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Hey Farmers!
My question: Is there any product that would be safe to apply that will decimate the fungus gnats, but leave my good bugs (and worms) ok?
Or am I better off biting the bullet and spraying, drenching, fogging the gnats to death right now, and just getting more good bugs to keep the pests from coming back?
I am doing a fairly small medical organic indoor, LOS grow, and I recently spent around $100 on introducing predatory mites and rove beetles
. This was because I have been having issues with fungus gnats.
But in the time it took me to place the order, get the order, and then release the good bugs, my fungus gnat population has EXPLODED.
It went from being kind of annoying, to now they are everywhere, landing on my sticky buds, always hovering over my mulch layer, its gross.
I am about to harvest the last of a few plants in flower, and since I dont spray any oils during flower, now is my chance. All my girls in veg have these little bastards buzzing around them.
If I peel back my mulch layer I see lots of mites (the good kind) and some spring tails (not worried about them), but I dont see any rove beetles, despite having bought enough for 2x the sq ft. of my grow area. I dont want to kill all these mites and other possibly good bugs, but I cant take these gnats much longer.
I have tried and had very limited success with: nematodes, mosquito dunks, sticky cards, and previously spraying neem as part of an IPM to keep adults landing on the soil low
Letting the soil dry out a ton isnt really a good option in living soil, or atleast in my experience it had led to some bizarre nutrient fluctuations and kills my worms.
I am currently considering : goGnats (cedar oil), or tanlin (tdrops), and if all else fails I am ready to use some spinosad or other 'heavy' organic pesticides
Thanks in advance farmers! Your knowledge is what makes this community great!
My question: Is there any product that would be safe to apply that will decimate the fungus gnats, but leave my good bugs (and worms) ok?
Or am I better off biting the bullet and spraying, drenching, fogging the gnats to death right now, and just getting more good bugs to keep the pests from coming back?
I am doing a fairly small medical organic indoor, LOS grow, and I recently spent around $100 on introducing predatory mites and rove beetles
. This was because I have been having issues with fungus gnats.
But in the time it took me to place the order, get the order, and then release the good bugs, my fungus gnat population has EXPLODED.
It went from being kind of annoying, to now they are everywhere, landing on my sticky buds, always hovering over my mulch layer, its gross.
I am about to harvest the last of a few plants in flower, and since I dont spray any oils during flower, now is my chance. All my girls in veg have these little bastards buzzing around them.
If I peel back my mulch layer I see lots of mites (the good kind) and some spring tails (not worried about them), but I dont see any rove beetles, despite having bought enough for 2x the sq ft. of my grow area. I dont want to kill all these mites and other possibly good bugs, but I cant take these gnats much longer.
I have tried and had very limited success with: nematodes, mosquito dunks, sticky cards, and previously spraying neem as part of an IPM to keep adults landing on the soil low
Letting the soil dry out a ton isnt really a good option in living soil, or atleast in my experience it had led to some bizarre nutrient fluctuations and kills my worms.
I am currently considering : goGnats (cedar oil), or tanlin (tdrops), and if all else fails I am ready to use some spinosad or other 'heavy' organic pesticides
Thanks in advance farmers! Your knowledge is what makes this community great!