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title: "Guyyyysss, help me! I have those little teeny tiny annoying gnat…"
description: "Guyyyysss, help me! I have those little teeny tiny annoying gnat things all in my plants. PLEASE how do I get rid of them without any harm to my plants. They…"
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author: "SuccaForPlants 🪴"
published: "2026-08-18T22:08:28.618191Z"
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# Guyyyysss, help me! I have those little teeny tiny annoying gnat…

_Posted by SuccaForPlants 🪴 on 2026-08-18_

Guyyyysss, help me! I have those little teeny tiny annoying gnat things all in my plants. PLEASE how do I get rid of them without any harm to my plants. They annoy me so so much!! (Pic for attention lol)

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## 7 comments

### Lyds and Leelees Mum commented on 2026-08-18

I had great luck watering exclusively with BTI mosquito bits tea for about 8 weeks. Their life cycle is 5 weeks so you have to keep it up longer than you might think. Along with that, I put sticky flags in all of my plants and avoided misting any plants to reduce the humidity at the soil level. It was a lot but it worked.

#### SuccaForPlants 🪴 replied on 2026-08-21

Thank you!!

### Aimee loves plants commented on 2026-08-19

They are called fungus gnats. I also used mosquito bits. And the yellow sticky traps. And zevo plug in traps. And eventually I repotted the two plants that were infested. It was because I had one pot that was self watering and they were hatching in between there. It was so gross 🤮 they look like larvae crawling around. I think I killed them all now. But I still have those two plants quarantined for like two more months since then. The larvae eat the plants roots so after a while the plant will suffer.

#### SuccaForPlants 🪴 replied on 2026-08-21

Thanks!!

### Nikiller commented on 2026-08-19

You can use mosquito dunks when watering or… you could buy a bunch of microscopic worms online and allow the worms to feast on the gnats eggs and larvae

#### SuccaForPlants 🪴 replied on 2026-08-21

The worm things weirds me out a little bit lol. I’m going to try the dunks, thank you!

#### Nikiller replied on 2026-08-21

Lmao lemme know how those work! I just tried the nematodes out about a week ago. It takes time for them to establish and make a difference but man it feels slow

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