Fungus Gnats in Flood and Drain

[fortphoenix]

Hey i was wondering if anyone has any advice on getting rid of fungus gnats. so far I’ve only seen 5 adult ones (killed 4) it seems like all products are made/directed for use in soil. All i could find that seems like it could be used in hydro is yellow sticky traps and crushed mosquito dunks tied in a panty hose. all the other treatments i found don’t clarify how the stuff is used and i don’t see how foliar feeding can kill larvae in the medium/hydroton. My tent is in my closet so i really don’t want to go too crazy with the chemical pesticides. these are mother plants btw and i lowered the flood level and have a fan blowing over the tops of the pots and the rapid rooter is dry now. should i wait and see if taking their environment away worked and just use yellow stickies or should i get straight to aggressive action on it? thanks for any help

 

[BubbaBear]

Fungus nats are easy to deal with neem and pyrethrum are natural and work great but since your in your bedroom and don't want any harsh smells use EZ wet and or SM-90 both are natural and both can be watered to kill larva or in a spray bottle to kill adult flyers. One smells like vanilla beans the other smells like sweet lemons. I combined them together tho I'm sure they work fine independently just because it smells so damn good lol.

Mosquito dunks work well at keeping them at bay but won't eradicate them and they only work on larva, if your in ebb and flow, try crushing up some sprinkling some on top of your blocks.

Also don't stress over a couple nats, I mean definitely kill them as you see them and use something to nock them back every week or two, treat the top of your blocks with something that's going to kill the larva but there really hard to completely eradicate even with chems. There everywhere and I believe there asexual so it only takes one egg for them to replicate.