How to get rid of fungus gnats: 10 tips that actually works
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- čas přidán 28. 07. 2024
- 🪴One question we heard often from our customers is, "With so many plants in the store, how do you not have fungus gnats?". Today, I want to share with you what we do at the store to keep it gnat free. I hope you can apply some of these tips at home too!
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Very, very good tips. I sometimes put top dressing on my plants in soil like mini stones or pon to keep the adults ones from getting into the pot. My friend uses sand to top dress her plants.
That's what we've heard as well ^_^ However because we have so many plants in the store we couldn't use this method to top dress them one by one
I went plant crazy in spring 2019, bought 100 plants for my 10x12' office in the Pacific NW, lots of ferns & calathea & 70% RH. I (no joke) had 1,000 gnats flying around, and the yellow stickies were covered and didn't make a difference. ** I switched to bottom watering 'exclusively' and it killed them all! Since then whenever I see a tinge of gray on the top soil I spray it with undiluted Hydrogen Peroxide - and I never ever have fungus gnats.
Great tips! Thank you so much for sharing!
How long do you let them sit in the water? I tried it last watering, but I left them too long & the got soaked & white mold formed a couple days later 😬 Thankfully, it hasn’t harmed any of them yet.
@@GreenWitch1 Usually 10-15 minutes! and squeeze the pot so there's no excess water 🙂
@@PlantCornerNYC Thanks. I did 30 minutes & it was too much.
@@GreenWitch1 there’s always an exception! If the soil doesn’t hold much water then I usually leave them in water much longer as well.
I mix a little bit of neem oil every time I water and if I am consistent with it, it really helps with getting rid of them. I also use sticky traps to combat the adult gnats.
This is so smart! Thank you!
Thanks for you share my friend
It's my pleasure! Thank you!
Those sirens at the end are coming for me, they've seen my substrate crimes 😂
🤣 without them I’d record much faster haha
I used to make tobacco tea to pour on the soil. And I washed the foliage and where the twigs joined the branches with soap and water.
Oohhh that is so important! we often overlook the stems but that's where a lot of pests can infest
Very informative and helpful. Thank you.
You are welcome! Glad you find this helpful!
hi! love your videos please keep them coming :) i have a question please. i use Nematodes and they are amazing- will Hydrogen Peroxide kill/affect the Nematodes or Beneficial bugs? and also with Mosquito bits- would they affect/harm Nematodes or beneficial bugs? thank you so much
Yes, I would stick to nematodes or beneficial bugs and if it doesn’t get better, you can switch to other methods ☺️ glad to hear that the videos are helpful!
😅😅😅 เป็นเรื่องที่ดีมากๆ เรื่องหนึ่งค่ะ 👍👍👍 เพราะเป็นภัยต่อต้นไม้ที่น่ากลัวจริงๆ โดยเฉพาะการปลูกในอาคาร … very good!!!👏👏👏
Thank you for watching! Glad you find it helpful ^_^
@@PlantCornerNYC looking forwards to see more tips. 😊😊😊
I keep hearing about Flat Mites, just wondering if you have any experience with them??
I’ve heard about them! And may have experience with them but they are so small it’s hard to tell. I’ve found this blog that could be helpful anaturalcuriosity.org/flat-mites/
@@PlantCornerNYC That's a great article - thank you very much!!