This is not 100% correct. Yes fungus gnats don't do too much damage by themselves. Just a little sucking at your leaves is all they do. Their larva on the other hand destroy the root systems of plants as they eat the roots. This affects the ability of the plants to feed which added to the small damage the gnats do can kill a healthy plant if left to fend for itself. Yes gnatrol works but you need to put up pest strips to catch the adults as well. You need both forms of attack to stop the cycle quickly. It takes for ever for the gnatrol to work alone. I've fought these bastards in every system made and the hardest was the drip system as the damn things collect in the feeder lines. The easiest to beat was the NFT. I just dumped two full strength bottles of peroxide on the propagation mat and ran it for 15 minutes. It destroyed all eggs and half the adults as well. I wouldn't recommend anyone else do that though.MC said:
I never tried to actually sprinkle the spices themselves onto the soil but have made several sprays utilizing those ingredients. There are a couple of homemade rememdies at the end of "pigtrotters definitive pest list" thread. Thankfully it's been a couple of grows since I've dealt with any bugs at all (kocking on wood now) and hopefully I won't see any for quite a while. My last infestation was thrips and I beat them by turning a inside grow to a outside one and starting over inside after a complete cleaning/steralization.madamecrash said:
