Hi all! I've just put in my winter veg last week and I've come home from the Easter holidays to find my beds completely encompassed with gnats!
I added new soil and manure to these, plus the lucerne.
What can I do to get rid of them? I think they're killing my snow peas! Do i need to get rid of them, or they're harmless?
I've had them on my indoor plants previously and just sprayed them with flyspray and that's sorted them out, don't really want to do that to my veggies.
Thank you!!
by Wooden-Edge5029
6 Comments
Neem oil or neem cake đź‘Ś
Order some mosquito bits or dunks… and use the solution every time you water for the next few weeks. Combine that with a tonne of yellow traps.
This is the only thing that has worked for me.
The bits kill the larvae, and the traps will stop the adults. A combination of these two will stop their whole life cycle eventually. Good luck! 🌱
Bugs for Bugs!
Try to let the top few cm of the soil dry out between waterings.
That’s a lot of gnats. What’s the drainage like in your beds? Are they getting enough sun?
Too, cover your beds completely with mulch 5mm-10mm, should stop them from harvesting moisture from the soil.