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[OldMedUser]

That's great!
In case you haven't thought about it don't forget to read up on resistance to insecticides if they aren't eradicated.

As BTi is a bacteria I don't think they can become resistant to it and it takes many generations for a bug to develop resistance to chemical pesticides in any case. It's been used for decades to control mosquitoes and still works great.

Leaf chomping bugs like mites and thrips can never develop resistance to stuff like soap/oil sprays as it kills them by dehydration and suffocation and will work forever.

 

[Samwell Seed Well]

Lol

 

[Kushash]

As BTi is a bacteria I don't think they can become resistant to it and it takes many generations for a bug to develop resistance to chemical pesticides in any case. It's been used for decades to control mosquitoes and still works great.

Leaf chomping bugs like mites and thrips can never develop resistance to stuff like soap/oil sprays as it kills them by dehydration and suffocation and will work forever.

Yeah that's good, I thought about that but didn't really think about it being stoned and skimming lol just wanted to point it out if it was relevant .
@DoubleAtotheRON what was it that was working for you for a while? I thought you were using something you liked for a while.

 

[DoubleAtotheRON]

Yeah that's good, I thought about that but didn't really think about it being stoned and skimming lol just wanted to point it out if it was relevant .
@DoubleAtotheRON what was it that was working for you for a while? I thought you were using something you liked for a while.

Mosquito bits and sticky traps, but this is much, much better. Very effective!.. and easier to just put a few drops in the tank rather than blending up mosquito bits and changing the bag out every couple of weeks.

 

[Week4@inCharge]

Hypoaspis miles have worked for me. A key is to have them in the soil before fungus gnat populations are established. If someone has a perpetual with a heavy infestation of gnats they won't make a dent. If added to a soil before gnats get established they will survive eating organic matter in a soil rich in organic matter and if a fungus gnat shows up and lays eggs the hypoaspis miles will likely get the larvae before the cycle starts.

I laid some BTI top of the soil (Mosquito Bit Pods) and have some of the miles coming in to help a bit, first with the miles for me but the BTI always does the major work in reducing numbers, hoping the miles does the thing as well, quick question, remove all the yellow traps before Introducing the miles? and do they drown when watering the pots?

 

[Kushash]

I laid some BTI top of the soil (Mosquito Bit Pods) and have some of the miles coming in to help a bit, first with the miles for me but the BTI always does the major work in reducing numbers, hoping the miles does the thing as well, quick question, remove all the yellow traps before Introducing the miles? and do they drown when watering the pots?

I have plastic pots and occasionally see mites walking on the rim of the pot but I have never seen them wander further than that. I keep my sticky traps on stakes and have caught a lot of springtails along with fungus gnats but I never looked close enough to see if the traps ever had mites on them. With the watering, I have never noticed watering to be a problem. I water slowly so that might be beneficial.

 

[Week4@inCharge]

I have plastic pots and occasionally see mites walking on the rim of the pot but I have never seen them wander further than that. I keep my sticky traps on stakes and have caught a lot of springtails along with fungus gnats but I never looked close enough to see if the traps ever had mites on them. With the watering, I have never noticed watering to be a problem. I water slowly so that might be beneficial.

thanks.. grabbed some from Amazon, should get here Friday, and might order more for next week too, I'm top amending this coming Monday and am worried I'll kill some off,