Fungus gnats!!!!! Organic control methods

[guest2012y]

What's your organic method of control? I have recently used Bacillus thuringiensis in the form of the name brand "Mosquito Dunks'. It worked,but what is the effect on my mycroherd? Good...bad? The little bastards ate my Wonderberry seeds from Sag. It's like they smelled them and went directly to the seed and layed eggs that hatched super FAST. They ate em' alive,tiny little maggots. Anyone have an opinion on the matter?

 

[Trichgnomes]

I used beneficial nematodes, bt, and fuckton of sticky traps. I had a period of 3 or 4 weeks while nothing was in flower, and totally got rid of them before making the flip, which I feel helped substantially.

 

[DARC MIND]

one and two

 

[BurnOne]

Just let the top of your soil dry out. They'll be gone in a couple of days.
Burn1

 

[Chief]

i like neem oil

 

[B. Friendly]

i like neem oil

have to agree, Neem oil is the best. I use it as a foliar spray followed with a soil drench. I use the same amount per gal. for both spray and soil drench.
Neem oil can be thick and not mix well with water. So i warm it up in a kettle and then dilute into water. Do not over fill your reservior because it is hard to get neem out, usually have to clean res. after.
But this will work if you use Neem oil both ways!!!!!!!!!

also check out General hydroponics, they have a new organic spray that you can use until the end, you could eat the stuff. lol
http://www.genhydro.com/genhydro_US/azamax.html?PHPSESSID=ad534eb7537728d93665d19c3bb4aba8

 

[optic sizzle]

Neem may not be best for your soil. It's an antifungal.

MaryJohn did two neem threads, one with pics. Worth looking. Summary:

1tsp neem
1/2 tsp soap
1 quart warm water
use a blender

the blender is important.

Congealed neem: put bottle in warm water.


Now for fungus gnats, mj used to say neem, and it works. But he was kinda wrong. You want to let the soil dry like b1 said (water from below), and you want to mix in a dash of food grade DE. After that you can go back to watering normally (better for fungi as crazy composer said).

 

[guest2012y]

Just let the top of your soil dry out. They'll be gone in a couple of days.
Burn1

That's exactly what I did. It makes less of a hospitable environment for the little bastards to get in there and dig around to lay eggs. YES,neem knocks there socks off...great stuff. I'm amazed at the tenacity they have,they seem smart. Burn,do you think the B.thuringiensis messes with the microherd?

 

[JWP]

I pull the whole rootball out of the pot and put rockwool in the bottom to plug up the holes so the lil fckers cant get in or out. Then put em back in the pot with an inch of sand on top of the soil. he fckr are gone in a week.

Alil sand does the trick

 

[optic sizzle]

B. Thurigensis is microherd. That is where they found it in the first place. That is why it eats grubs.

 

[lost in a sea]

i use carnivorous plants........they keep the numbers down...

 

[optic sizzle]

Sweet dude which ones?

I got drosera: d. spatulata, d. adelae, d. digitalis (giant), and d. binata. They catch many gnats. Almost as many as they breed lol. I like to give them light past dark. That way they clean up the house flies and such. I've seen whiteflies on the sundews when I had no infestation. Good sign!

Isn't it weird to view the microherd as the enemy?

 

[Dr Psycho]

Neem foliar then drench, follow with compost tea a couple days later to correct any damage to the micro-herd.

 

[guest2012y]

I love this shit,carnivorus plants, plugging drain holes with rockwool......great ideas! I had a V. flytrap once that flowered,dropped seed and made babies..they ate fungus gnats. The rockwool method...never thought of that.

 

[CannaCompulsory]

SCANMASK product seems best, its beneficial nematodes. One app. lasts the whole grow, and eats ALL the pests, even if there is total infestation.
-I FUKN HATE GNATS!

 

[LUDACRIS]

1 shot of FLORAMITE S.C.

LUDA.

 

[CannaCompulsory]

The little bastards ate my Wonderberry seeds from Sag. It's like they smelled them and went directly to the seed and layed eggs that hatched super FAST. They ate em' alive,tiny little maggots. Anyone have an opinion on the matter?

Ate seeds? Crazy, usually they eat fine roots.

 

[optic sizzle]

1 shot of FLORAMITE S.C.

LUDA.

This is the organic section...

 

[guest2012y]

Ate seeds? Crazy, usually they eat fine roots.

As soon as they popped the little bastards sniffed em' out and layed eggs on them. I anally inspected every seed and saw the larvae on each tiny taproot munching away. The plant seemed to TRY to over grow them,but it was a losing battle. Imagine a plant that evovles to outgrow fungus gnat larvae eating it alive while it takes hold in the indoor environment. Is that out of the question? What strain would that be?.........The beneficial nematodes thing sounds great,since I'm using topsoil that seems atttractive.

 

[crownedsparrow]

I am surprised no one has said gognats! it is organic, mostly cedar tree oil. The gnats will be gone for a loooooong time after a couple applications. smells good too lol.