Well i noticed that the number of fungus knats hanging around my plants was increasing so i basically dried out most of the soil on my plants to help combat my dillema. And to my suprise the little son of guns remained around mainly around jalapeno pot , siffting through the soil they were just coming out like crazy so i whipped up 1/2 gallon of water with 2 tablespoons of neem and 1 tablespoon of soap and drenched my jalapeno plant with most of the mix, now i know its was meant ti be sprayed not drenched, but did i take it to far, will my little sprouts die from this? Just got frustrated with the situation!
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Ya, I wouldnt have gone that route lol! mosquito dunks and yellow sticky traps would have been the way to go!
It really depends on how young/small your plants were.
use Mosuito dunks! put a whole halo into a gallon container and let it sit for a couple days then use that water to drench the soil, and refill he jug and keep watering with the dunk soaked water till no more fungus gnats!
you can use a potato plug on the media to see if there is any fungus gnat larvae check this link out http://www.hort.uconn.edu/ipm/greenhs/htms/fngnatser.htm
Before I over-wintered my established plants, I completely hosed them down to bare roots. I trimmed the root ball and sprayed with a Neem + soap mix prior to potting in clean mix.
I wouldn't be that aggressive with tiny seedlings--You might be okay with the application you did, but I wouldn't risk it again. Do the dunks! And when you pot up, get rid of that mix and try something different.
ok i just bought some dunks , so are you saying use 1 gallon per dunk, but like everyday every week , also bought some sticky crap to hopefully catch some
A lot gardeners just leave a whole dunk in their watering can or their outdoor water storage area. A gallon or two would be fine. It dissolves very slowly. Apply once a week for 3 weeks to get through the entire gnat life cycle.
Others have recommend smashing 1/4 dunk into powder with a hammer to speed up the action. This might result in some chunks getting into your soil. Personally, I don't see a down side to that, but its up to you.
Others have recommend smashing 1/4 dunk into powder with a hammer to speed up the action. This might result in some chunks getting into your soil. Personally, I don't see a down side to that, but its up to you.
UPDATE: the sticky tape alone is proving effective. Put 2 up last night woke up with about 30 of the little bastards stucks on it hahahahahahaha, still got a long fight think ill make a batch of that mosquito dunk stuff today and let it soak for a day and drench my plants, is it safe because that shit says hazardsous to humans on the back lol i dont want to eat a pepper and die from it from that shit if a pepper takes me out it better be from the scolding
heat!!
heat!!
I see an egg from your pic.
Isn't that a slow release fertilizer pellet? Looks way too big to be an egg..