Nematodes for Fungus Gnats (Sciarid Fly) + Saturday Q+A || Plot 37 

Thanks again, Jessie. 🙂 Two main points, your jumper makes me think Of Mr. Kipling Lemon Slices and finish painting behind your radiator!

If you’re not busy enough. 🙂 Could you do some vlogs on managing your produce when you’ve harvested them. I.e. blanching for the freezer and recipes maybe. There’s always an abundance and it’s quite difficult to keep on top of what to do and eating a lot of it. Thanks xx

I just recently discovered your channel and have binge-watched many of your videos. Always feel like I learn something new.

You may want to explain to non Brits that a garden isn’t necessarily a veg garden. In Canada a back yard might be called a garden by a Brit, but we mean a veg or flower spot within our ‘yards’.

We used to have a plot on an allotment when I was little. It's gone now. Someone put up a huge house and didn't want people on their land... It's liveless English ryegrass now. A shame. But thankfully I now have a fairly big back garden myself! 🌱 Thanks for the video Jessie, learned loads again! 😌

Just intimate. I have a bad infestation this year too. Your videos always inform and delight me. Thanks.

That video was a lot more interesting than the title suggested! Will take note of the tip about removing early flowering early planted courgettes

This is one of your most helpful videos! I had these flies in my potted plants and googled but didn't find much and figured it was more of a small nuisance. I didn't realize they fed on roots and could hurt seedlings. And I didn't know nematodes could help either. Thanks so much for the expertise! Also I adore the blue color you chose for your room.

I ordered the nematodes today. We had masses of these flies and indeed some of our seedlings died because of them. But I am not letting my courgette planties die!! Thank you for the link.

I found a Colorado beetle today (common in the Netherlands eeek!) and panic-ordered nematodes. I was sure there'd be a J@P37 video. Thanks.

Informed video, as always. Using natural methods is the very best way. My friend releases tiny parasitic wasps in her horse stable to rid the stable of vicious, biting horse flies. Works a treat. Also, very interesting information on how allotments are set up and run. Your allotment is by far, the nicest I’ve seen. I like how you’ve got it organized and how you’ve kept the natural grass as walkways. I’ve seen many who replace it with wood chips or pebbles. My plants are running me out of kitchen and sun porch. Hope it warms up here soon!! See you Tuesday! 🙂🍷♥️

Really interesting......thanks Jessie! 5-7 yr waiting list, wow! I feel SO blessed to have my plot on our land at the end of the garden. Last year, my last resort for the pesky slugs , were Nematodes, but by that time, they had scoffed & ruined so many crops. So this year, I’m ON IT‼️😉🤞 Have a great week x

I never heard of nematodes before. Thanks for the info. Btw I love your hats and sweaters.

Thanks a lot for this one. You demystified the use of nematododes for me . We get a lot of chafer larvae in pots here in my garden in Italy and when they start attacking lemon trees its a real shame. Keep them coming

Nematodes...who knew !!!! Brilliant information, thanks Jess. Every day is a school day

I use "Bacillus thuringiensis" for my Cabbages/ Kale as it stops/kills the butterfly and moth caterpillars, so you spray it on the leave tops and underneath, , I used it 3 times last year and not one of my kale plants where touched and I didn't Net them, I got the idea from "Charles dowding",It naturally lives in the soil like your stuff, Great video Jess.

Really interesting video - you are just great and in such a vibrant jumper! Soaked and sealed our parsnip seeds and had 100% germination so that was a great tip from you - thx. Look forward to seeing your pumpkin frame - love the idea of growing them up a trellis so looking forward to seeing what you do. I will be smiling this week thinking about the ‘entrance to your watering can’ - very humorous. Cheers!

It’s the first time I hear of Nematodes! I had a very bad infestation of fungus gnats this year too and I used some sticky yellow sheets all over the house which caught a lot of them but didn’t get rid of them entirely! I will try nematodes as I still find basil seedlings laying in the window cill without roots! Thanks Jessie!

Really interesting info, thank you ! I’ve been wondering what nemotodes were!

Thanks Jessie! I bought some new potting mix and repotted every single house plant before finding out it was infested with fungus gnats. I had finally got rid of them a while back and now our house is full of them. I’m going to try using these!

We call them Community Gardens on many areas they are on neighborhoods and there is no charge I helped establish one.Many schools start them to help children understand where food comes from.❤

Jessie, thank you so much for the Fungus Fly info, I have always though these were fruit flies, so your explanation of these things now make more sense. I have lost so many trays of really healthy seedlings and just couldn’t work it out but it’s definitely what you have explained, so I have ordered the nematodes ASAP thanks xxx

Jess needed this a month ago. Had same problem indoors and ended tossing my beautiful onion seedlings with soil because infested with what I think these little blighters. Never noticed before and I grow vegetables mostly in grow bags and pots. I must see if these nematodes are available here in Aus. Thank you this was invaluable

Fungus gnats ugh! I had a bad infestation indoors this year..never had them before..lost lots of seedlings all my chilli ones .Really got me down but after using nematodes I have got on top of them .I also now top off my seedlings with fine grit as an added defense.I drilled bigger holes in one of my watering rose to avoid clogging/sieving ..a tip from Steves seaside allotment channel.

