• Fungus gnats and how to get rid of them, talk to me.

    Currently keeping them at bay with yellow traps although had to get rid of 3 Chinese money plants as they were beyond. Thinking of attaking them with Neem oil while covering the soil in the pots with a few cm of sand.

  • Lots of yellow traps, near the plants.
    Avoid moist soil as much as possible, cover soil with sand / stones etc. and do not water from above.
    Create more "attractive" options for them, namely a cider-vinegar trap; check this page: https://www.almanac.com/pest/fungus-gnats

  • What worked for me:

    Methodology:

    • Put net curtain over framework
    • Put plant inside framework+net curtain bodge
    • Put sticky yellow traps around plant, in the soil
    • Put UV trap inside net curtain body, next to the plant, to attract wily gnats that escape your yellow sticky traps
    • Do not water plants, even if you're worried about them drying out. Dry soil means adults can't lay new eggs
    • Leave this setup in place 24/7 until every one of those little motherfuckers has died

    Took me about 3 weeks to get rid of them all, IIRC. I only had one infested plant, and it was a drought-tolerant one, so YMMV on feasibility.

  • Fungus gnats and how to get rid of them, talk to me.

    I used nematodes. Worked a charm. Two applications of the weeny wiggly worms and no more flies.

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