I swear the red vine vinegar really works. Def try it!
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The little buggers like to enter the bottoms of the containers too.
Maybe the vinegar to catch em would help.
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Yup they wonât even go by your plants after you put some down. They donât all drown in it but youâll see they lay all their eggs on the shot glass
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mosquito bits i believe, yes?
nematodes were effective for me but they need repeated application so i think itâs only economical if producing your own somehow. does anyone know how to breed nematodes?
for sand canât it smother the soil by preventing oxygen getting to it? i imagine it wouldnât be an issue for me with fabric pots but idk it seems like no one has a problem with it and it seems very effective. like gnat nix but cheaper. i tried using 2" of perlite but it didnât really work
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I have fungus gnats being born from a month ago and it is only days before harvest. I am turning the AC down at night and it seems to be killing them. I also put out tape traps.
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My climate is special for the fungus gnat, I have had problems with this plague, I fight it with Bacillus thurigiensis var israelensis
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I also use BTI (bits and dunks), but one has to be aggresive with them gnats, i do Potassium Soap Spray combined with AzaMax, and also sticky traps. Good thing that coco has no FG in it. Wonât be doing soil unless itâs outdoor. BTW, i drenched the media on the 5 gallon pots that the SLH are inâŠ
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Si, si es una ventaja del coco, ademas que permite tener un rango de error aceptable, mejor aireaciĂłn a las raĂces por lo que permite tener plantas mas fuertes y grandes en contenedores pequeños trabaje con coco bastante tiempo, pero el que compraba acĂĄ siempre venĂa con un ph de 8 y era un dolor bajarlo, ahora solo estoy con orgĂĄnico, sabiĂ©ndolo hacer no hay sabor que se le compare. (no utilizo estiĂ©rcoles de mamĂferos tampoco).
Yes, if it is an advantage of the coconut, in addition to allowing an acceptable range of error, better aeration to the roots so it allows to have stronger and larger plants in small containers, work with coconut for a long time, but the one who bought here always came with a ph of 8 and it was a pain to lower it, now Iâm only with organic, knowing how to make it there is no taste that compares it. (I do not use mammalian manures either).
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Outdoors this ends with all insect the sucks sap (caterpillar too ), and the fungus gnat not arrima either.
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@99PerCent, They are incredible in the biological control of pests, I love them too. 
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Yes, pollution free!
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itâs just like Charlotteâs web! little buddies
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i had a FG issue with my coco but not until like 2 months in to the plants life so i donât think they were present when i purchased the coco, fungus gnats just seem to appear out of no where as soon as conditions are favourable for them, like fruit flies appear from nowhere if you leave some fruit out ⊠i tried watering every day for 4 or 5 days in a row and they just appeared so i started allowing it to dry out a bit again
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Nematodes kicked the fungus gnatsâ asses! That and a neem meal and kelp tea have kept them under control for me.
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Yes you can get FG from Coco. I wish they didnât have them. Maybe the expense bagged ones donât.
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I have no empirical evidence to support my anecdotal, but using LAB seemed to get rid of 99% of my fungus gnats. No pun intended. 
It could be bacteria affecting their digestion. Or maybe the LAB kicked the predators into overdrive.
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