So I made some 5-1-1 about a month ago. I had read to make it early and to let it cook for a while before planting in it. So it has been sitting inside 10g Home Depot bags since. I knew these bags were going to cause issues, but they were the only bags I had at the time. My local Walmart doesn't sell the famed Wally bags for some reason. Just some ugly expensive animal print bags. These Home Depot bags are not made of fabric, but vinyl. I knew they wouldnt drain well, but was hoping they might drain at the seams sufficiently.
So I manage to find some Wally bags after all and decide to move my 5-1-1 over to them. When I go to dig them out the soil was nice and dry until I got to the bottom 6-8". Then it was sopping wet.
The issue is, even though there was nothing planted in them, they are now infested with fungus gnats! And I mean badly infested. There is nothing else in my garden with them except for a few buzzing around my prop trays inside. I am pretty sure it is due to the poor water drainage in these bags. I would just throw away this soil and start fresh, but this is $100 worth of soil!
I started to move it over to the Wally bags, and made sure to empty the top 4-6" of the Depot bags into the bottom of the Wally bags in a hope to bury the eggs down far enough that they can not surface and die. I have no idea if this will actually work though.
Any advice?
So I manage to find some Wally bags after all and decide to move my 5-1-1 over to them. When I go to dig them out the soil was nice and dry until I got to the bottom 6-8". Then it was sopping wet.
The issue is, even though there was nothing planted in them, they are now infested with fungus gnats! And I mean badly infested. There is nothing else in my garden with them except for a few buzzing around my prop trays inside. I am pretty sure it is due to the poor water drainage in these bags. I would just throw away this soil and start fresh, but this is $100 worth of soil!
I started to move it over to the Wally bags, and made sure to empty the top 4-6" of the Depot bags into the bottom of the Wally bags in a hope to bury the eggs down far enough that they can not surface and die. I have no idea if this will actually work though.
Any advice?