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[Captspaulding]

I usually top dress with a mixture of earthworm castings and dry amendments. Often notice an uptick in fungus gnats, and haven’t chanced with this past grow, instead I just scratched in the dry amendments into the soil and covered back up with the mulch I use. Now I’m almost convinced that they’re in the earthworm castings. Anyone else notice this? I’ve used three different brands over the years most recently coast of Maine which has compost in it, Wiggle worm, and stuff from Lowe’s or Home Depot. The box store stuff has a high percent of compost too, and I can’t remember if the wiggle worm did or not.

I’ve also had them pop up when using blood/bone meals as well…..

 

[Week4Bytch]

I usually top dress with a mixture of earthworm castings and dry amendments. Often notice an uptick in fungus gnats, and haven’t chanced with this past grow, instead I just scratched in the dry amendments into the soil and covered back up with the mulch I use. Now I’m almost convinced that they’re in the earthworm castings. Anyone else notice this? I’ve used three different brands over the years most recently coast of Maine which has compost in it, Wiggle worm, and stuff from Lowe’s or Home Depot. The box store stuff has a high percent of compost too, and I can’t remember if the wiggle worm did or not.

BuildAFlower compost from Build A Soil comes with beneficial insects that prey on fungus gnats. Not sure if that's on purpose or if I just got lucky, but they were there. The compost is some good shit too.

 

[MartyMcFly42oh]

I’ve also had them pop up when using blood/bone meals as well…..

I’ve still used ewc, initially when I build my soil, but I have been running a 12 seed cover crop for a week or two before planting. Maybe this cover crop keeps the lil shits at bay?

 

[MartyMcFly42oh]

CAT IN THE TENT!!

 

[MartyMcFly42oh]

 

[Zill]

Marty,

Is that your cat? What a cutie. I’ve owned lots of big dogs. But cats are my favorite.

 

[Leoman]

CAT IN THE TENT!!
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It almost looks like the cat in your avatar.

 

[MartyMcFly42oh]

 

[MartyMcFly42oh]

Marty,

Is that your cat? What a cutie. I’ve owned lots of big dogs. But cats are my favorite.

Yeah she’s a cute one. Thanks, she owns the tent and lets me grow in it

 

[MartyMcFly42oh]

It almost looks like the cat in your avatar.

It is, that’s the mollusk aka Molly

 

[Zill]

I got two, Charlie and Peter.

 

[Captspaulding]

Yeah she’s a cute one. Thanks, she owns the tent and lets me grow in it

The cats own us all man.

 

[Captspaulding]

I got two, Charlie and Peter.

These are animals.

 

[Putthataway]

I usually top dress with a mixture of earthworm castings and dry amendments. Often notice an uptick in fungus gnats, and haven’t chanced with this past grow, instead I just scratched in the dry amendments into the soil and covered back up with the mulch I use. Now I’m almost convinced that they’re in the earthworm castings. Anyone else notice this? I’ve used three different brands over the years most recently coast of Maine which has compost in it, Wiggle worm, and stuff from Lowe’s or Home Depot. The box store stuff has a high percent of compost too, and I can’t remember if the wiggle worm did or not.

I didn’t have a problem until I introduced the wiggle worm castings. That’s good insight.

 

[MartyMcFly42oh]

I didn’t have a problem until I introduced the wiggle worm castings. That’s good insight.

It almost makes sense that you would have fungus gnats as a result of using earthworm castings, the process involves compost that worms eat and pass. There’s all kinds of biological stuff going on, probably impossible to not have some bugs sneaking through.

 

[Captspaulding]

It almost makes sense that you would have fungus gnats as a result of using earthworm castings, the process involves compost that worms eat and pass. There’s all kinds of biological stuff going on, probably impossible to not have some bugs sneaking through.

 

[Putthataway]

Northern lights 5 update set em up differently tallest to short. I watered them today. Next up I would include with this post but the site is tripping. The right rear is the one that has problems.

 

[Putthataway]

Miss Thang straight up dropped over for the new leaves

 

[Zill]

Captain,

I’ll send you pictures of my Charlie and Peter. I swear they are identical to your two guys - tuxedo and a striped tabby. Very cool.

 

[Zill]

Introducing Charlie and Peter. I swear these are the sweetest animals.