I found this video entertaining and informative. Thank you. I can see this video was made 2 years ago, do you still recommend this method?

Thank you - very informative video and also put my mind at ease about the prospect of adding Nematodes to my indoor plants.

Very regal thumbnail today. Much better than sprawling on the ground cupping two large potatoes.

Awsome info... house plant Pothos has had that issue when I transplanted into larger pot with "new soil" the others very little but it was clear that the culprit was the new transplant... doing better but going to try them...thanks

I’ve been picking off courgette flowers namely as I sowed the seed too soon, they are still in pots in the house and it would be better for them to concentrate on growing roots when I finally can plant them out. Of course next year, I won’t plant them so early! I also have those pesky flies, but not many in the house, mostly in the greenhouse (cheap plastic thing). This may explain what happened to a batch of sunflowers that didn’t germinate with the other variety of sunflowers. Seven seeds vanished, only one ungerminated one remained.

Thanks for this video Jess I will buy some slug nematodes very interesting 👍

Great video Jessie with good advice how to use nematodes for pest control. I am planning to get nematodes for protecting fruit and vegetables in general and then I also need nematodes for the slugs and snails.

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You can NEVER have too many hats! 😍 😂

Thanks 🙏 so much for this advice.

I want all the veg. This is my mantra!! 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦❤️

Great video But wait, you're planning to grow Pumpkins UP a trellis 🤔 Interesting, I would have thought they would have been too heavy. I thought they were a ground based plant 🪴

knats are crap fliers so use a fan at soil level, tends to keep the number down

You need to see if you can get a product called "Mosquito bits" they look like granola. They are completely safe for food, animals, etc. They will kill the larva in the soil and the flying ones will die too. They are good! used to keep Mosquitos from breeding in water for cattle. I've used them for years, I have successfully had zero gnats this year. I just soak the bits in water for a day or two and water the plants. I use it for indoor and outdoor plants. If the nematodes don't work out.

They seem to come with a lot of bagged commercial composts (the fungus gnats) - I also get them in the house - under the growlamp in my bedroom in spring. I don't seem to get them noticeably at my allotment so much in the greenhouse though.

I found putting Magnesium salts on the grown helps with slugs and boosts Magnesium levels in the soil.

To sterilize jiffy pellets try microwaving them for 30 secs. Then re-constitute with boiling water - belt and braces.

£70 p.year, oh my god,glad i left london,i have an allotment in north norfolk and my rent has just gone up from next year to £15.i have a polytunnel and lots of people have chuck's.

Pesky knats just got some knat nematodes,thanks for the info

Thanks jess 👍

You where right!! Lettuce is doing fine now!! Thank you

Brilliantly explained

Jessie have you had any green fly on your chilli's this year? What would you do to get rid of them

Dare we ask. How many hats do you have?

Thanks very informative. Ps you can’t have too many hats💜💜

💚Always useful info "Miss Hats"🌱💙

Happy Gardening weekend 🙂👍

So informative... Thank you.. Again..

I typed Nematodes for Fungus Gnats into the search bar and ended up here.

Hi Jess, great info..... maybe that’s where my beets disappeared! You mentioned about a prematurely flowering squash.... I have a similar situation with a chilli. It looks really healthy and good broad leaves but only about 8” tall and beginning to flower. Do think it’s too early to flower?

I have always got frickin fungus gnats it drives me nuts. I use hydrogen peroxide wash and yellow sticky. We can’t get slug nematodes here in Canada so beer and pellets it is ( we don’t have hedgehogs and the pellets are under bins to keep birds away. ✌️🇨🇦🐝 safe

best way with a small amount of compost is cook it in the microwave

We only pay 20 pounds a year. I have two plot's. In Derbyshire

I use a yellow sticky board on earthworms. I buy it in the garden center.

My peppers are Small and they are producing loads of flowers

Nematodes aren't available commercially in nz, might have to wait a couple of years

Is it this particular one you bought : Nemasys Vine Weevil Killer 12 sqm? Thanks for this very informative video! I always wanted to try this but never had the guts!! And my pepper always get infected with those flies. I thought they were aphids.

Can you use nematodes on tomatoes as well?

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If you put boiling water on your compost before potting up your plants you won't have this problem?

Cant have to many hats

Fantastic! Filled with confidence now to nuke the gnats! They’re all over my chillies as well!

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I've had a real infestation v fungus gnats...blaaahhh

Sounds silly, but I'm old. You tail off your sentences at times. This time you were talking about the evil beastie you wanted the nematode to eat. Say it slower - then I'll be more sympathetic. Love you (and your mum)

I was having a gnat problem early on in the year when I did my 🌶 🫑 so I started baking my compost in the oven to 80°C. I still get them so I’ve since stopped doing that as it was a PITA. My alliums were mauled by the gnats too. I used a handheld vacuum to clean up my grow room, as well as that sticky yellow paper stuff. Can still see them like on your pot shaking, so I may try these Nematodes too, which I’ve previously used on the cutworm assaulting my Lettuces. My main nemesis has been a persistent aphid infestation on my 🌶 🫑 since day one (January!) and more recently Blackbirds chuffing up my mulch outside 🤬