Fly problem, recently had a ton of files around my new ba...
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Hopefully you repotted and didn’t report them! They don’t deserve that 😅 (I have to make the joke every time because of the auto correct)
Good old fungus gnats I assume! I think most plant people experience them. If they are flying around those are the adults- but the problem you can’t see, are the eggs they lay in the first 2 inches of your soil.
I would get the fungus gnat sticky sheets. They are tiny you stick em in the dirt and they will catch all the adults.
As for the babies, I know you said you repotted already- but could use a beneficial nematode or something of the sort to knock those out.
This could definitely suggest your soil is staying to moist, possibly in a humid room? Just be sure to make sure the soil’s top 2-3 inches dry completely before watering.
You can also bottom water your plants so the top few inches are dry- no gnats. This is of course only is there isn’t already an infestation (which there shouldn’t be if you changed soil)
Good old fungus gnats I assume! I think most plant people experience them. If they are flying around those are the adults- but the problem you can’t see, are the eggs they lay in the first 2 inches of your soil.
I would get the fungus gnat sticky sheets. They are tiny you stick em in the dirt and they will catch all the adults.
As for the babies, I know you said you repotted already- but could use a beneficial nematode or something of the sort to knock those out.
This could definitely suggest your soil is staying to moist, possibly in a humid room? Just be sure to make sure the soil’s top 2-3 inches dry completely before watering.
You can also bottom water your plants so the top few inches are dry- no gnats. This is of course only is there isn’t already an infestation (which there shouldn’t be if you changed soil)
@FunZelkova16 The moist soil has a lot to do with attracting fungus gnats! As @Bmd mentioned bottom watering helps. I used anything cinnamon. Sprinkle the soil with ground cinnamon. Dabbled cinnamon oil over the dirt. Inserted cinnamon sticks into the soil. And eventually I got rid of them as there is really not just one thing that gets rid of those annoying little bugs!