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title: "Does anyone have a home grail remedy for gnats?? I’ve tried…"
description: "Does anyone have a home grail remedy for gnats?? I’ve tried everything and those annoying little stinks are still popping up!!!"
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# Does anyone have a home grail remedy for gnats?? I’ve tried…

_Postat av Abigail🪴 den 2023-10-04_

Does anyone have a home grail remedy for gnats?? I’ve tried everything and those annoying little stinks are still popping up!!!

## 5 kommentarer

### EDYTA 🎱 kommenterade den 2023-10-04

only thing that’s worked for me is sticky traps

### Rose kommenterade den 2023-10-04

I posted this a while ago when someone asked about gnats. Dealing with fungus gnats is the worst so I dug it up. Haven’t seen a fungus gnat since-

Me and my plants just spent a few months at war with the dreaded fungus gnats. This is what worked for me in the end:

Let your plants dry out as much as possible (without killing them, obvs). Makes sure there’s no water accumulated around the bottom of your pots either.

Buy yellow sticky traps from Amazon to catch/kill adult gnats. These also will help you to determine whether the infestation is getting better or worse. Make sure at least some the traps touch the soil because they seem more likely to crawl onto them from the soil than to fly into them from the air. Keep using them at least until you’re sure the infestation is over.

When you have to water the plants, use a mix of 1 part 3% hydrogen peroxide to 3 parts water which will kill off larva and eggs in the soil without hurting the plant.

If gnats persist, let the plants dry out as much as possible again. Go on eBay and buy a couple of ounces of Gnatrol and follow the directions that come with the package. It’s a powder that you mix with water and contains a bacteria that targets and kills, specifically, fungus gnat larva.

PS Don’t put diatomaceous earth in/on the soil, no matter what you read online. It’snot worth it! When it gets wet, it turns into a clay. If it gets mixed into the soil, it will make the soil stay damp longer which fungus gnats love! Plus it’s super unwieldy and can get very messy real fast.

### The Mar Vistan kommenterade den 2023-10-05

My advice is to get Mosquito Bits ASAP.

![Bilaga 1 av 1](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/-TJhgOaW4V-GR82DtDk7N_WowBLTHXkNgEtUZ18keh8/c9745124e86748859483031120f98c1c.webp?size=large)

### Ally kommenterade den 2023-10-09

Also neem oil with some water and isopropyl (not too much) will do the trick

#### Ally svarade den 2023-10-09

Also maybe with some castile soap

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