Looking for some help. Must have brought some bad soil home, noticed a few of these flying around a couple months ago, fast forward to today and am unable to rid my self of these. Want to make sure these really are fungus gnats.
Tried neem oil first, then peroxide, then mosquito bits, then Microbe Lift.
The Microbe lift seems to have made the most difference but the cycle just does not seem to be broken yet, been treating for them for around 3 weeks now - Microbelift only one time, last.. but giving time in between the different treatments I listed above, it takes time for the soil to dry enough to try the next one. Initially around 3-4 weeks ago I caught at least 4-5 really big ones on sticky traps (I assume the ones doing the laying)
I have not seen a big one since on the sticky traps, I was really hoping the Microbe Lift was going to do the trick, used distilled water with that, and like 5 days later, still seems like there are 30+ new ones still being caught daily on the sticky traps.
Was going to get sand next and water again with microbelift, then put an inch of sand on the soil for each plant.
What do you think? Is that a good next step, and are these definitely fungus gnats? Or am I fighting the wrong insect?
Thanks
Tried neem oil first, then peroxide, then mosquito bits, then Microbe Lift.
The Microbe lift seems to have made the most difference but the cycle just does not seem to be broken yet, been treating for them for around 3 weeks now - Microbelift only one time, last.. but giving time in between the different treatments I listed above, it takes time for the soil to dry enough to try the next one. Initially around 3-4 weeks ago I caught at least 4-5 really big ones on sticky traps (I assume the ones doing the laying)
I have not seen a big one since on the sticky traps, I was really hoping the Microbe Lift was going to do the trick, used distilled water with that, and like 5 days later, still seems like there are 30+ new ones still being caught daily on the sticky traps.
Was going to get sand next and water again with microbelift, then put an inch of sand on the soil for each plant.
What do you think? Is that a good next step, and are these definitely fungus gnats? Or am I fighting the wrong insect?
Thanks