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centipedes in soil?
centipedes in soil?
Wow never heard of that, fungus gnat larva look like tiny maggots, and if you were to really drown your plants in plain water you will (if you look closely) see their little asses swimming in the excess water at the top of the pot. these are the ones that neem oil will prevent from reaching adulthood and breeding. Do not do this if you do not have great drainage, it is messy. After doing a little more research on gnats I found that (lost the link, sorry) these things do not harm the plants when they are adults, it is the larval stage, when they are in the soil, that they cause problems. By eating certain nutrients, they rob the plants, but they also eat the fine root hairs of your plant, further starving them. so IMO it is more important to eliminate the young, and to this end Neem works just fine! peAce pacT.
centipedes in soil?
Wow never heard of that, fungus gnat larva look like tiny maggots, and if you were to really drown your plants in plain water you will (if you look closely) see their little asses swimming in the excess water at the top of the pot. these are the ones that neem oil will prevent from reaching adulthood and breeding. Do not do this if you do not have great drainage, it is messy. After doing a little more research on gnats I found that (lost the link, sorry) these things do not harm the plants when they are adults, it is the larval stage, when they are in the soil, that they cause problems. By eating certain nutrients, they rob the plants, but they also eat the fine root hairs of your plant, further starving them. so IMO it is more important to eliminate the young, and to this end Neem works just fine! peAce pacT.