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title: "Hmmm noticing gnats in the soil of some of my pots. Will a spray of…"
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# Hmmm noticing gnats in the soil of some of my pots. Will a spray of…

_Koby님이 2024-04-14에 게시함_

Hmmm noticing gnats in the soil of some of my pots. Will a spray of soap and water do?

## 6개의 댓글

### Hailey님이 2024-04-14에 댓글을 남겼어요.

I have not heard of this?! I would recommend ordering BTI drops of Amazon. You only need 1 drop per 1 Gallon of water

#### Koby님이 2024-04-14에 답변했습니다.

What are BTI drops? Can’t seem to find anything of that specific name but I may be missing something. Is it safe for vegetables?

#### Hailey님이 2024-04-14에 답변했습니다.

biological mosquito control they come in a plastic container but inside is a plastic dropper bottle

#### Hailey님이 2024-04-14에 답변했습니다.

I am not sure on food I would do some more investigating. I only use on house plants

#### Koby님이 2024-04-14에 답변했습니다.

Thanks! They seem safe to use for vegetables.

### Plant Father님이 2024-04-15에 댓글을 남겼어요.

a castile soap solution will kill any adult gnats flying around but the babies living in the soil will need to be treated differently. i used a hydrogen peroxide flush but you can use biological control methods like the BTI mentioned above or beneficial nematodes. keep in mind that gnats only breed enough to be a problem when your soil is retaining too much moisture. for indoor container plants, switching to a media with more chunks (i like sol soils’ mixes and those from repotme dot com) and thus more air will eliminate the gnats’ breeding ground. they are attracted to the compost and peat moss in many commercial mixes.

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