Declaration Of War On The Fungus Gnats

[vitruvius]

The water is not chlorinated here so thats a bonus

 

[vitruvius]

No, BT only infects soft bodied larva like cats, grubs and maggots.

Thats ok then. I wont mind using them if thats the case.

 

[Stunted]

For me prevention is way better than the cure, I am however ready with mossie dunks should they hit.

To prevent them simply put a layer of Sand (I mix in some Diatomaceous Earth also) on top of anything you plant, I suggest putting some small stones or Hydroton on the top to prevent the sand from moving around when you water your plants.
Also remember the bottom of your containers, I have had the little buggers breed in the bottom of some crappy old pots I was using a year ago....

And as has already been suggested, get some sticky fly traps and hang them up.

Stunted Gnats
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[vitruvius]

Thanks for the input Stunted. I'm always checking the bottom of the pots to kill the nuisances . http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diatomaceous_earth hmmm interesting stuff. Do you have good results using Diatomaceous earth?

 

[Stunted]

Thanks for the input Stunted. I'm always checking the bottom of the pots to kill the nuisances . http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diatomaceous_earth hmmm interesting stuff. Do you have good results using Diatomaceous earth?

So far nothing has been able to get through my Sand/DE/Stones barrier

Stunted Prevention
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[vitruvius]

I'm just wondering if the sand,stones barrier would act like a filter, filtering out friendly bacteria and elements or am I just wondering a bit too much? lol

 

[Stunted]

I'm just wondering if the sand,stones barrier would act like a filter, filtering out friendly bacteria and elements or am I just wondering a bit too much? lol

All the good stuff can get passed the sand as they (bacteria etc) are way smaller than a grain of sand, the adult Gnats cannot get through the sand to lay their eggs so stops the problem before it starts.
So calm down and start chuckin sand around and hang up some sticky traps

Stunted Assistance
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[vitruvius]

Anxiety gone lol

 

[Cosmic Charlie]

Mr. Piggy I have 5 seedlings well actually only one has broken ground...planted 3 days ago . What I am wondering is will it hurt my plants to use dunks at such a young age? I don't think the sand thing will work because they arent even an inch tall haha. Please Help I am stressing this cause they are so young.

 

[Mr Piggy]

Got you covered in the thread you posted that in. If you read this thread again thoroughly you will see that dunks have no interaction with the plant, it's a bacteria.