--- title: "My wondering dude has fungus gnats. I’m new to plant care and idk…" description: "My wondering dude has fungus gnats. I’m new to plant care and idk what to do!! I searched and it said to mix poroxide and water and spray the plant but it…" url: "https://getplanta.com/community/lZ7uAE3pQ86jnFGxrCwLrg/tANEiy1rQrqK_FKAkOuebg?language=ko" community: "Anything about plants" author: "Hannah" published: "2024-07-19T20:00:22.652227Z" language: "en" image: "https://images.getplanta.com/v2/cloudinary/global_data/communities/everythingHousePlants.jpg" --- [커뮤니티](https://getplanta.com/community.md?language=ko) / [Anything about plants](https://getplanta.com/community/lZ7uAE3pQ86jnFGxrCwLrg.md?language=ko) # My wondering dude has fungus gnats. I’m new to plant care and idk… _Hannah님이 2024-07-19에 게시함_ My wondering dude has fungus gnats. I’m new to plant care and idk what to do!! I searched and it said to mix poroxide and water and spray the plant but it damaged a bunch of leaves. I had to remove them and she is putting out like 8 new leaves but she is infected again. ## 9개의 댓글 ### Robin님이 2024-07-19에 댓글을 남겼어요. Hi Hannah - I’m also dealing with fungus gnats right now. If you search in this community, you’ll find lots of posts with advice. I’m using sticky traps to catch the adults and making a “tea” using mosquito bits that I’ll water my plants with to kill the larvae. If just getting started, so I don’t have results to share. My understanding is that it will take time as the adults can lay hundreds of eggs, so you need to keep treating the soil until the cycle is broken. I hope this helps a bit. #### Doll님이 2024-07-19에 답변했습니다. Quite a few of my plants were infected with fungus, and I use the mosquito bits with every watering for about five weeks #### Doll님이 2024-07-19에 답변했습니다. For the larva and the yellow sticky traps are a must for the adult flying annoying ones. And today I’m gnat free. 🤍🪴 #### Robin님이 2024-07-19에 답변했습니다. That gives me hope. Thank you! #### Doll님이 2024-07-19에 답변했습니다. Now the liquid gnat drops would be easier because you have to steep the mosquito bites for 30 minutes and water, but they worked ### Plant Lives Matter님이 2024-07-19에 댓글을 남겼어요. Two things: water less often and mix BTI into your water on watering day. Use a cheap moisture meter from Amazon to make sure that your plant actually needs the water before you do it. I’ve found that most of the time, Planta’s watering schedule has me watering way too often. You will also want to buy BTI. This is the liquid form of the stuff that covers Mosquito Bits, but it’s much easier just to put it in the water yourself. Follow these tips and you shouldn’t need any sticky traps, which really don’t do much for an infestation. ### Brendan님이 2024-07-19에 댓글을 남겼어요. Peroxide and water has worked great for me, but never sprayed on the leaves! I have only poured it over the soil. Also important to get the concentration right. Hydrogen peroxide comes in a lot of different concentrations, so you have to make sure you’re diluting it with enough water. ### Geogaddi님이 2024-07-19에 댓글을 남겼어요. I buy these off Temu and they help a lot ![1개 중 1번째 첨부 파일](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/E8oaW-FC5QdLle0svcC1AsD0eNnGuKiivyCPdSJGlBw/L7pnUOQqS-Ctrf-R6TskTg.webp?size=large) ### Hannah님이 2024-07-21에 댓글을 남겼어요. Thank you to everyone who is sharing some helpful tips. I love the plant community ✨🫶🏼💚 I will be trying these out!!! --- _Planta 커뮤니티 (https://getplanta.com). 누구나 읽을 수 있습니다. 게시물을 올리고, 댓글을 달고, 좋아요를 누르려면 Planta 앱을 다운로드하세요: https://getplanta.com/download_