2-3 on a card on the plants in the back.

Then I got some Neem oil to spray onto the Coco. I did NOT like that.

Now I’m using 4-1 Hydrogen Peroxide sprayed on the Coco. And I’m going to use a 3-1 if I find them today when the lights come on.

Still finding a few gnats, but it does seem headway is being made. I’m going to pick up more sticky traps and maybe some of that Dia’whateverthefuck’ Earth today. I apparently can’t purchase SM-90 in California.

Anyone else have any ideas or thoughts?

Aside from thinking I’m tripping by staring at Coco until I THINK I saw something move, what is the obvious signs of distress to the plant that I would begin noticing? Will the gnats always stay in the Coco, with no migration to the plant itself? They’re after the roots, right?

Here is a picture of my crop yesterday right before lights came on. Just concluded week 3, after flip on Feb. 2.

600w HPS
3 gal pots
Using BluMats, set it and forget it watering. I supplement that weekly with a pour over rinse of about 1250ml of equal strength nutrients as being fed weekly through the Blu-Mats.
Botanicare Coco w/ supplemented perlite
Emerald Green nutrients
(4) Critical Kush
(1) Bluniverse
And another one too, all from seed.

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Daveindiego said:

I think I’m holding steady against them.

I started with the oscillating fan addition, and kept in low, over the pots. Then I picked up the sticky yellow traps, and was kind of bummed, finding about 15-20 on a card on the plant closer to the room entrance, with 2-3 on a card on the plants in the back.

Then I got some Neem oil to spray onto the Coco. I did NOT like that.

Now I’m using 4-1 Hydrogen Peroxide sprayed on the Coco. And I’m going to use a 3-1 if I find them today when the lights come on.

Still finding a few gnats, but it does seem headway is being made. I’m going to pick up more sticky traps and maybe some of that Dia’whateverthefuck’ Earth today. I apparently can’t purchase SM-90 in California.

Anyone else have any ideas or thoughts?

Aside from thinking I’m tripping by staring at Coco until I THINK I saw something move, what is the obvious signs of distress to the plant that I would begin noticing? Will the gnats always stay in the Coco, with no migration to the plant itself? They’re after the roots, right?

Here is a picture of my crop yesterday right before lights came on. Just concluded week 3, after flip on Feb. 2.

600w HPS
3 gal pots
Using BluMats, set it and forget it watering. I supplement that weekly with a pour over rinse of about 1250ml of equal strength nutrients as being fed weekly through the Blu-Mats.
Botanicare Coco w/ supplemented perlite
Emerald Green nutrients
(4) Critical Kush
(1) Bluniverse
And another one too, all from seed.

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