--- title: "Hi everyone! I’m a new plant person but it’s been a long time goal of…" description: "Hi everyone! I’m a new plant person but it’s been a long time goal of mine and I’m beating my low expectations for keeping things alive 😄 I am struggling with…" url: "https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/eWmXF7aGBsRcN02Bx8JtP4?language=da" community: "Pests, diseases and problems" author: "Emma" published: "2025-07-11T16:32:27.206223Z" language: "en" image: "https://images.getplanta.com/v2/cloudinary/global_data/communities/pestsDiseasesAndProblems.jpg" --- [Fællesskab](https://getplanta.com/community.md?language=da) / [Pests, diseases and problems](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ.md?language=da) # Hi everyone! I’m a new plant person but it’s been a long time goal of… _Opslået af Emma den 2025-07-11_ Hi everyone! I’m a new plant person but it’s been a long time goal of mine and I’m beating my low expectations for keeping things alive 😄 I am struggling with a gnat problem. It appears I have fruit flies or gnats that love living in my plants and keep coming back after my efforts to get rid of them. Any suggestions?? ## 10 kommentarer ### Chetan kommenterede den 2025-07-11 I had the same problem. I bought these on Amazon and works really amazing!! Brand: Stingmon 54 Pack Fruit Fly Trap for Indoor, Gnat Traps for House Indoor, Fungus Gnat Killer Sticky Traps for plants, Mosquitoes, Flying Insects Note: I tried Neem Oil spray, changed my potting mix, vinegar in a bowl- nothing worked!! ![Vedhæftet fil 1 af 2](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/hUkWwhdWpMdCnByygiuP_5Ll_ggMjYwSvisngl0Lt4s/XRl1FRZWR4au5bNFsYzxyg.webp?size=large) ![Vedhæftet fil 2 af 2](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/hUkWwhdWpMdCnByygiuP_5Ll_ggMjYwSvisngl0Lt4s/CAdIPMEWR1uyhOle0z-kxA.webp?size=large) #### Emma svarede den 2025-07-11 Thanks for this! I’ve tried soaps and vinegar and separating the plants…giving them a good shower. It only worked temporarily. I’m going to try these!! ### Zay kommenterede den 2025-07-11 Essential oils like basil, peppermint, lavender, and lemongrass can act as natural repellents for fruit flies and gnats. ### Zay kommenterede den 2025-07-11 Try that but that might be the last resort 😭😂 ### LeafyGreenhouse kommenterede den 2025-07-11 Diatomaceous earth! Also sticky traps work nice too ### Josie's Jungle kommenterede den 2025-07-11 If you can, grab beneficial nemotodes and use as directed through your watering cycle in all your plants coupled with the yellow sticky traps and bottom watering where possible. Diatomaceous earth is good, but once you water your plant you'll need to reapply another layer and that starts to get expensive. Or, if you want to go whole hog, you can get chemical insecticides to treat your plants, but they're quite rough in the system. It took me about 2-3 months of cycling the nemotodes with the sticky traps and bottom watering to get the gnat level to a minimum. Good luck! ### Millieee kommenterede den 2025-07-11 Only way I got rid of them was letting all my plants dry out (unintentionally), obviously do not recommend, I had many casualties! 😂 ### Nunyabzwx kommenterede den 2025-07-11 Put some old fruit in a cup and seal it with plastic wrap with a rubber band. Poke holes with a toothpick in the plastic wrap and when it gets pretty full grab another piece of plastic wrap to put on top of the cup so they can't escape and make a mad dash to the dumpster or outside garbage can. Do this around your plants a few times and bottle water your plants so they don't lay eggs on the top inch of your soil. It worked so good for me. A grocer in the fruit section told me about this years ago. Thats how they get rid of gnats/fruit flies. ### Nunyabzwx kommenterede den 2025-07-11 I mean bottom water not "bottle" water lol #### Emma svarede den 2025-07-12 Thanks for the tip! --- _Planta-fællesskabet (https://getplanta.com). Alle kan læse med. For at slå op, kommentere og like, hent Planta-appen: https://getplanta.com/download_