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Ambra

Anyone use cinnamon to combat gnats in the soil?

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  1. SuccySuccy

    Helps a little? I find cinnamon most useful for applying to “wounds” when propping to prevent rot/disease etc

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  2. Larry

    Maybe 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)

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    • Nikiller

      This is the best way to get rid of them without introducing predators

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    • BaM

      Mosquito bits? What are these? I haven’t heard of them

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    • Larry

      They contain BTI, a bacteria that kills some insect larvae like mosquitos and fungus gnats

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  3. Nikiller

    Cinnamon is mostly antibacterial and antifungal, really a stretch to hope for real results on bugs

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  4. MummaDeb

    I found that it makes the house smell nice but that's about it.

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