Fungus gnats. Little bastards. They come in with the soil. There’s an additive to your watering cycle that takes about 3 weeks. While it’s working, place some small cups of apple cider vinegar and a bit of dish soap to drown the adults. They love anything moist, so make sure to dry out sinks and what not after use. I also bleach my drains once a week. Stubborn pest to get rid of, but harmless as a fruit fly.
AntiquePerfect
Look like fungus gnats to me. Harmful? No. Incredibly irritating to have in your home whilst also reproducing at an alarming rate- yes.
Water less combined with plug in sticky trap bug lights can help.
HibiscusGrower
Looks like fungus gnats. Their larvae live in wet soil and are usually harmless to the plants. They eat fungi that grows in the soil but can sometimes nibble on young roots and kill young seedlings. But generally they are more annoying than they are harmful. You can try to let the soil dry more between waterings, it usually help. Some people add sand on top of the soil to prevent adults from laying eggs but it’s too much trouble for me and I never tested it. Yellow sticky trap to catch the adults is usually effective in reducing their number too. Place them near the soil surface where they like to hang out.
stifisnafu
Fungus gnats, they are quite a pain in the ass. They love damp soil.
Try making sure you keep the top layer of your soil dry, bottom water if possible. Keep a fan or breeze on your soil to help.
use sticky traps, a gnat barrier, or diatomaceous earth. I’d also do a hydrogen peroxide soil soak to help get rid of any larvae. even better if you can get some mosquito dunks, do that.
best of luck, I have only just won my battle with them. 🌱
MasterpieceMinimum42
My first thought is fungus gnats.
CC550
Buy nematodes, they kill these
HousingLower
I’ve spent months battling these. Had to drastically reduce my watering habits eventually. So frustrating.
piches
use diatomaceous earth
jugodtamarindo
Yellow sticky traps is what I use to get rid of the super annoying fungus gnats.
shi-TTY_gay
Fungus gnats. I mix mosquito bits into my soil mix and that has prevented them completely for me. The adults you can use sticky traps for.
Allidapevets
Fungus gnats
JNELLIE
I have found this product to be a lifesaver in dealing with fungus gnats, highly recommend!
My condolences, you have fungus gnats. Your plants look overwatered and that’s how they form. I’d start with sticky traps and drying your plants out. I made this post of my journey and I haven’t seen them in 2 weeks now: https://www.reddit.com/r/IndoorGarden/s/0n2abBG881
isdanetworkdown
Get a few Venus fly traps and any carnivore plants.
kaleben0
Fungus Gnats. Just got rid of them myself.
Tips:
* Sticky Traps – [https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CH2WS99M](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CH2WS99M)
* Sprinkle cinnamon and diatomaceous earth over soil (not on the plant itself) – [https://www.amazon.com/dp/B06X952WC5](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B06X952WC5)
* Let your plants dry out a bit
* Bottom water if possible.
wolfansbrother
Get somee MicrobeLift BMC. its far better than mosquito dunks/bits
poopyogurt
Mix BTI(bacteria) into dechlorinated water to water and they should be gone. Bacillus thurigiensis Israelensis
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Fungus gnats. Little bastards. They come in with the soil. There’s an additive to your watering cycle that takes about 3 weeks. While it’s working, place some small cups of apple cider vinegar and a bit of dish soap to drown the adults. They love anything moist, so make sure to dry out sinks and what not after use. I also bleach my drains once a week. Stubborn pest to get rid of, but harmless as a fruit fly.
Look like fungus gnats to me. Harmful? No. Incredibly irritating to have in your home whilst also reproducing at an alarming rate- yes.
Water less combined with plug in sticky trap bug lights can help.
Looks like fungus gnats. Their larvae live in wet soil and are usually harmless to the plants. They eat fungi that grows in the soil but can sometimes nibble on young roots and kill young seedlings. But generally they are more annoying than they are harmful. You can try to let the soil dry more between waterings, it usually help. Some people add sand on top of the soil to prevent adults from laying eggs but it’s too much trouble for me and I never tested it. Yellow sticky trap to catch the adults is usually effective in reducing their number too. Place them near the soil surface where they like to hang out.
Fungus gnats, they are quite a pain in the ass. They love damp soil.
Try making sure you keep the top layer of your soil dry, bottom water if possible. Keep a fan or breeze on your soil to help.
use sticky traps, a gnat barrier, or diatomaceous earth. I’d also do a hydrogen peroxide soil soak to help get rid of any larvae. even better if you can get some mosquito dunks, do that.
best of luck, I have only just won my battle with them. 🌱
My first thought is fungus gnats.
Buy nematodes, they kill these
I’ve spent months battling these. Had to drastically reduce my watering habits eventually. So frustrating.
use diatomaceous earth
Yellow sticky traps is what I use to get rid of the super annoying fungus gnats.
Fungus gnats. I mix mosquito bits into my soil mix and that has prevented them completely for me. The adults you can use sticky traps for.
Fungus gnats
I have found this product to be a lifesaver in dealing with fungus gnats, highly recommend!
https://a.co/d/df2gSVl
My condolences, you have fungus gnats. Your plants look overwatered and that’s how they form. I’d start with sticky traps and drying your plants out. I made this post of my journey and I haven’t seen them in 2 weeks now: https://www.reddit.com/r/IndoorGarden/s/0n2abBG881
Get a few Venus fly traps and any carnivore plants.
Fungus Gnats. Just got rid of them myself.
Tips:
* Sticky Traps – [https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CH2WS99M](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CH2WS99M)
* Sprinkle cinnamon and diatomaceous earth over soil (not on the plant itself) – [https://www.amazon.com/dp/B06X952WC5](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B06X952WC5)
* Let your plants dry out a bit
* Bottom water if possible.
Get somee MicrobeLift BMC. its far better than mosquito dunks/bits
Mix BTI(bacteria) into dechlorinated water to water and they should be gone. Bacillus thurigiensis Israelensis