vaporz
Well-Known Member
just for the record,,I am in NO WAY associated with that site, I just use it as a tool for information in addition to being a member here, I am on my first grow as well and learning new things every day.
One thing I can suggest if you dont have any of the products mentioned in that article....go and get some of those sticky traps that are used for mice,,,they are usually pretty cheap and don't cost more than a couple bucks....place them on top of your medium inside containers,,,for whatever reason they seem to be drawn to the color yellow.I dont know if it is true or not but I can tell you this,,the sticky traps Im using,,the one where I placed a piece of yellow colored plastic into the glue has more fungus gnats than the one without the yellow plastic. It Could be just a fluke though, but for a very cheap couple bucks it couldnt hurt to try because it works for me. I had a small fungus gnat problem a few weeks ago and I started using sticky traps and Diatomaceous Earth and it seems my problem has gone away.....BUT!!! Probably the most important thing I did to get rid of the fungus gnat problem was to learn to get better at not OVER-WATERING....that has helped alot too
One thing I can suggest if you dont have any of the products mentioned in that article....go and get some of those sticky traps that are used for mice,,,they are usually pretty cheap and don't cost more than a couple bucks....place them on top of your medium inside containers,,,for whatever reason they seem to be drawn to the color yellow.I dont know if it is true or not but I can tell you this,,the sticky traps Im using,,the one where I placed a piece of yellow colored plastic into the glue has more fungus gnats than the one without the yellow plastic. It Could be just a fluke though, but for a very cheap couple bucks it couldnt hurt to try because it works for me. I had a small fungus gnat problem a few weeks ago and I started using sticky traps and Diatomaceous Earth and it seems my problem has gone away.....BUT!!! Probably the most important thing I did to get rid of the fungus gnat problem was to learn to get better at not OVER-WATERING....that has helped alot too