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Fungus gnats help
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Scrappy-doo
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Crumbled up mosquito dunks on top ur soil works like a charm! I use as a preventative now, never see those little fuckers anymore.
LittleTruths
New member
Nematodes.
soundman
Member
This^^^^
I love the thought of the little shits attacking eggs and larvae of the gnats.
Nematodes are part of every new crop of mine in coco.
The biggest reason people have Fungus Gnats is because they over-water, so the answer would be to stop over-watering. When the top couple of inches gets good and dry the fungus gnats can't live there.
Several years ago I had fungus gnats come pre-loaded in Fox Farms Ocean Forest. I used the Mosquito Dunks and let the soil get pretty dry on top and after 2-4 weeks they were pretty much all gone.
BTW, I don't really think they can kill your plants....unless you have so many of them where you have a hard time breathing..............
Several years ago I had fungus gnats come pre-loaded in Fox Farms Ocean Forest. I used the Mosquito Dunks and let the soil get pretty dry on top and after 2-4 weeks they were pretty much all gone.
BTW, I don't really think they can kill your plants....unless you have so many of them where you have a hard time breathing..............
Mosquito dunks are silly, microbe lift BMC is a decent option. I tried Gnatrol after my last batch of Microbe lift ran out and WOW what a difference. Scorched Earth for the Fungus Gnats. I picked it up off of Amazon.
Philmore Jars
Member
Mosquito dunks are silly, microbe lift BMC is a decent option. I tried Gnatrol after my last batch of Microbe lift ran out and WOW what a difference. Scorched Earth for the Fungus Gnats. I picked it up off of Amazon.
37% BTI on the Gnatrol
Actually, the BTi is measured as "International Toxic Units" (ITU) and below is my analysis of the major products with BTi. It should be no surprise that Gnatrol is the best deal (when purchased in 16 pound buckets @ $400 each)...about $0.05 per million ITU.
The next best deal is Mosquito Bits (when purchased in 20 pound buckets @ $120 each)....about $0.07 per million ITU.
One of the worst deals Microlift BMC....just under $0.28 per million ITU.
Notice the count of ITU/mg (Active Ingredient)...Bits & Dunks are 7000/mg, Gnatrol is 3000/mg, and Microlift is 1200/mg. Now observe the percent of "active ingredient"...yes Microlift is 8%...but 8% of 1200 ITU/mg is only 96,000 ITU/gram. Now compare that with Bits, 2.86% of 7000 ITU/mg is 200,200 ITU/gram.
Hmm, which is more...96,000/gram (Microbelift) or 200,200/gram (Bits)? Which is cheaper per million ITU...$0.0661 (Bits) or $0.2752 (Microbelift)?
I've used them all and regarding to actual real world effectiveness the dunks are a silly joke, the microbe lift works, and the gnatrol is scorched fucking fungus gnat earth.
hmm think I will grab some Gnatrol.. what do you mix it at, do you just add to soil when feeding
I water it in maybe every 2nd or 3rd watering as I remember. Flying bugs are a good reminder
1/4 tsp/gallon
Mosquito dunks are silly, microbe lift BMC is a decent option. I tried Gnatrol after my last batch of Microbe lift ran out and WOW what a difference. Scorched Earth for the Fungus Gnats. I picked it up off of Amazon.
Gnatrol just works. It was developed to control gnats in greenhouses. Even heavy infestations are beaten down to nearly nothing from a single application of 1 tbsp/gal. Three applications a week apart is extremely effective. I use ~3cups of solution per 5gal pot to thoroughly wet the top of the soil.
Watering in transplants at 1 tsp/gal & doing the same with occasional ewc teas is effective prevention, as well.
I keep one of these hanging at plant level to serve as a detector. Put it somewhere you won't run into it-
http://www.victorpest.com/victor-fly-ribbon-4pk-bm510
Works for me.
