Meet the Other Phone. Only the apps you allow.

Meet the Other Phone.
Only the apps you allow.

Buy now

Please or to access all these features

Gardening

Find tips and tricks to make your garden or allotment flourish on our Gardening forum.

Fungus gnats: help!

28 replies

newyorkbreakfast · 16/04/2023 14:27

Almost all my indoor plants are affected. I've tried matchsticks in the soil, cinnamon, drying the soil out, changing the potting compost.
Is there any more I can do to get rid? It's driving me mad. I was about to repot a plant... I lifted it from its decorative pot, only for there to be yet another cloud of gnats.

OP posts:
Bramshott · 15/05/2023 10:14

Haematomato · 15/05/2023 09:49

@Bramshott you can bake the soil in the oven before use to kill any off, It doesn't damage the soil.

Thank you - that's useful. I know I need to repot my indoor plants, but I've been putting it off for ages because I just know it will bring fungus gnats in!

IcakethereforeIam · 15/05/2023 10:46

Nuke it in the microwave, it's the only way to be sure!

tailinthejam · 15/05/2023 14:35

Put a drip of washing-up liquid per litre of water in the can when you are watering. Go easy though, you don't want froth!

New posts on this thread. Refresh page