Search results for query: Soil gnats

I was shopping for new plants at Lowe's yesterday and asked the "plant lady" what I could buy that would be safe for plants and animals that would kill the gnats and she showed me a can of spray called "Zevo". It states it kills flies and gnats and is safe for the plants and any animals. She...

...be fine; it degrades rapidly. I haven't tried it for this personally, but I'll talk it over with the 'plantmistress' and we may try it. Soil gnats can be a perennial problem—usually drawn by soil that's too wet (inadequate drainage), so you may have to treat periodically. IDT brand of soil...

Yes it's fine, all natural and chams don't have great sense of smell so it's a good home remedy. I recommend covering your soil with pond stones, it will help prevent the adult soil gnats from attacking it. 🍻🍻🍻

I currently use Fox Farm Ocean Forest soil. I'm thinking the excessive moisture was because of my cheap mister that I bought when I first got my cham. The plants directly under the nozzles definitely got drenched more from the mist. The nozzles also would continue to drip out even after the...

I put the ooths in my enclosures to hatch out in the hopes the baby mantids will take care of the soil gnats. Then the chameleons take care of the mantids.

Hi Linda the afids and other pests lay eggs in the soil. So cleaning just the leaves wont stop new hatchings. You must change the top soil too. Also i use screen on top of the soil with edges tucked in the sides instead of rocks. and vacuum what is flying about to get it undercontrol! The...

Yeah I try to use rocks above my soil anyways . But the goal is to have everything so thick like you said 💪🏻

Spring is here and eggs Are layed in top soil. Remove top soil cover with plaxtic wrap for about a week then vacuum up the flying ones so they dont lat new eggs. You can also cover soil with screen and chiffon. Plastic wrap tends to sufficate them. Vacuum everyday to get it under control...

Nothing sticky should ever go inside a chameleon enclosure. I have 4 bioactive enclosures in one room and so unfortunately I also have soil gnats. I use Katchy’s with some good results, but that hasn’t quite been enough. I have sundew plants (drosera capensis) but keep those in the rest of the...

Do you have any soil gnats? Could that be their larvae?

Whoo hoo! My mantis ooths arrived! Soil gnats, your days are numbered!

stay their they will help clean any bacteria

every spring I have an ootheca in every enclosure 👍 the survivors that my chams dont eat make it to round 2 in my planters outside. I love mantids almost as much as chameleons so it warms my heart to see one reach maturity and hanging out in my garden. I name them Rambo cause they've cleared...

The cinnamon will kill the fungus the gnats eat. I keep the cinnamon on the top of the soil until I’m able to repot with new soil. If you can’t move the plant out of the misters spray. I would try pointing the nozzle in a different direction. Amazon has mistaking nozzles that come with elbows...

So from some of my research I have found that a hydrogen peroxide solution can be sprayed on the soil of plants to kill eggs and gnats. Is this something that I can/should do? Either before I repot them in good soil or keep them in the current stuff? I would think that in theory it would be fine...

Thanks for the advise @MissSkittles and @Klyde O'Scope! my plan is to get that soil along with some river rock and sand and do what that post I linked to said, in addition to making or buying a cham safe gnat trap and hopefully that’ll do the trick!

how do i get rid of the gnats coming from the plants. they are bad now, i can only imagine what they will be like in the summer. I read you can put cinnimen in the plant soil, will this really help?

I shouldn’t worry about the cinnamon getting into his respiratory system?

Could be overwatering, but that’s not always the case. Sometimes they’re just there. I wiped out an infestation in my reptile room so bad you had to keep your mouth closed or they’d fly in🤮 and I did it with a few drosera capensis sundews. Many fungus gnats are instantly attracted to them. They...

Anyone with a gnat problem (but not with a veiled) can consider these-Mexican butterworts. I went into garage and pulled a few from under the lights to make a temporary centerpiece. Even if not in the enclosure, if they are in the room they will attract and trap them. The second pic is a type of...