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title: "I've been having problems with fungus gnats for a while now, i've…"
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# I've been having problems with fungus gnats for a while now, i've…

_Bailey님이 2025-05-21에 게시함_

I've been having problems with fungus gnats for a while now, i've tried hydrogen peroxide, neem oil, insecticidal soap, and insect killing spray from the store... none of them have worked. What should i do, i've been trying to water less as well.

## 7개의 댓글

### prayformyplants님이 2025-05-21에 댓글을 남겼어요.

I had a problem as well and I just took my plants outside to get all the old soil off, rinsed the roots made sure everything was healthy and took them back inside to repot with new soil, added systemic granules inside my soil and put mosquito bits on top of the soil after repotting. I seem to have got them under control but I still water with a mosquito bit tea here and there cause I’m traumatized 😭😂 I hear bottom watering helps as well so I’ve been doing that

#### Bailey님이 2025-05-21에 답변했습니다.

i have over 30 plants this would take me forever😭 but if i need to i will

#### prayformyplants님이 2025-05-21에 답변했습니다.

The mosquito bits will rot on top of the soil tho! So it’s tedious taking them off. instead soak the mosquito bits in water and water as you normally would with the tea. If that doesn’t help then yeah maybe repot cause there may be lots of larva in the soil

### barbara1321님이 2025-05-21에 댓글을 남겼어요.

This is probably not the best way but I fixed my problem by switching out all of the soil my plants were in an replacing it with new fresh soil

### KJM님이 2025-05-22에 댓글을 남겼어요.

I would discontinue all of the products you're using now and stick with sticky traps and the systemic pesticide or mosquito bites in the soil. The sticky traps capture the adults the systemic kills the larvae. It may take a little while but it should take care of the gnats if you're consistent. Also let your plant dry down more. The gnats lay their eggs in the top couple of inches of moist soil.

### Dondoo52님이 2025-05-22에 댓글을 남겼어요.

I have used the mosquito bits infused water which works well. I have also read that you can add a drop of dish detergent to your watering can to keep pests at bay. So far, so good.

### RosaR님이 2025-05-23에 댓글을 남겼어요.

To get rid of fungus gnats I used mosquito bits as directed on the bag and this zevo light. I also stopped misting my plants with a spray bottle at least while I was trying to get rid of them. Repotting could be a final last resort

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