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Pest control looks like fungus gnats and larvae

Jaykut22
Jaykut22started grow question 3 years ago
Ever since this grow i noticed fungus gnats flying around. I always put sticky traps down and would catch an adult every so often but always saw tons of little dots I thought was dust or fabric until I used my scope. I bought a product gnatrol and will try it. any suggestions
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Mooncat
Mooncatanswered grow question 3 years ago
Nematodes or/and Mycos works best in my expierience... For those much a bit more drastic measures have to be taken i guess. A Sundew works too and looks nice.
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MrStinky
MrStinkyanswered grow question 3 years ago
Hey dude, looks like quite a large population you got so you gonna need to move quick: 1) get online / gsrden store and get yourself diatomaceous earth and lightly dust this on your soil surface - when it is dry this rips the adults bodies apart and they dry out and die. 2) at the same time get some nematodes SF - they will eat the larvae but use a tiny tiny bitnof the egg powder. 3) you are using synthetic nutes so you can apply a neem drench or a h2o2 drench to your soil 4) stick the fans on cause they are rubbish at flying 5) watering habits - fungus gnats love damp soil conditions, are you letting the pot dry inbetween waterings? If not, time to dial in them watering skills. - a good tip is weigh the pot, water it, weigh it again - every day weigh the pot ubtil like 85-90%% of your water has gone and then water again. Hope that helps.
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justmmj
justmmjanswered grow question 3 years ago
I like to use beneficial parasites that kill off fungus gnats majority will be wiped out after first watering in.
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Papa_T
Papa_Tanswered grow question 3 years ago
I throw the little stickies for early warning system even if I don’t have any. I also use safers 3 in 1 but sounds like you already have a spray. It sucks man. I found some spider mites today under my pots. Let your soil dry out. Gnats hate dry soil. You can also sprinkle some diatomeacious earth as a top layer on your soil. It’s like barbed wire for them when they go through it. Good luck man.
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