Originally Posted by snaggy-

Just picked up some dunks...it is my last effort to save one plant and keep the other two from getting as bad.

It is weird though, the other half of the plants don't seem affected by the gnats at all.

Now I just need to pick up a bug bomb at the hydro store.

good luck!

Originally Posted by GREANTHUMB

GREAT THREAD... very good idea. and here ive been using natrol every time i see the little jerks. LOL. you're gonna put natrol out of the game. Ill try the dunks next time.

Yup! Gnatrol is in big trouble!

Originally Posted by jim_browsky

I ordered Mosquito Bits the other day after talking to guy at the
cooperative extension office. He told me about this and also
mentioned a liquid product. I was buying the six pack of dunks at
Lowes for almost $10 and that's for 2.75 oz. So the bits are a good
savings.
JB

Yup, the bits are cheaper I hear, same thing better value, huh? good deal!

as long as those ole fungus gnats die! KILL EM Ya'll!

[fishwater]

I seen a jar of the chunks and bits the other day somewhere, wish I had picked it up....

I mixed some crushed dunks right in my lc mix this last time. I posted before but here is the update.

just over 3 months, (Ithink) with NO FUCKING FUNGAS GNATS.


It works for me to mix about a tablespoon into every square foot of dirt... mix it right in when your amending your soil....

It probably wont work for everyone, as nothing ever does... but it works for me and will work for some of you

Again, thank you LOLA for this thread. It has elimanated the horrid little bastards from my life.. and it it hasnt, I know where the rest of my dunks are....

[EatMoGrass]

My gnats finally disappeared! Well about 99% did.
It took over five weeks and for a minute there their numbers seemed to be increasing.
Then over just about 10 days they went from rapidly reproducing to almost nonexistent.
I still lost a bunch of weight do to my plants being pissed off, and I got a some of those gnats in my buds, but I believe this was the worst gnat problem I have ever seen, and these dunks likely saved a good portion of my needed medicine. WITHOUT USING CHEMICALS!
Thanks Lola!

[k33ftr33z]

I had the ultimate go round with those pests years ago and in this climate zone they were the clear winners. Now using media-free system has eliminated their habitat and disrupted any potential growth cycle. A few can still survive in a media-free root zone but cause little harm when they cannot reproduce to the numbers necessary to cause stress. Their life cycle depends on the soil surrounding the plants where the larvae drop, burrow in and decimate the roots cilia before emerging as gnats. I believe the life cycle is about 48hours. In a submerged water system the roots are safely underwater. See my thread for an example of an efficient media-free system. Go green and dump the media. Saves money, disposal issues, and relieves the carbon footprint of all transported prepackaged medias. Water is just too easy.

Originally Posted by fishwater

I seen a jar of the chunks and bits the other day somewhere, wish I had picked it up....

I mixed some crushed dunks right in my lc mix this last time. I posted before but here is the update.

just over 3 months, (Ithink) with NO FUCKING FUNGAS GNATS.


It works for me to mix about a tablespoon into every square foot of dirt... mix it right in when your amending your soil....

It probably wont work for everyone, as nothing ever does... but it works for me and will work for some of you

Again, thank you LOLA for this thread. It has elimanated the horrid little bastards from my life.. and it it hasnt, I know where the rest of my dunks are....

You are welcome! Glad it helped.

Originally Posted by EatMoGrass

My gnats finally disappeared! Well about 99% did.
It took over five weeks and for a minute there their numbers seemed to be increasing.
Then over just about 10 days they went from rapidly reproducing to almost nonexistent.
I still lost a bunch of weight do to my plants being pissed off, and I got a some of those gnats in my buds, but I believe this was the worst gnat problem I have ever seen, and these dunks likely saved a good portion of my needed medicine. WITHOUT USING CHEMICALS!
Thanks Lola!

Yippie! Now keep the dunks going, and it will never happen to ya again!

Originally Posted by k33ftr33z

I had the ultimate go round with those pests years ago and in this climate zone they were the clear . Water is just too easy.

It is nice you can go hydro, but lots of people like me cannot, or just prefer soil. Mosquito dunks were made for water! (just put in an old nylon stocking first to avoid clogging )

and always remember... Die Fungus Gnats! Die!

[Flying High]

Dunks in the reservoir of my Flood tables combined with sticky traps have worked wonders on my gnat population.

Placing the Dunk in some sort of net bag/nylon stocking in not something to skip either. I just threw the dunk in the reservoir and proceeded to have bits of the dunk coating anything I put into the rez until annoyed enough to change out the solution.

thanks to all for this thread, especially LolaGirl.

H

[fishwater]

They should put Lola on the mosquitoe dunk package... I bet she has been responsible for over $100,000.00 in sales....... But it is the best product on the market in my mind......

heehee I would settle for some free dunks!

glad it is working! and fungus gnats are dying!

Originally Posted by LolaGal

1/4 TEASPOON per pot, crumbled on top. Refresh every 3 months or each time you add new soil to grow.

It is OK for dunk to dry out between waterings, it won't hurt effectiveness.

your the best
I just got some dunks after trying neem and a docto doom boom to no avail ....

[DIGITALHIPPY]

Originally Posted by LolaGal

good luck!



Yup! Gnatrol is in big trouble!




Yup, the bits are cheaper I hear, same thing better value, huh? good deal!

as long as those ole fungus gnats die! KILL EM Ya'll!

what the fuck?
dunks didnt do shit for me.
gnatrol didnt do alot either.
ive used like 50 dunks...
just waste money.

there awful in hydro =(

Originally Posted by THC_Decapitator

your the best
I just got some dunks after trying neem and a docto doom boom to no avail ....

lol. good luck dude..hahahahaha
dunks suck.

Originally Posted by k33ftr33z

I had the ultimate go round with those pests years ago and in this climate zone they were the clear winners. Now using media-free system has eliminated their habitat and disrupted any potential growth cycle. A few can still survive in a media-free root zone but cause little harm when they cannot reproduce to the numbers necessary to cause stress. Their life cycle depends on the soil surrounding the plants where the larvae drop, burrow in and decimate the roots cilia before emerging as gnats. I believe the life cycle is about 48hours. In a submerged water system the roots are safely underwater. See my thread for an example of an efficient media-free system. Go green and dump the media. Saves money, disposal issues, and relieves the carbon footprint of all transported prepackaged medias. Water is just too easy.

sorry dude, but they reproduce in water just like mosquitos.
they lay larva in the water of ebb and flow and buckets, even a few drops just on the floor.....