Fungus Gnats. Systemic v's somthing less poisonous
Helen Agius (Adelaide,Sth Aus) USDA Z10b
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Comments (32)lmao Kristy, hope the brainwashing sticks!! Sh!t I'd have been scared if I were him too! Glad it went well, and praying it's not anything serious! I'm feelin a lil better, thank you..guess its just a virus. Seems to be goin around, DH took 2 days off work from it, son was home Tuesday from it. Worst part is the headache and feelin pukey..pukie...how DO you spell that lol. Headache is so bad it's affecting my vision. I'm used to migraines, but this is a doozey. I'll live. nothin compared to what some of us on here are goin through. So I won't whine about it :) O hey..bad news. I went through my dahlias today, and they were ALL moldy :( Sux. I'm sorry I wont be able to send you any. I dont think I can afford to buy them this year. But if I do happen to get lucky and get some, I will send you a couple as I had promised! I guess the basemnt stairwell isnt a good place to keep them, live & learn. Daniella...See Morefungus gnats
Comments (14)Tom I keep all the cuttings and seed trays separate from mature plants. I treat everything nearby but only repot cuttings. Seed trays are watered with Bt whether they show signs of gnat infestation or not. If a tray of cuttings has a heavy infestation I repot, otherwise I just use the laced water. I posted previously about the different strains of Bt. As far as chemical controls I only use them when absolutely necessary and then only things like homemade preps containing alcohol, soap and now this Simple Green, never systemics. I've also used Neem which I don't think works well at all, Bt obviously. I also use miticides on Broad mites only, Forbid and Floramite. Spider mites can be tken care of with water....See Morefungus gnats
Comments (45)After reading this post in January, I decided to purchase and try Bt (Bacillus Thuringiensis). I'm a very disappointed user. I started using it in February along with the sticky fly traps. I used is according to direction (purchased as Gnatrol). I watered everything with it. After 4 weeks I saw a great reduction in the fungas gnats and thought woo hoo, this stuff works great. I didn't let up using it and at 8-10 weeks the fungas gnat population began to grow. Now at about 11-12 weeks they are about as bad as they were. They are eating off the roots of my baby seedling plants and killing them. Still watering with the Bt., but the gnat larvae are somehow still living. I'm wondering if they build up an immunity. I tried finding more *specific* information but the searches are volumonous. How is everyone else doing with their fungas gnat control?...See MoreAlain (Pacifica, CA;10a)
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