gnats

i think there eggs are inside my compost bag. a started a fresh 2wks ago, put some soil in my pots and the gnats returned straight away. how do i get rid of them? will they harm my plants?

You can't. they're a complete nightmare. They lay their eggs in the soil and the babies eat your roots.

It's too cold up my way for gnats BB... you poor southerners. lol.

What I used before is those yellow sticky things. Because of the fans (they don't like wind) they'll hide at the base of the plants. so place some on top of the soil too.

Do you keep your fans on during lights out? This will help keep the numbers down too, as like i said, they don't like windy conditions.

my gnat numbers seemed to fall when i started leaving my fan on number 3 (the strongest setting) 24/7

Dishes of some sugary substance and water and sticky fly strips helps to control them to such a number that they will be not be very harmful to your plants

thanx for that skunkush but im in the midlands to. its cold here. i've not really seen many when i checked earlier, but the fans are on with the light 18/6. their eggs are in the soil when i bought it like you said. won't preyin mantis get rid of them?

Sorry about the lol, BB... didn't mean it in a nasty way. You want to see what I'm going through right now... thrips mate. Yeah, you heard right... thrips. I got an infestation. My plants are growing sweet still... just the thrips are sucking my leaves dry. They itchy mo' fo's too.

Keep your fan on all the time. When the fan aint on the gnats all fly about having sex and producing babies. To control their numbers you want to stop them flying around. Also hang those yellow strips underneath the plants too, as when the wind is blowing this is where the little fuckers (excuse my french) hide out.

nah dont worry bout it! THRIPS fuckin geez. i'll giv that a try with the fly paper see if it works. i can't really hav the fans on all the time cos the missus is alredy moanin bout the leccy.plus there noisy (freezer noisy to me) and there in my shed were in a terrace so hav to be carefull of next door. thanks alot. peace

bush basher said:

i think there eggs are inside my compost bag. a started a fresh 2wks ago, put some soil in my pots and the gnats returned straight away. how do i get rid of them? will they harm my plants?

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gnats get in and lay eggs the larvie are worms. catching the adults only helps to stop laying eggs.


i use GNATROL to rid myself of these pests

thank you very much abudsmoker.

Spinosad-get it, kills gnat and thrips quick, completely safe.

thanks for all your help! i love this site! peace

ahhaaa soo they do eat your roots.. damn little bastards

See www.dirtdoctor.com. (Library-Gnats) I checked it for you. Compost/soil, too moist. Let it dry more between watering, drench soil in Neem oil. Put a little apple juice or apple cider in mason jar, cover with plastic & secure with rubber band. Poke small hole in plastic... they go in, can't get out. But more info at the site.

go get beer and leave it out in a bowl. i went and got a fan also venus flytraps and cobra lillys. it ate eveery damd one. i let my soil dry buy only watering every 4 or 5 or mabey 6 days and now the issue is all gone. a fan and a couple carniverous plants will do the job no prob