Bubblegum Clone 2019 (I)

Day 28 since being cloned. The good news: I believe this clone did in fact successfully root despite my early transplant. If you notice in the zoomed in side photo, the deficient and pink stem clearly ends and a small green/white portion reveals healthy growth. Slow but sure! I would also say the leaves have also improved. Yee hah. The bad news: I have been experiencing my first pest problem - fungus gnats. I have had a range of infection, this clone was attacked hard (or rather, the fresh soil). The flies love damp clone soil, let alone nice fresh amendment. But the problem is getting better... I have had sticky traps up all week passively killing adult flies. The rate has slowed. Secondly, I have been sanitizing using a spray bottle and pure moonshine (ethanol). My buddy made a still and moonshine to use for ethanol extraction and edibles. He has successfully used pure alcohol for pests. I have seen online many bad stories with peroxide or alcohol, but I am a few applications in without issue. The only effect has been desired, it kills adult flies on contact. I am likely killing microscopic life and sanitizing too. I am not saturating the soil, but I am lightly covering all soil, leaves, containers, tent, surfaces, etc. I am wondering if diluting alcohol with water leaves residue, or slows evaporation, and that is the common problem. I am using just ethanol. Ethanol evaporates (quickly) at room temperature. It evaporates faster than water. I think this clone has resisted the gnats and will be fine. Lets find out!