easy way to get rid of gnats? i have plants in my bedroom and saw a bunch in the past couple days, will they go into my items like bed and stuffed animals? or just my plants? they’re hard to see but i’ve only seen (i think) in my plants (plants are near the window and bed is close to the plants, less than a foot away)
I’ve seen people mention sticky traps on this app. There’s small kinds that you can stick into the soil. I have personally found that sprinkling cinnamon on the top of the soil helped me! I have not seen any since I started doing this. It could be a total coincidence but I will not stop doing it now lol I also placed clove spikes in the soil but I really think it is the cinnamon that drove them away! Plus it is supposed to inhibit mold growth. Goodluck!
1 Likei’m going to try this tysm!!! do they die from it or just run away? idw them in my bed!
1 Like I haven’t found any dead ones so I think they just went to bother someone else lol 🙌 I hope it works for you too!!
0 Likescool thank you! i’ll lyk how it goes (if i remember)!!
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They should stay concentrated around the plants, but they can fly over to other areas. They will only reproduce in the moist soil though. I have had the most success with yellow sticky traps and microbe lift mosquito drops. The sticky traps take care of the adults, and the drops take care of the larvae.
1 Likethank you! i’m currently trying cinnamon sense it is what i have in my house at this time, if it doesn’t work i’ll get traps!
they’re only in my cannabis plants it’s so strange, they just sprouted
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i used a diluted hydrogen peroxide mix in a misting spray bottle and would mist the top layer of soil on my monstera to eliminate eggs/baby knats. you can also place a bowl of apple cider vinegar mixed with water and honey in or around the plant and the adult knats will be attracted to it and drown in it.
1 LikeI just mentioned this on another thread, it’s still ‘experimental’ but I think it’s working …. I covered the soil with diatomaceous earth (not super thick but pretty solidly white). The diatomaceous earth discolors and looks bad so I started covering that with a layer of sand. So far so good. I figured since the gnats need access to the soil 🤷🏻♀️
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