--- title: "I’ve seen a little knat flying around my plants. Does that mean one…" description: "I’ve seen a little knat flying around my plants. Does that mean one of my plants is infested. How can I tell which plant would have bugs??? Yikes. I’m a new…" url: "https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/M5rCJa_fSf-NqltZrfdKkg?language=ko" community: "Pests, diseases and problems" author: "Ma G" published: "2024-03-12T20:22:19.058863Z" language: "en" image: "https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/IyWqPPtZNhAc-C5iDgxqURozclAnjHQtY6FfMRJ60aI/Ocg9D4JeQTWqCEzIrOqJMg.webp?size=large" --- [커뮤니티](https://getplanta.com/community.md?language=ko) / [Pests, diseases and problems](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ.md?language=ko) # I’ve seen a little knat flying around my plants. Does that mean one… _Ma G님이 2024-03-12에 게시함_ I’ve seen a little knat flying around my plants. Does that mean one of my plants is infested. How can I tell which plant would have bugs??? Yikes. I’m a new plant lover. Am I over reacting. ? ![1개 중 1번째 첨부 파일](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/IyWqPPtZNhAc-C5iDgxqURozclAnjHQtY6FfMRJ60aI/Ocg9D4JeQTWqCEzIrOqJMg.webp?size=large) ## 13개의 댓글 ### SueB님이 2024-03-12에 댓글을 남겼어요. They are likely fungus gnats. If you tousle the leaves or lift the pots they will likely fly out. But if one has it there are likely more #### Ma G님이 2024-03-12에 답변했습니다. Oh No. I can’t figure out which plant it is. #### Ma G님이 2024-03-12에 답변했습니다. I sprayed the soil with a diluted hydrogen peroxide mixture. I read that that helps. I only seen one I sprayed the soul for three days now ### SueB님이 2024-03-12에 댓글을 남겼어요. Use yellow sticky traps too. They can help eliminate some of the flying adults. I also used some small bowls with apple cider vinegar, plastic wrap over the top and some holes poked in the plastic. They get in but can’t get out. Watering from the bottom helps I understand because the larvae is in the top inch or so of soil. #### Ma G님이 2024-03-12에 답변했습니다. Thanks. I’m going to start doing bottom watering from now on I read up o how to do that. It is worth the extra steps todo that ### Magneticgarden\_님이 2024-03-12에 댓글을 남겼어요. I use a "Katchy" it's an electrical device that catches the gnats and traps them on a sticky pad located in the bottom of the device. I have very good luck with it. However a lot of people recommend using systematic granules prior to watering to combat these tiny pests. 😊 #### Ma G님이 2024-03-12에 답변했습니다. That’s a good idea but it doesn’t solve the source of the knats right? ### Ma G님이 2024-03-12에 댓글을 남겼어요. I discovered the culprit and it was the money plant I over watered months ago. I saved most of the plant but what I didn’t realize is that it got a fungus which caused the knats. I clipped some branches to proprogate but honestly I threw the rest of the plant in the trash. It’s beyond saving that soil. I’ll start a new plant with fresh soil ### Ma G님이 2024-03-12에 댓글을 남겼어요. I didn’t want it to infest my other plants so I threw it in the trash and sealed it up. My other plants are all good. I inspected them all. ☘️🌱😁 ### SueB님이 2024-03-12에 댓글을 남겼어요. Sometimes it best. I fought those things for months 🥲 ### ABucketOfPlants님이 2024-03-13에 댓글을 남겼어요. 1\. You can try and get a carnivorous plant 2\. Get yellow fly sticky traps 3\. Spray the top inches of soil with rubbing alcohol. 4\. Only bottom water your plant. #### Ma G님이 2024-03-13에 답변했습니다. The alcohol won’t kill the plant? #### ABucketOfPlants님이 2024-03-13에 답변했습니다. Nope --- _Planta 커뮤니티 (https://getplanta.com). 누구나 읽을 수 있습니다. 게시물을 올리고, 댓글을 달고, 좋아요를 누르려면 Planta 앱을 다운로드하세요: https://getplanta.com/download_