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title: "I’ve reached the end of my tether with fungus gnats. What are my…"
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# I’ve reached the end of my tether with fungus gnats. What are my…

_Geplaatst door MoMo op 2024-09-14_

I’ve reached the end of my tether with fungus gnats. What are my options?

Advice or thoughts are very gratefully received…  
I’ve tried everything (I think!) and I’m exhausted. It’s been five months of this war and while there are way less gnats, I need them gone, exterminated, for good.

The current regime is: yellow sticky traps everywhere (almost literally), watering less (but I have some plants that won’t tolerate that much) and mosquito bits in every watering. Plus hydrogen peroxide solution if it’s looking bad on particular plants.

I see two options:  
1\) Spend a lot of money and mix enough soil to repot everything in one day (or I guess bake all the existing soil…?), sealing each of the plants in a bathroom after repotting and then smoke bombing the heck out of the rest of the house. This sounds insane I know. But I’m hyper focused enough to do it.

2\) Try carnivorous plants. This is a less nuclear option but I need to tip the balance in my favour. I’m thinking 3 - 4 Cape Sundews might do it and I hear they’re good gnat eaters. Has anyone tried this?

## 25 reacties

### MoMo reageerde op 2024-09-15

THANK YOU everyone for your tips, super helpful.

I’m giving diametecous earth another shot, with a better strategy, and also bought some Plant GP “Fungus Gnat Control” however, I may move to proper systemic pretty quickly. I’m also hovering over the “buy” button on a cape sundew. I like the idea of the gnats being eaten.

### MoMo reageerde op 2024-09-16

Thanks Jo! I’ll try the new solution I just got and if that doesn’t work, will try garlic water.

I’ve just switched to bottom watering which I knew I was meant to be doing. Intensely boring but hopefully will help!

And I’ve just put diamatecous earth on approx 30 plants. Only 20 to go 😭

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