New bag of compost full of gnats, worried about pots and beds

[ElSomum]

Just opened new bag of Levingtons compost and it is full of little flies ( mould gnats?). I quickly clipped it shut. Rang Levingtons they said they won’t replace or refund, to leave it open they’ll fly away. Bit concerned that the gnats will find new homes in the raised beds or plant pots that have compost/ soil in them . Not sure what to do

Just use it, they tend to be worse when the compost is damp. Leave it open, they’ll fly away and the birds will enjoy them. It’s natural. I probably wouldn’t use it for indoor plants.

Everytime I repot a houseplant it’s got gnats in so I think it’s really common. Wouldn’t bother me in the garden tho

This seems to be a thing with peat free compost, so we’ll have to live with it. They’re harmless though annoying. Try watering from the bottom of pots so the top layer stays dry, or a grit mulch on top.