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@TidyTigerpear avatar @TidyTigerpear · 1w
Happy #FreshLeafFriday everyone 🌿 Today I went my favorite locally owned nursery, I went because I’m already having *cringe* FUNGUS KNATS 😫 … I haven’t even moved my plants inside yet is the worst part. It’s just my props that are inside on my plant shelf right now. Anyways I went looking for some sticky traps that you can put in your pots. My grandma gave me one a few months back & it seems to have caught a lot of knats, etc. I have been trying to find more so I could put them in my other pots indoors, but couldn’t seem to find them at Home Depot or Walmart. It came with 24 but they were $13.99! 😳 I’m almost ashamed to say that I spent that much on them, however I’m used to the this nursery being a bit pricy (most locally owned places tend to be a bit more expensive then big box stores). Since I couldn’t find them anywhere else & it was an emergency I’m not too upset about the price. 😬 I didn’t end up coming home with any new plants today, *pats self on back* (it was only because they don’t carry many succulents during this time of year). But I did get a planter & some premade gritty cactus mix… the soil was also RIDICULOUSLY expensive for the amount I got.. (21.99 for 2.2 lbs) it is very gritty & looks like a good quality mix. Since I’ve recently been more interested in cacti than usual, I decided to get this instead of the premade gritty succulent mix they had. Although I know the basic care for cacti, I still have trouble with them sometimes, they will be fine & then they will just die on me or just not grow, idk if they go dormant or what. There are so many little things about every type of cactus they are very specific as far as care goes etc. anyways my point is hoping this soil mix will keep them happy & prevent rot or overwatering. I used the new soil mix in my new pot with one of my new cactuses I got the other day, I also put a sedeveria ‘Spring Jade’ & a little piece of sedum in the middle. I also moved my palm in it’s permanent spot as of right now, on my screened in porch, I don’t know much about these, I’m not even really sure what type of palm it is.. any tips are appreciated Sorry for the super long post 🫣 #PlantAddict #CactusClique #Cacti #Cactus #SoilMix #grittymix #fungusgnats #PestControl #SucculentLove #SucculentSquad #Succulents #Succulent #cacticollect #PestControl #MyLocalPlantShop #Sedeveria #Sedum #planters #succulentarrangements #Palms








@Ms.Persnickety avatar @Ms.Persnickety · 5M
#PestControl #fungusgnats #WhatsThisBug #GregGang While researching about ways to combat fungus gnats I found something interesting. Did you know that to the untrained eye all fungus gnats look the same, but there are actually 1700 known species worldwide. Furthermore, it is estimated that there could be as many as 18,000 more species yet to be described! These all belong to the insect family called Sciaridae, which gives rise to the other common name for fungus gnats, ‘sciarid flies’. While they are all different species with differing biologies and morphologies, virtually all of these species will be a pest of young delicate plants. However, control methods so far used have treated all fungus gnats as one species, and tried to shoehorn in a ‘one size fits all’ approach to their control. The wide number of species of fungus gnats also means that no matter your local environmental conditions or the particular plant you culitvate, there will always be a species of fungus gnats ready to colonise your soil. As I continue to launch another assault against the gnats I am using a multi pronged approach. The first is cinnamon in various forms. Liberal sprinkling on the soil. Cinnamon Oil drizzled on the top soil. And cinnamon sticks stuck into the soil. Secondly reverting back to bottom watering (don’t know why I ever stopped it!). And thirdly Sulphur, taking match sticks (the ones with the red heads) and sticking them head down into the soil. The gnat population has already been significantly reduced. Now I just have to be vigilant.🤞🤞 I do have to add one thing. Not all matches contain Sulfur. Both safety matches and strike-anywhere matches can contain sulfur. Safety matches typically have sulfur in the head, while strike-anywhere matches may also include phosphorus trisulfide, which is a compound containing sulfur. Safety Matches: These matches have a striking surface on the box or book, and the match head itself contains sulfur along with other chemicals like antimony sulfide and potassium chlorate.