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title: "How do you guys keep fungus gnats at bay? I’ve gotten dozens of glue…"
description: "How do you guys keep fungus gnats at bay? I’ve gotten dozens of glue traps scattered around but they fill up pretty quickly. I bought an electric fly/gnat…"
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community: "Foliage Plant Haven"
author: "Toof"
published: "2023-07-23T16:58:04.409Z"
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# How do you guys keep fungus gnats at bay? I’ve gotten dozens of glue…

_Posted by Toof on 2023-07-23_

How do you guys keep fungus gnats at bay? I’ve gotten dozens of glue traps scattered around but they fill up pretty quickly. I bought an electric fly/gnat trapper for my room and that seems to help, but in the living room it’s a massive issue.

## 7 comments

### Jamie T commented on 2023-07-23

I let my plants soil completely dry out, fly traps and then when the traps have had a week or so after the soil is dry, I make a ‘tea’ with mosquito bits. When the top soil is dried out, I sprinkle diatomaceous earth over the top! :) I noticed a difference about a week after that. Just keep replacing traps and maybe bottom water! Cleared mine up real good!

### Danika commented on 2023-07-23

Thanks to a fellow community member I bought this for mosquitos and fungus gnats. Its BTI which is same active ingredient as Mosquito Bits, but without the headache of having to soak bits to make the tea. There is a dropper bottle with liquid inside tub. One drop in a gallon and done. So easy.

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#### Mullein replied on 2023-07-23

Omg amazing! I tried to shortcut the tea making by just putting mosquito bits on top of the soil. They got so nasty and moldy. Had to scoop top layers off all my plants. This product sounds perfect

### CJ commented on 2023-07-23

Mix of water and hydrogen peroxide (3:1) and spray on top of soil. Also, when it’s bad a mix of apple cider vinegar with a couple of drops of dish detergent in a baby food jar set out by the plants.

#### Gigglzngreenz replied on 2023-07-24

The vinegar and soap water is excellent for trapping fruit flies. You need yellow sticky traps to catch adult gnats. They are not attracted to fruit fly traps.

### Stormy commented on 2023-07-23

Neem👏oil👏  
To be specific the organic kind. Spray in on the infested plant once or twice a week until they are gone. You can spray the dirt and the leafs but if the infested plant has flowers don’t spray those. Also if you haven’t already repot the plant. It will help significantly.

### Cherrybergher commented on 2023-07-29

Scoop out the top 2 inches of all your pots. This is where they lay their eggs. Throw it out or bake it in the oven to kill the eggs. This will help a lot.

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