I'VE TRIED EVERY FUNGUS GNAT TREATMENT | Here are the Results 

Yaaaaas a good idea, but I’m so lazy my plants are lucky if they even GET water 😅

Yo fr this girl went nuclear 🤣 what were your results?

@@ShaineFrolicswithfoliage What kind of light do you use to inspect your plants?

When you use regular water, you are encouraging production of more gnats!

Yyyyyyyyyyyyyyyooÿ

yes, I loved it too and I really felt for her since I have been going from trick to trick now for a few months and it never ends........I did the winter gardening in the milk jugs and this is when they found me and my milk jugs.........they destroyed about 7 of them leaving me only one.....wow

No nematodes sadly

Than you

But your quick recap means we don’t get to share some shits and gigs together in my video 🥲🥺

This is nice for people who have short attention span and for super long boring but informative videos, but this is not that. we as viewers need to remember, our content creators rely on the views so they can be more present in the algorithm. Less views means less rewards for our creators, means less interest to keep up a channel, were missing out on good ones because we didnt helped the good channels to have more traffic. And I personally think this video is pretty good, cause I did truly used most of these things before I found this, so yea, I have a bunch of insecticides, sand and rocks that will be hanging out in storage. To make it short, please encourage viewers to watch the whole thing, after all as viewers that's all our contribution in the yt plant community.

She made chapters. Damn

No I was happy that she was able to remove the most of things which jump when one types how to get rid of fungus. Like h2o2 for example was topping my search results. Thanks to you shaine 🙂

Neem oil causes CHS! Do not use this on your plants.

Often you don't see anything. The soil I bought had larvae and I didn't know until the plants were potted. So treating the soil you have with mosquito bit water is probably a good idea.

Easier way for me I have a pot I don't use for food put new soil in it heat it on the stove kills everything. Also you can put what you want in a plant pot just pour boiling water over it, another is put it in the freezer for a day or 2

Amen. All soil these days are contaminated that way, unfortunately... :( More expensive potting soils mostly as well, chances are lower and quality is usually slightly higher as they probably treat and heat up the soil longer and better but as with all pests....they are called 'pests' for a reason.... I don't find it worth their money (when you need a lot). I also think less pesticides use and climate warming is speeding up the rate of these kinds of pesky little pests too. I buy Cocopeat more and more and find it a very nice alternative! or mix it 50/50 with potting soil, works really great and cocopeat attracts NO pests at all (in my experience at least) and aerates the soil and keeps moisture under it better too. Great stuff. My WOW is; store the bags of potting soil in your basement or shed etc. CLOSED and tape all the tiny small openings on the sides so no air can get in or out anymore. Then leave them like that for a year (so plan to buy ahead and schedule when you want/need to repot so you always have a bag/bags ready). Preferably bag it in a large carton box too and close that with tape. Gnats will come out of the soil but have nowhere to go and all will die eventually. As with other buggers like strange worms and centipedes or vine weevil larvae (Hell NOOO) which are also a very very annoying pest these days.... check the box regularly, you will find the occasional dead insect(s) in it next to the bag which will tell you how pesky these insects are even that they've made it out somehow... only then after 1 year or so I use that bag of soil. Then still cook and treat it most of the time after inspection (for smaller pots and containers) because I've experienced that one nasty pest can simply destroy all your well cared-for plants or garden, especially if you have some special species (I have bamboos, ornamental grasses and acer palmatums which seem to be susceptant here) and also cost you a ton of time, more money and frustration to get rid of them afterwards! Prevention is key and will save you in the long run :)

Microwave new soil. Kills eggs and larvae. 2 cups for about 3 minutes. No need to toss that expensive potting soil.

You have saved me from trying the dia-earth… the only thing I haven’t tried except for rocks and sand… it all adds up !! But Neem oil, mosquito bits and sticky tap still didn’t do all of the trick and had to bring out my Ortho Home Defense when I was fluffing the soil to help dry out, which I’m running a dehumidifier in my room now, to dry the soil from treatments!! I will only be bottom watering until…. bc I’ll need another dose of bit tea……. Ah… fun🙃 thanks for the video ❣️

Omg thank you so much! That’s such an incredible compliment! I wish I had new content up for you guys but my life has been absolutely insane, I haven’t had the chance. And we’ve taken many casualties along the way, unfortunately 🥲

yeah this is what i'm currently doing and the fungus gnats have no way of entering the soil, unlike what this video claimed. I can barely jam my finger in there when it's wet, it becomes like cement. No bug is getting through. They can only dance on top of the sand, and not penetrate it. Horticultural sand.

How do you bottom water the plants?

