Anyone use cinnamon to combat gnats in the soil?
Anyone use cinnamon to combat gnats in the soil?
Helps a little? I find cinnamon most useful for applying to “wounds” when propping to prevent rot/disease etc
1 LikeMaybe helped a little the one time I tried it, what I found works best is a combo of sticky traps that you can stick right in the plant pot on a stake to catch the adults and then soak mosquito bits in water and then water the soil with that (it has BTI in it which kills the larvae)
5 LikesThis is the best way to get rid of them without introducing predators
0 LikesMosquito bits? What are these? I haven’t heard of them
0 LikesThey contain BTI, a bacteria that kills some insect larvae like mosquitos and fungus gnats
0 LikesCinnamon is mostly antibacterial and antifungal, really a stretch to hope for real results on bugs
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I found that it makes the house smell nice but that's about it.
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