--- title: "Help Please!!! These gnats….they are in all of my indoor plant’s soil…" description: "Help Please!!! These gnats….they are in all of my indoor plant’s soil and they fly around your face! I’ve been thinking of using neem oil. I can’t spray.…" url: "https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/vYreCotTFKeb1JeLrcncuA?language=ko" community: "Pests, diseases and problems" author: "Annie" published: "2025-04-03T18:23:38.607071Z" language: "en" image: "https://images.getplanta.com/v2/cloudinary/global_data/communities/pestsDiseasesAndProblems.jpg" --- [커뮤니티](https://getplanta.com/community.md?language=ko) / [Pests, diseases and problems](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ.md?language=ko) # Help Please!!! These gnats….they are in all of my indoor plant’s soil… _Annie님이 2025-04-03에 게시함_ Help Please!!! These gnats….they are in all of my indoor plant’s soil and they fly around your face! I’ve been thinking of using neem oil. I can’t spray. (disabled) I asked about putting on a cloth and laying on top of soil, most everyone said I could mix it in the water and just water the plants. I’m wondering if there is another suggestion other than neem oil?? Especially for gnats. ## 14개의 댓글 ### PlantLady님이 2025-04-03에 댓글을 남겼어요. Mosquito bits/mosquito dunks/bti drops will eradicate them. I’ve used mosquito bits myself, just made a tea with them in my watering can and used it every time I watered for a few weeks and the gnats were gone. #### Z.Mo님이 2025-04-03에 답변했습니다. I emphasize this #### Sunny님이 2025-04-03에 답변했습니다. I can testify. This is the way .👆 #### Annie님이 2025-04-03에 답변했습니다. What is this? #### PlantLady님이 2025-04-03에 답변했습니다. Stuff you can buy to eradicate fungus gnats. Google them and you can purchase them online. #### Annie님이 2025-04-03에 답변했습니다. I just looked on Amazon and found out what it was. Thank you. I just wasn’t sure if it was something I had to make. _앱에 답글이 1개 더 있습니다._ ### Mel B님이 2025-04-03에 댓글을 남겼어요. You can put sand on top of the soil it will trap the eggs in the soil but you can only bottom water afterwards ### Drake님이 2025-04-04에 댓글을 남겼어요. Been here before! You are likely over watering a bit. I got rid of mine by diligently using Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis (Bti) drops (more common is to use Mosquito Dunks) in almost all watering. Google it- it takes a few weeks to cycle but kills the larvae! I also bottom water everything I can which really helps! I have a house full of plants and I see maybe a gnat every few months now. #### Annie님이 2025-04-04에 답변했습니다. I like that idea but pots are so expensive. I’ll have to buy 1 every month if there is any money left after doctor copays. ### Amy님이 2025-04-04에 댓글을 남겼어요. To help catch the flying adults, try yellow sticky traps. It works for me. Very easy to use. You can get them online or at garden supply store. They are just sticky glue traps that you stick into the plant pot. The gnats are attracted to the color. No chemicals and safe for pets or kids etc. Place the sticky trap at the edge of the plant pot. When the gnats first appear from the soil they are weak flyers and will walk right up onto the glue traps. Put one sticky trap in each of your plants. ![1개 중 1번째 첨부 파일](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/lWTjWGwwun1muSeAQxsoBCK67Od3_D1F554RFf3AQ7o/PK4K5DgPQpC1XQflSuYS1g.webp?size=large) ### LM님이 2025-04-04에 댓글을 남겼어요. I use mosquito bits and sticky traps as well as plug in sticky traps. I have over 70 plants and many need high humidity so their soil never completely dries out in between watering as I run a humidifier for them. The gnat larvae like moist soil. Any plants that you can let dry out completely will kill the larvae but the flying adults need the sticky traps. I also use a spray that kills them. ![3개 중 1번째 첨부 파일](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/yob2iscP9Z1n5F2kqP_91yQcZ1rA-sg59W1pOsntfWk/7lGM4BzSSNaG6F2wEV2axg.webp?size=large) ![3개 중 2번째 첨부 파일](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/yob2iscP9Z1n5F2kqP_91yQcZ1rA-sg59W1pOsntfWk/aSvF0D7MTtyIdw0rHe_SjQ.webp?size=large) ![3개 중 3번째 첨부 파일](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/yob2iscP9Z1n5F2kqP_91yQcZ1rA-sg59W1pOsntfWk/m8q5yprjTVGgJLeIkZ6V2Q.webp?size=large) ### Annie님이 2025-04-04에 댓글을 남겼어요. I really appreciate all the help from everyone. ### Plantsmybeloved님이 2025-04-04에 댓글을 남겼어요. Putting cinnamon on top of the soil can kill off their food source I believe. It's worked for me but I'm not 100% sure why it works lol --- _Planta 커뮤니티 (https://getplanta.com). 누구나 읽을 수 있습니다. 게시물을 올리고, 댓글을 달고, 좋아요를 누르려면 Planta 앱을 다운로드하세요: https://getplanta.com/download_