This is my Audrey Ficus, which I’ve had for about a year. 6 months ago she got gnats and she is 2 months clean off them. Here are some tips to prevent and kill gnats. Why you have Gnats: - You over watered your plants or have too large of a pot. - Your plants humidity attracted gnats. - You recently bought a plant which had gnats, which spread to the rest of your plants. - It’s just gnat season which is spring and early summer. Kill Gnats: - Spray Plants with neem oil (neem oil stinks a bit so you can use 1/2 diluted neem oil. This is make the gnats want to get away from your plant. - Get zeevo fly traps and turn the lights off. The gnats will be attracted to the zeevo light and it works like a charm. - Get yellow sticky traps and put them 1 inch above the soil. You will get the rest of the gnats from your plant. - If you have caught 10 gnats or see gnats in your soil they are probably going to reproduce in your plant. You shoudl put 1/4 hydrogen peroxide in the soil and if it bubbles it worked. Do this for 2-3 weeks in a row or when you see no more gnats. Preventing Gnats: - If your plants is prone to gnats you can keep a yellow sticky trap or zeevo ect to them like for my Audrey ficus. - During your plants mists you can stay 1 or 2 sprays of neem oil in your stay can to prevent gnats and not have a stink. - Get a fan and run it to circulate the airflow of the room which will keep the gnats out. - Dorn overwater your plants and even bottom water when possible.
