Gnats on my Moms?? Bubble Bucket set up....

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hotstang

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wtf....My first experience growing anything. I wake this morning to check my moms and they have gnats on them. Not a ton but prob like 5-6 on each one. I did some reading online and read everything from they're bad to they'll die in 24 hours. But all of what I did read was pretty much aimed at peeps growing in soil.

Anyone care to give advice to a nervous newb? :sad:
 
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hotstang

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No one ever have a gnat problem with hydro? Come on.....12 guage, dynamite, let em die naturally.....I have no idea :wall:
 
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YaK

just some guy
they can be a pain in the ass. I have had them before. They make products like 'gnatrol' or something similar that will kill the gnats and their eggs. I keep control of them by putting panty hose over the top of the pot so they cant escape or get into the pot. you can try no pest strips too, alot of people say it works, but it didn't for me. The gnat larvae will eat the roots and eventually kill the plant if left unchecked.

good luck, I hope you kill all of the bastards.
 
Huel Perkins

Huel Perkins

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My very first DWC grow ever i had a pretty bad fungus gnat problem.

Two things you need to do, get a bunch of the yellow sticky traps. The sticky traps will catch a lot of the already mature adults that are flying around. Honestly, you should have sticky straps in your garden at all times, bug problems or not. Next get some AzaMax and use it! Use it as a foliar spray and soak the plants, growing medium and root zone. You can also add the AzaMax to your rez but only in lower doses or else it can get foamy. Follow those steps and your problem will be solved!
 
Heisenberg

Heisenberg

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Get the sticky traps to catch adult females, and mosquito dunks to place in your res. The dunks will infect the water with Bacillus thuringiensis, which will make the larvae deathly ill. This will only work IF you do not use a sterilizing agent in your water. No need to spray plants as the organism only infects larvae, not adults.

Also be mindful of alternative breeding grounds, such as garbage pails, littler boxes, water drains, ect.
 
Dolci

Dolci

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Ivory soap in a spray bottle and spray while your light is out. Don't wanna burn your plants up.
 
dbkick

dbkick

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azamax, I'd go heavy too if its mothers, the only issue would be in flower. This could be fungus gnats or root aphids and you're just seeing a few fliers.
 
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OlBlue

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edit: start of page 2, the useful info! :)



PREDATORY NEMATODES + yellow sticky traps + go hunting!

Click the link in my signature and see how I know....they were the ONLY thing that helped kill off the gnats, only, they still came back. Mostly due to how long into the grow it had been. If I would of went with the Predatory Nematodes right from the get go I bet they would be in the room growing rather than the trash can rotting.

Heisenberg said:
Get the sticky traps to catch adult females, and mosquito dunks to place in your res. The dunks will infect the water with Bacillus thuringiensis, which will make the larvae deathly ill. This will only work IF you do not use a sterilizing agent in your water. No need to spray plants as the organism only infects larvae, not adults.

Also be mindful of alternative breeding grounds, such as garbage pails, littler boxes, water drains, ect.
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plus this. Those dunks work wonders! However, I was using a STRONG solution of h202 in mine(not with the predatory nematodes though) once things got bad...
 
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