I've been in a constant battle with fungus gnats and have pretty much tried everything. As a recommendation from Capt. Cheeze, I am going to start utilizing Neem cake meal. I have already starting utilizing Crab Meal and feel its a great amendment for the arsenal, due to its many benefits and nutrional profile.
When searching for a vendor for this meal, i found a pretty inexpensive place(my mindset), which offers many Neem goods and others, such as Sesame oil, Karanja Cake Meal and Neem or Karanja oil by the 55 gal drum.
I decided that I will utilize both and got 5lbs of each. I am going to mix them together and treat lightly, since it may have an alleopathic effect.
I know you guys out West utilize Karanja, but how does it compare to Neem? If these work out well I will be buying like 20 pounds of each.
Are there any other ammendments you guys utilize which fight/repel/balance the insect population? I am considering making my own essential oils for rosemary and I can use the waste to incorporate into my soil, maybe in the same way the cake meals mentioned here work.
When searching for a vendor for this meal, i found a pretty inexpensive place(my mindset), which offers many Neem goods and others, such as Sesame oil, Karanja Cake Meal and Neem or Karanja oil by the 55 gal drum.
I decided that I will utilize both and got 5lbs of each. I am going to mix them together and treat lightly, since it may have an alleopathic effect.
I know you guys out West utilize Karanja, but how does it compare to Neem? If these work out well I will be buying like 20 pounds of each.
Are there any other ammendments you guys utilize which fight/repel/balance the insect population? I am considering making my own essential oils for rosemary and I can use the waste to incorporate into my soil, maybe in the same way the cake meals mentioned here work.