I think I did everything today your never supposed to do to your plants!

So I'm pretty sure I did everything to these plants today that one def should not have done! I've been having a problem with Gnats (F'in things errrr I hate em!!) I tried vinager and soap, tried sticky strips, even borrowed a bug light from the local pest control guy to try to get rid of them. I have let the soil dry out to the point where all my plants were starting to sag and look like they were going to die. So I trimmed all the leaves off that were dead or dying, watered with a water and nicotine mixture and sprayed the hell out of it with Ortho ecosense insect soap getting the plant and the soil really well. I even put sand on top to try to stop the fungas from hatching new bugs. Also tried (eariler) to put 1 part proxide in with 3 parts water. Not sure if it worked though cause I only did it to one plant to see if It would kill it off. So here are some pics of my plants like I said I'm sure I prob shouldn't have cut off all the dead or dying leaves and prob also shouldn't have sprayed the ortho all over the place. So I'm wondering if you think my plants will survive or croak?? (I tested the ortho on a single plant eariler in the week but also tried the proxide at the same time one of the 2 made the leaves curl up) Thoughts?




Finding these on the fly strips

Give diatomaceous earth a try. Its natural, is a soilless media itself, just don't breath in the dust. DE is at fish stores and pool stores. It is used as a filtration media. It is like razor wire to pest, causing them to be sliced open and die. Just sprinkle it around the soil. Your plants look like they will survive. Neem oil is another alternative, and so is Azamax both are around $20.

They look fine to me.

tSunami13 said:

Give diatomaceous earth a try. Its natural, is a soilless media itself, just don't breath in the dust. DE is at fish stores and pool stores. It is used as a filtration media. It is like razor wire to pest, causing them to be sliced open and die. Just sprinkle it around the soil. Your plants look like they will survive. Neem oil is another alternative, and so is Azamax both are around $20.

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tusnami if you were to use one method or the other which would you choose? I'm hoping this solves the issue and doesn't kill off the plants. I am most concerned by the amount of leaves that I cut off today. You don't think the lack of leaves on the plant will cause it to croak? Just stunt the growth??

well so far today they are showing no signs of being bothered by the ortho or the nicotine water, so life i guess will go on. I'm hoping that rid of the bugs and might think about sticking a potato slice in there in a few days but for now I'm going to let it be and see what happpens