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One nasty pest after another
One nasty pest after another
Posted by Antonio
from nm
on 2001-03-22 02:11:10
have a severe case of fungus nats. I had
a full folage flowering inch plant. I
was doing my usual dead leaf clean up
and found too many dead leaves. On
closer inspection i found what looked
like fungus,so I picked it off. Just out
of curiosity I took it out of its pot
and I found loads more little white eggs
and flies of some ssort I beleive to be
fungis nats, I did not find any larvae.
The eggs I wiped as many off as
possible. That was not successful. Have
any organic tips, Will? ps the pepper
wax worked. I had a relative send me
some because I could not find a
distributer in my area.help would be
apriciated!
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fungus gnats
Fungus gnat larvae thrive in soil that
Posted by Will Creed from NYC on 2001-03-23 17:22:16
is kept constantly moist. If you
suspect gnats, try letting the soil
become drier. The gnat larvae live in
the upper layer of soil, so you may
want to consider removing all loose
soil on the surface and then adding a
layer of sand or diatomaceaous earth on
top.
That said, I'm not sure you have fungus
gnats. Can you describe the "fungus"
that you saw? The "eggs" that you saw
may be fertilizer pellets or pieces of
perlite. Where are you seeing
the "flies"?
