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Thanks! Do the Lady Bugs die off after you harvest? Visions of Lady Bugs throughout the house. :)I bought a bag of live ladybugs a few weeks ago. No more gnat problem. I put a few of those yellow sticky pads in there before I got the lady bugs.
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I would recommend letting them sit in the water you plan to feed with and sift them out before just so they don’t go mushy sitting in your medium.Mosquito bits. Add a few granular bits to your water every other week and you won’t see anything.
I even throw a few granules on top of my capillary mat (gnat breeding ground) and I have no issues.
Cheap, safe, and effective.
It must be repeated. That's because it doesn't kill the eggs. It only kills the larvae. The gnats have a 17-day life cycle. I used it once a week. The last time was on the 17th day when I saw one gnat flying. Since then, I haven't seen any.Baking soda worked for a day or two,
I throw them in a rosin mesh bag and throw that in my reservoir. Paint strainer works just as well.I would recommend letting them sit in the water you plan to feed with and sift them out before just so they don’t go mushy sitting in your medium.
I have tried that trick quite a bit but it doesn't really seem to work well, plus of you need to water frequently the stuff barely drys outDiatomaceous earth liberally top dressed on your soil. Gnats climb up out of the soil through it and it cuts up their exoskeleton and they die. Repeat in a week to 10 days or so to catch any subsequent hatches. Loses its effectiveness when wet.
I was amazed at how fast it was effective. I didn’t get the burns from neem oil and was a lot quicker results.I have tried that trick quite a bit but it doesn't really seem to work well, plus of you need to water frequently the stuff barely drys out
Would there be any benefit to adding it to your soil when mixing before a transplant? Or would it negatively affect the soil/roots uptake ability, or maybe just not even work?Diatomaceous earth liberally top dressed on your soil.
It adds silica and has calcium. I have heard it can mess with ph. I am growing in organic soil which has buffers for the ph. I was really skeptical about it. I will probably be tossing it outside in the summer when the ants arrive.Would there be any benefit to adding it to your soil when mixing before a transplant? Or would it negatively affect the soil/roots uptake ability, or maybe just not even work?
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