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Hi guys! So, I have 8 plants in my room, 4 are succulents/cacti, a baby orchid, a large and small Peace Lily, one I cannot really identify (I think it’s a Chinese paddle plant???) and a purple wood sorrel.
My issue is fungus gnats. I thought they were just fruit flies, but I got confirmation from a gardener friend that they are fungus gnats. So, it all started when I was watering the peace lily and noticed that there were little mites in the soil. Straight away I stopped watering my plants because apparently I was doing it too often which attracted the mites. About a week later I noticed some gnats flying around my room.
After a few weeks of doing this, and making sure the soil was completely dry before I watered them again, I still have the fungus gnats. Not as many, but they are there. So, I bought a Bug & Larvae Killer that has Pyrethin in it to use on the leaves and stems, as I can’t find any larvae in the soil.
I’m now finding the gnats hiding out under one of my large leaf succulents. I do not water my succulents often at all since it’s winter time now, so they soil is basically bone dry. Also, the succulents and cacti are in a medium specific to their needs, so there’s no decaying matter like what I have my other plants in.
Please help me get rid of these things, I don’t know what else to do! I’m really at a loss. Apologies for the ridiculous post!
Thanks x
My issue is fungus gnats. I thought they were just fruit flies, but I got confirmation from a gardener friend that they are fungus gnats. So, it all started when I was watering the peace lily and noticed that there were little mites in the soil. Straight away I stopped watering my plants because apparently I was doing it too often which attracted the mites. About a week later I noticed some gnats flying around my room.
After a few weeks of doing this, and making sure the soil was completely dry before I watered them again, I still have the fungus gnats. Not as many, but they are there. So, I bought a Bug & Larvae Killer that has Pyrethin in it to use on the leaves and stems, as I can’t find any larvae in the soil.
I’m now finding the gnats hiding out under one of my large leaf succulents. I do not water my succulents often at all since it’s winter time now, so they soil is basically bone dry. Also, the succulents and cacti are in a medium specific to their needs, so there’s no decaying matter like what I have my other plants in.
Please help me get rid of these things, I don’t know what else to do! I’m really at a loss. Apologies for the ridiculous post!
Thanks x