dude what are you missing? dryer climate = no gnats
gnats are everywhere,not just in bags of dirt.fix your enviroment you fix your gnat problem.Why would I care about how many posts there are regaurding gnats? the solution is simple for everyone.Keep humidity down and your area clean the gnats will leave by choice.or hang a no pest strip.they work too.
I've used ffof and happy frog.for years,Im on the east coast.Ive never ever had a gnat problem.I've had gnats though. it's just I found by lowering humidity and cleaning up that the gnats leave.So give it a try.you'll like the results
I agree.if i were all of you knocking on what CC is saying id reconsider.
this guy knows wtf hes talking about. and like he said im sure hes forgotten more than you know.
listen up.
That's great, but people come here to learn, teach and/or propagate the organic lifestyle not be chased off by some soil nazi with a bad case of hemorrhoids. Bad attitudes get us no where. With that being said, I've had good results from using all sorts of fox farm organic products, they may not be perfect, you just have to know how to use them.
Got any facts for us.Actually, HF and OF are nearly the same mix other than the HF has omitted the fish and crab meal. It is a bit LESS hot than OF.
I understand there are two facilities now mixing the mediums, one east coast and one west. I have heard that the wc facility has the product outdoors and the east coast indoors.
You can bet that there are two different sourced peats used.
Spraying the surfaces of my medium with a mixture of lavender essential oil, cold pressed neem oil, and Dr. Bronners's castille soap (get the lavender one) pretty much takes care of any gnats & various other little creatures like aphids & mites that seem to come in organic soils in general by nature.
Here is my recipe for that:
Half gallon of clean water (or full gallon for foliar)
2 teaspoons of natural organic castille soap (lavender, peppermint, or tea tree oil)
shake well, add:
25 drops lavender essential oil, then add:
1 teaspoon cold pressed neem seed oil (you can use more if you wish)
shake well:
Then heavily spray the shit out of everything, or use as a soil drench. You can also spray on plants & leaves to control any spidermites which it works fantastic for but for just foliar usage I would dilute the above in a full gallon of water although I have used the half gallon concentration no problem before lights went off. Follow up a few days later again for total control. Don't omit the soap it has to be in there to break up and dissolve the neem oil for it to work right and also helps spread the solution out properly on the soil, leaf surfaces & stems. Spray your containers & smartpots too!
How do you feel about some soils (or recipes for) integrating neem cake?
Never saw one gnat.