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Smash
Smashstarted grow question 3 years ago
Hi, I noticed some (not an infestation of many) fungus gnats on my soil and I saw some on my yellow sticky tape. I need to know if I can use neem oil with my nutrients mixed together when watering my soil? Plant leaves are healthy.
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Papa_T
Papa_Tanswered grow question 3 years ago
I would sprinkle some diatomaceous earth as a top dressing instead of neem oil. It acts like barbed wire for fungus gnats. Let the soil dry out. With some good airflow.
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caliEskimo5
caliEskimo5answered grow question 3 years ago
You can but I've never felt the need for a neem drench. It's quite effective as an under-foilar spray, especially if you only have a light infestation. Fungus gnats are annoying but if you go much lighter on the waterings, put some more fans on and keep a couple traps up, you should be able to clear your problem significantly within a week! I get this problem quite a bit in soil grows with FoxFarm soils and a few others but seriously, it's a small issue that gets out of hand overnight and these bugs appear from thin air and also live through nuclear fallout but in the end; neem oil and azarthatin(misspelled I'm sure) work wonders for almost everything. I guess if you feel inclined to further a humidity problem by drenching with more water, by all means...but I assure you that you will then have root rot issues. Compounding issues.
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