Help, please!! There are a ton of little gnat type bugs ...
Help, please!! There are a ton of little gnat type bugs flying around that I think are coming from my gifted peace lily. Any suggestions to get rid of them? I put the plant outside Idont want it infecting the others I have. #PestControl
8” pot with drainage
Last watered 1 day ago
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@WhizPukatea2 Fungus Gnats…grrr… the bane of my plant parent existence at the moment 🙄
They’re annoying as heck, but relatively harmless compared to other pests. If I HAD to have a pest, this would be my choice.
That said, you still don’t want them getting settled in.
You need to target the adult gnats that are flying around AND the larvae in the soil.
I use the yellow sticky traps for the adults. For the soil, make sure you’re letting it totally dry out between waterings and that there’s NO standing water in any cache pots or trays.
Then when you do water, use a mix that is 1 part hydrogen peroxide to 10 parts water. Use this until they’re well and truly gone (it’ll take awhile, at least three watering cycles in my experience).
If you JUST brought the plant home and can isolate your new plant in a completely different closed off room, you might get away with just treating that one plant.
Obviously these fly and can easily get to other plants, so if they’ve been making the rounds at all, you want to treat all your plants. I’d honestly suggest great that anyway.
You can definitely get rid of them! 💪🙌❤️
Oh, and also don’t fertilize while your treating the soil. I think that’s it, but I’m going to tag @DreamMachine to check me 👍🏻
They’re annoying as heck, but relatively harmless compared to other pests. If I HAD to have a pest, this would be my choice.
That said, you still don’t want them getting settled in.
You need to target the adult gnats that are flying around AND the larvae in the soil.
I use the yellow sticky traps for the adults. For the soil, make sure you’re letting it totally dry out between waterings and that there’s NO standing water in any cache pots or trays.
Then when you do water, use a mix that is 1 part hydrogen peroxide to 10 parts water. Use this until they’re well and truly gone (it’ll take awhile, at least three watering cycles in my experience).
If you JUST brought the plant home and can isolate your new plant in a completely different closed off room, you might get away with just treating that one plant.
Obviously these fly and can easily get to other plants, so if they’ve been making the rounds at all, you want to treat all your plants. I’d honestly suggest great that anyway.
You can definitely get rid of them! 💪🙌❤️
Oh, and also don’t fertilize while your treating the soil. I think that’s it, but I’m going to tag @DreamMachine to check me 👍🏻
Fungus gnats are a sign the soil is staying too damp, so you'll definitely need to address that. They don't really "infect" other plants the way other pests do, unless their soil is also staying damp too long. This is one reason I hate glazed clay pots, they keep the soil way too damp and prevent it from properly drying out because they're non-porous, have thick walls, and often only a single drainage hole.
