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title: "My work plants are being threatened with eviction if I can’t get rid…"
description: "My work plants are being threatened with eviction if I can’t get rid of the gnats. Any tips?"
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# My work plants are being threatened with eviction if I can’t get rid…

_Yeagermeister1982님이 2025-01-03에 게시함_

My work plants are being threatened with eviction if I can’t get rid of the gnats. Any tips?

## 11개의 댓글

### Alyssa님이 2025-01-03에 댓글을 남겼어요.

Repot asap, sterilize pot, don’t use any old soil, put the roots in hydrogen peroxide/water mix for 15 minutes, get new soil, make sure it’s well draining soil by adding orchid bark and perlite, then every time you water, use either mosquito bits and nematodes if you want to go organic or systemic granules if you want to go the scorched earth route

### Wolfen 🐺님이 2025-01-03에 댓글을 남겼어요.

You could also repot into Pon or Leca so they don't come back. But follow the same sterilization Alyssa gave. Make sure you wrap up the soil and immediately toss it outside too

### Buffy님이 2025-01-03에 댓글을 남겼어요.

This stuff took care of my gnats problem.

![1개 중 1번째 첨부 파일](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/jo0APt3aeP0kYer4OHiwSMnIq54p12aHx35uuFVQtjw/b-j9BE0hTymM7EJUGBZcnA.webp?size=large)

### Kat님이 2025-01-03에 댓글을 남겼어요.

Yes to everything here. I’ll also mention bottom watering helps and I’ve used sand too. Put a layer of sand on the top of your soil any time gnats hatch the sand kills them by cutting them up

#### Plantgirly님이 2025-01-04에 답변했습니다.

Does that work if you have sand mixed into your soil too?🤔

#### Kat님이 2025-01-05에 답변했습니다.

I don’t mix it in I layer a thin layer on top of the soil :)

### Aria님이 2025-01-04에 댓글을 남겼어요.

Also be mindful of the potting mix. My coworker would buy Miracle Gro potting soil from the outdoor section of a big box store. Those soil bags tend to get rained on and encourage gnats and other pests to make them their home.

### cherrbear🐻님이 2025-01-04에 댓글을 남겼어요.

awww i’m sorry they’re at risk of eviction! this happened to me, i am a hair stylist \& we have a lot of gnats because of the hair that gets clogged in our drains. the gnats found their way to the plants i lovingly propped for the salon \& even tho i explained i always watered with mosquito bits so they wouldn’t breed in the soil, the plants still got the boot 😭  
if i were to do anything differently i would take them home for a couple weeks to ensure the soil was gnat-free \& mention that that might be a good time to look for other gnat sources in the work place, then bring them back. \& while they’re home with you, mosquito bits work absolute wonders. another tip might be to let the plants dry out a bit when they’re back at work before watering again!

### Plantgirly님이 2025-01-04에 댓글을 남겼어요.

Mosquito bits + sticky traps worked wonders for me

#### Dave\_opuntiaface님이 2025-01-04에 답변했습니다.

Second this method.

### Cheryl님이 2025-01-05에 댓글을 남겼어요.

Something else I’ll offer too is you can quarantine your plants by putting each one in a clear plastic bag (ie: ziplock or leaf garbage bag) and seal up well. Essentially creates a little greenhouse eniviro too (watering requirements will really decrease because the plants will hold on to moisture for longer). Add some sticky traps and monitor through the plastic for any new gnats. Quarantining this way is helpful because you can quarantine infected plants from non-infected plants as well as non-infected plants from becoming infected plus you can leave your plants in the same spot and not have to relocate them. You can quarantine either before repotting (stop all watering or use BTI tea until gnats are gone) or after repotting for a double dose of “just in case”. Gnats are a HUGE pain in the butt. Good luck!

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