A horticulture major and interiorscape here. Just a Warning: using hydrogen peroxide on soil for long periods of time can destroy the bacteria in your soil. No bacteria = nothing to help break down organic material into usable nitrogen. A good alternative is using diatomaceous earth which is an organic way to get rid of gnats.
Diatomaceous earth is one use though, once it’s wet it’s useless, I’d say a treatment of h2o2 every now and then won’t be bad for the microbiome, but plz don’t water with h2o2 unless you’re applying liquid fertilizer and not relying on organic bioprocesses
Omg omg im in tears thank you thank you thank you, ive been battling this problem in root rot,for years. I inherited these beautiful over 100yr old Christmas cactus im the 4 th generation owner, when my great aunt gave it to me it was in the original clay pot, i had to shatter the pot to not cause so much dammage, but iliterally fell apart. Ive tried everything but the fungus keeps on comming back. I asked my aunt when the last time it bloomed she said she decades, i did this today some of my older plants such as my 50 year old climbing vine and others were so sick ive cloned because one day it was healthy then the next day it was mush. I took the plant i had some ones that were bad i removed it out of the soil, rinsed the roots and put it in water with hydrogen peroxide mix and in 1hr all the black n the roots were gone and white n beautiful.
I love your videos but I don’t understand this is ur second video for same problem. you was very confident about the first one about getting rid of them permanently, but keep the energy love it.❤
Thank you so much for your educational videos! I used the banana peels trick for my plants, specially for my orchids & THRY LOVED IT! They started looking healthier after a few weeks and grew new baby leaves 🤗😍💃🏻 you deserve the support Mr! 👏🏼🌹
So, I wanted to share something with you and your viewers, maybe you can tag me in your next book? 😁 Sugar 🐜 will not cross over baby powder OR baking soda. The same rules apply with crawling bugs on your garden. Just do a complete circle around the base of your plant. A lot of insects and rodents cannot ingest baking soda (like rats) or they combust internally. You can apply baking soda directly on the plant leaves and the base of the plant. It's cheap enough. I use an old coffee can, like holes in the lid, and go to town sprinkling it all over my garden. Re-apply after a hard 🌧 🌦 or wind and if indoors just leave it.
Gnats fly. Making a circle like they did in SpongeBob doesn’t work for things with wings. And, idk if you ever messed with ants and chalk as a kid but they soon realize they can cross the circle. Thanks for trying but that tip won’t be a successful one.
Sad thing is, I have little baby apple trees, and the gnat larvae have murdered 12 of the first ones I planted. After that I moved my growing place inside and set my pot in the windowsill. They've still managed to kill one of my babies :(. The problem is I never see them around the pot I just see the bottom of the stem turn brown and the wilting leaves. At that point it's too late so I pull the sapling out and I can see those demon larvae munching on my plant like they aren't tiny murderers. I understand they gotta eat something, but can't they go munch on plants that can handle it?! My problem with the first 12 was overwatering, but now even waiting until the first few inches of my soil is completely dry they still find a way in. I heard cinnamon was supposed to keep them away so I make sure I can always see cinnamon sprinkled on the top, and I made a spray with lavender oil, lemon oil, dish soap, and water because I heard those were also supposed to repel it. Idk how it happened, but I think my little orange babies are a lot stronger. I have around 6 seeds in one pot because I know not all of them will sprout. One day I went to pick up the pot to water it and those nasty gnats started flying out and crawling around. There were at least 30 of them. I mixed hydrogen peroxide, water, cinnamon, and dish soap together and watered it. I probably added a little more soap and hydrogen peroxide than I should have because I figured if I didn't kill the larvae the plants were gonna die anyway. This happened a week ago and there have been no gnats since. One of my oranges managed to sprout, and it surprised me so much. I didnt think any of them would live.
Hello @Creative explained , you have literally saved my plants life.... But I have a big problem of too much mealy bugs... Can you please make any video on it... Thanks!!
I used your recipe for cinnamon and water to spray for soil mold and those soil gnats and it worked immediately. Also do you have any natural hacks for keeping ants out of my kitchen. I use two parts vinegar to one part water in my kitchen it keeps them away for about 4 days but then they come back double time! I have a dog so I don't want to use pesticides
Ants hate ground cinnamon. They also won't cross anything with corn meal. The sharp cornmeal pieces will cut up their body if they try to cross over it.
I tried this...didn't work fast enough for the poor plants and our sanity. Read another person say she put a thin layer of cinnamon all over the top of the soil. They left! Very quickly not one has landed on the sticky things for days (yes breaks my heart. I check them daily prior to the cinnimon so those gnats dont die slowly bored & stuck🙁😂)
How quickly did it work? Did you repot the plants as well? I have the same problem. I've repotted my plants three different times, using sticky traps as well:(
It's too less lol. I had two giant vases of cucumbers full of these insects. I just poured a liter of eater over the soil mixed with at least 250 ml of hydrogen peroxide. The larva and insects died instantly.