@@jbi1839 Turn them upside down and water them

@@jbi1839 Put your plant in a container and add water to the container and your plant will absorb water through the bottom drain holes in your plant container

baking soda

Lord forgive me for my words while trying to get rid of these Demonic flying insects!!!!!!!

lmfao I feel this to my core

Try neem cake

Omg this is ME RIGHT NOW!!! I freakin HATE these bastards haha! They are nasty!!! 👏🏻 👏🏻👏🏻 (I was gonna add a FLY emoji and I had to delete it 😂 !!Just the sight of the emoji makes my damn skin crawl! disgusting 🤢)

I’m so glad you liked it! I just can’t get with bottom watering, it never seems to do the trick for me and it takes sooo long 🥴

Guess we should get together and make a very disturbing cake with all these supplies 😂

now it is 1 year later, and I am not sure you will answer this......but where do we get the steinernema feltiae and know if it is good for our zone 8 a? thanks for you taking the time to comment......I have never had a pest that I had to work this hard at.....wow

I hear ,NO. throw it out they say..hmm.not sure ,wld like to know also. ᴱᵈⁱᵗᵉᵈ...ᵘⁿᵈᵉʳ ᵗʰⁱˢ ᵖᵒˢᵗ

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If I emptied the pitcher super quick, like within 10 mins. I use them for up to maybe three rounds or so!

My soil generally as airy as the Sahara desert, unfortunately. Dry as HELL!

@@ShaineFrolicswithfoliage I also love using mosquito bits and diatomaceous earth. I soak the mosquito bits in my watering can overnight. Works better when I water it in. I have to use it every watering for 2 weeks. I also like to use a fair amount of diatomaceous earth for at least 3 or 4 days. I start to notice it working in a few days

I’m happy to save y’all some time and money!

Thank you so much!

@@ShaineFrolicswithfoliage it can't be, theres no way they can penetrate horticultural sand!

I’m so happy you’re enjoying them, thank you so much!! I haven’t been putting out content lately just due to being incredibly busy, but I hope what I have out now helps you 🙌🏽

This is an incredibly sweet and genuine comment, thank you so much! I’m just an icu nurse, although I was working as a stepdown nurse when I made this video. My brain and life got really overwhelmed the past couple of years but I’m trying to emerge from my funk and breathe new life into my houseplants once again as they’ve always done for me :) maybe I’ll even make some new videos this year. Thank you for the encouragement ♥️

Ahhh I absolutely adore comments like these, you made my day! Thank you so much!

It's horrible, it's always either soil from the store or a new plant at the store. These little shits suck, I'm waiting on sticky pads but I'm now shooting gnats out of the sky in my green house with neem and got the little Maquito bits

Thank you verrrrry much !

I’m happy to be of service 🤗

Thank you

Same. I never had them before Covid. Ever. It's gotta be the soil. Are we doomed with crappy soil now?

@@spongedebfatpants1308 I never had this before covid also......that pandemic ruined the world.........I hate the inventors

I’m so thankful you enjoyed the video!!! I hope I can get some more content out soon

Gardentastic thank you so much for watching! I know it was long but I just want my sleepless hours to not live in vain!!! 😂😂

Did it end up working?!

I have tried everything under the sun with no results, i have heard that the only thing that works is mosquito bits, but apparently you have to soak them in water overn ight then use it as a soil drench

Can feel your pain..

I have the same problem. I have giant african land snails and their tank is full of this little bastards T.T

The problem all of you are having is using sand and still watering the same way, you HAVE to bottom water and let the surface stay dry. Place them in a tray and fill it with water and let them sit in it for 30-45 mins they'll soak up what they need and the main top layer will stay bone dry making it impossible for the larvae to live in.

Thank you, that means so much!

LOL MY APOLOGIES 😂😂

Update: I looked through each plant in my room to see which has the gnat & as I sifted through the top soil I pretty quickly found the one. I ended up just getting rid of it & putting it on my deck outside. It’s been about two weeks and I haven’t seen any. For a LAST RESORT I would suggest repotting each plant. Pros: it gets rid of fungus gnats. Cons: many plants will die from transplant shock.

yaaaas mosquito bit tea is my jam!

Oh let me tell you right now, my psyche has been THROUGH IT and has come back from the depths of plant despair. At the end of the day, remind yourself it’s all nature and part of the life cycle. We can’t prevent everything bad or inconvenient that happens in this world, we can only try our best every day! You’ve got this my Friend!

I bought Systemic Plant Control, it says it protects the plants, doesn't say it will kill larvae or something. My vinegar traps haven't caught a single one. My sticky traps are full everyday. I'm getting really crazy, will try the other working methods.

I do it every time!

One mans trauma is another mans gain 😅

Happy to help!

Even the tea? I’m so sorry 🥺

The equivalent to when you’re seasoning ground beef for spaghetti... just enough to where it “feels right” 😅 a little glug for the neem and a handful of the bits 🥴🥴

Yaaaas they were like a change of scenery?!? How’d you know I wanted a renovation?!?

Thank you so much for watching! Good luck!

Ugh I’m so sorry, the pests can be relentless sometimes 😞

That’s how I do it with no issues!