Gnat control?

If I could have a superpower (well several really) it would be to shrink myself to bug size and have amazing tunnelling and swimming capabilities (near supersonic would be nice) OH and flying too and to then zap the jebus out of the little bastards with my lazer vision and other assorted attack powers. I could do that shit ALL DAY.

I would go with the power of flight (that's levitation Holmes) but hey, what do I know?

what is DM???

st0wandgrow said:

Yep. I only use it in veg in large containers where I don't water for several days to a week. Apply the mosquito dunks, water it in, then a layer of DM (that stays dry on the surface), then sticky traps. Done. This combo has worked for me every time.

Hopefully now that I'm amending my own soil I won't have to worry about them. I swear the bags of Happy Frog I used to buy were loaded with gnats.

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Chronic Masterbator said:

I agree with Hamish I try to bottom feed to keep the top dry. Or use half inch of perlite or white sand. I also use cinnamon for natural pesticide.

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cinnamon????? and what does the perlite do???

Stylez C said:

cinnamon????? and what does the perlite do???

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Yeah they hate cinnamon. Keeps them away a treat. Perlite or sand on the top layer keeps the flies from laying eggs in the soil, sand and perlite are sterile. Perlite works best because it does not cut off the air supply to the soil, as sand can sometimes do.

In both cases, cinnamon and perlite, you disrupt the most important part of the cycle (to the fly) by preventing any eggs being laid. Larvae living in the soil will still come out as flies, but they won't lay eggs there again.

Trousers said:

I would go with the power of flight (that's levitation Holmes) but hey, what do I know?

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Well what I CAN tell you is you got a song I don't like stuck in my head. Gonna go sing it at my wife and piss her off now lol.