Sand works too. Their eggs need to be laid directly in a food source (aka wet soil). They can’t survive if they’re laid in the sand. 1/4 inch layer is more than enough to prevent them from laying eggs.
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Love your videos. I have a fungal bloom on many of my house plants. Trying to treat with a hydrogen peroxide solution. Please explain long term (and short term if any) effects of hydrogen peroxide on plants & soil!!!!
Spray vinegar water on the plants and soil, and build a trap with a lid filled with some sirup, water and a few drops of lid soap. That works against gnats and fruit flies.
Can you please show what a fungus gnat looks like? Likewise with other plant infestation or disease.... It'll be a good idea to see the problem and deal with it 🤲
They are just little flies! And their worms/offspring in plant soil eat the plant roots that makes the plant die! Don't add any fruit or vegetable peel to the plant soil! Because that's the cause of fungus gnats!
I use anti-mosquito electric fumigator+ water the plants with camomile tea or even garlic smoothie for the very bad ones. Your idea seems so much easier and I'll definitely try it. Thanks!
i did the same so i can make room for my dragonfruit seeds that are germinating right now ! The soil was so dead so i spent hours moistening it and throwing in some organic matter
@@thisisacryforhelp2000 The best way is to hose down your plant down to the roots and to repot it. I couldn't do it on some plants because the roots are so dense.
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ADD IF M FORGETTING SOMETHING ⤵️ Cinnamon, h2O2, paper towel, bottle for humidity, don't throw out the peels, ziplock bag put some holes in it, 12 inch long move it to a bigger pot, drink tea made out of peels, good for skin, stomach ache, grow your own food, sprout, one week later
Last year, I learned all about these f-ers! Regretfully, I've tried just about everything. I can honestly say I have not tried this! I can say that buying tiny rocks and cover the tops of my soil and that alot stopped it! I bottom feed as well. Now... year 2. If them f-ers come back, you better believe I'm trying this!!!!
Prevention - If you have fungus gnats, you're probably over watering. They probably won't show up unless it's hot and humid. Spraying neem and/or using it in/on your soil can also help. Keep in mind this guy is speaking generally - you always want to look into the needs of the specific plant you're growing when you're diagnosing problems.
Certain plants get certain bugs, all plants can get gants, try searching for that certain bug on here to see how to rid or what causes them. Also depends on what climate your in, imo.
So this is safe for fruiting plants and dose not Poison the fruit? Also do I do this instead of watering with watering can for the time it takes to get rid of the gnats?
Everytime I grow pineapple, it sprouts in water and when I put it in the soil it gets ruined with fungus which completely destroy it's roots, SO PLEASE HELP ME. 😫😫😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
Putting a quarter inch of sand on top of the soil will keep them from laying eggs. The eggs need to be directly in soil with nutrients, they can’t survive the sand.
@@SalusAndSageTarot absolutely. But you have to be careful how you pour the water. If you pour too much from too high you’ll just end up digging a hole straight through the sand. Pour slowly, close to the surface for best results. Over time the sand will harden and contract a bit. This helps it stand up better against the water but it’ll create some cracks in the sand, especially along the sides of the pot. If you leave the cracks open, the gnats will still be able to reach the soil. You can usually fix this by just running a finger along the crack, it should loosen enough sand to fill them.
Will that hurt the plant & us human if we are going to eat some of the stuff from the plant, like, for example, aloe vera plant? Also, will it kill the eggs or how ever they grow from ?in the dirt? Thxs
i have tried hydrogen peroxide, peppermint oil and my plants still have them. It just infested my tomato plant and it's killing it!! I found the infestation is my snake plant she is covered in them. I feel bad throwing the snake plant but I have no other choice
Sadly, don't bother ordering from him, you'll never get the order. I placed an order July 6th and never got it. No commination on inquiries why. Very disappointed.
Can you please share your watering schedule? Because you have many types of water that are helpful to plants and Im curious as to how often you use banana water and this and the such.
@@AmericanGal_69 yes but most plants only need to be watered once daily and he has multiple types of fertilizing treatments. I was just curious if he had a specific schedule or not.
Okay I tried your other recipe hopefully it works in the soil. 🤨 now for the leaves I'm going to try the spray because personally I'm getting tired of these 🦟
Love your videos. I'm a little confused. This video says 1 Tbsp of peroxide, and in another video, you have says to use 1/4 cup of peroxide. Which one is right? I need to get rid of these gnats. Please help.
I dont think thats practical. Like hydrogen peroxide works well on fungus. But exposure to light just turns it into water and h2 gas. So keeping it in a spray bottle means ur just spraying water
Vinegar is a herbicide so don't put it on plants, you could make a trap with apple cider vinegar, dish soap and water in a cup with plastic wrap over the top. Just poke some small holes and they get attracted to the fermented smell and drown in the solution. Just know that this only gets the adults and the larvae will stay in the soil which hydrogen peroxide root drenching eliminates them
Spray directly on to the soil is only going to make the top inch or so of soil wet especially with that amount of water ..what about the eggs etc deep in your plant pots you forget about them loool...this is defo not the correct way to use hydrogen peroxide
