Is this the product of Fungus Gnats? HELP!! Used to be healthy plant dying

Kent Sage

Kent Sage

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Coco fiber works nicely i bet, i used coco coir in this pot, about 10% with other potting soils I keep it really wet, she hasn't had any gnat problems yet. I try to keep the salinity of the tea fairly high for less chance of rot and a higher EC for growth and potency.
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I dont even think gnats can live in my teas
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Reggaefarm Rasta

Reggaefarm Rasta

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I’m having trouble with gnats a week into flower on an outdoor potted soil grow. It’s been raining at least 2 days of every week for 2 months straight so mama nature be overwatering. Here’s what I did and already looking better 2 days later.

Clear plastic awning over both plants, 1 inch of sand in top of pots with diatomaceous earth over it and a good spray in the am before full sun with a homemade bug killer - 1 garlic clove diced, pour a few ounces (just enough to cover it) boiling water over it and let soak overnight. Cheesecloth filter the garlic and a bit of cayanne powder into a spray bottle. Mist plants under and over leaves every 3 days in the morning. (This also keeps evil spider mites at bay)
 
Roger A. Shrubber

Roger A. Shrubber

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Reggaefarm Rasta said:
I’m having trouble with gnats a week into flower on an outdoor potted soil grow. It’s been raining at least 2 days of every week for 2 months straight so mama nature be overwatering. Here’s what I did and already looking better 2 days later.

Clear plastic awning over both plants, 1 inch of sand in top of pots with diatomaceous earth over it and a good spray in the am before full sun with a homemade bug killer - 1 garlic clove diced, pour a few ounces (just enough to cover it) boiling water over it and let soak overnight. Cheesecloth filter the garlic and a bit of cayanne powder into a spray bottle. Mist plants under and over leaves every 3 days in the morning. (This also keeps evil spider mites at bay)
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i know it's not a good idea right now, with moisture issues, but it's a good idea to spray pesticides outside in the evening, shortly before the sun goes down. not for the plants, but for pollinators. butterflies and bees, and many other pollinators, are morning workers, by evening they're in for the night. if you spray in the evening, the pesticides have a chance to dry and not be toxic to the bees, since they aren't ingesting the pollen for several days.
 
Roger A. Shrubber

Roger A. Shrubber

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venus fly traps are weird plants, you have to keep them in your fridge for a couple of months each year or they'll die off. they may make it to the second year, but they won't make it through a second winter. you can put them in a container outside as long as you can keep it above freezing and below 45. and they "like" anything that triggers them. touch one hair, they kind of prime themselves, touch the second hair, and they snap shut. they'll try to eat tweezers if you trigger them. not sure gnats are large enough to move the little hairs, they may be able to just walk around. same with mites, not large enough to move the trigger hairs

i don't know that much about pitcher plants, but as long as the gnats like the sweet "syrup" the plant exudes into the pitcher, they ought to work pretty well. might even work for mites, as long as they want the syrup, and not the plant itself
 
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Reggaefarm Rasta

Reggaefarm Rasta

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Roger A. Shrubber said:
i know it's not a good idea right now, with moisture issues, but it's a good idea to spray pesticides outside in the evening, shortly before the sun goes down. not for the plants, but for pollinators. butterflies and bees, and many other pollinators, are morning workers, by evening they're in for the night. if you spray in the evening, the pesticides have a chance to dry and not be toxic to the bees, since they aren't ingesting the pollen for several days.
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Anon618

Anon618

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Once you get rid of them, apply Gnat Nix! to the topsoil. I also mix it into the grow medium.
 
Roger A. Shrubber

Roger A. Shrubber

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fungus gnats do like the yellow sticky traps. they're drawn to them like a light.
they can help keep the total population down. not sure what else they'll catch, but pretty much anything that likes them, will also like your plant
 
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