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title: "I HAVE FUNGUS GNATS HELP WHAT DO I DO?"
description: "I HAVE FUNGUS GNATS HELP WHAT DO I DO?"
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author: "Lucyy"
published: "2025-08-26T18:43:14.764799Z"
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# I HAVE FUNGUS GNATS HELP WHAT DO I DO?

_Posted by Lucyy on 2025-08-26_

I HAVE FUNGUS GNATS HELP WHAT DO I DO?

## 8 comments

### Tom commented on 2025-08-26

Stickey traps in pots I find catches them, and I put fungus Gnat toppers covering soil to prevent Lavie and eggs , I have used a few toppers all work well but find the bloom and bud pink packet works best, there be a few on here say to you neam oil or a type of spray, I find this damages the leaves but does help to kill anything on the leaves

### Tom commented on 2025-08-26

Also make sure the top layer of soil drys out as there attracted to moisture, using pot toppers drys top layer of soil out so helps with that , also check tray at bottom of pots are dry as they will then hide there

### Springvision commented on 2025-08-26

I use the yellow sticky traps as well. I also use fungus gnat death drops with every watering.

### McKaslin’s Garden commented on 2025-08-26

Yellow sticky trap! They’re a godsend

### Krissy commented on 2025-08-26

Cinnamon also is a natural defensive!

### RazTay commented on 2025-08-26

I used the sticky traps, cinnamon \& didn’t water my plants for a hot sec!! They go away eventually. We went from hundreds to only a few. They’re just annoying

### Hayley commented on 2025-08-27

Natures Good Guys; nothing beats a healthy population of beneficial predators

### Leann 🪴 commented on 2025-08-28

Mosquito bit water is my go-to for fungus gnats!! I still do the other recs (yellow traps \& cinnamon), but if I don’t use the mosquito water it’s useless. I just finished making some.

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