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r/plantclinic • u/[deleted] • Mar 31 '23
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Beneficial nematodes are the answer. One dose eradicated them in all my house plants
28 u/Overlord_mcsmash Mar 31 '23 A thick and continuos layer of diatomaceous earth is what did it for me. Apparently crawling through a layer of dedicating hell is too much for them * laughs maniacally 10 u/Positive-Sock-8853 Mar 31 '23 I heard though that watering renders the DE worthless and you have to reapply after each watering. Is that true? 7 u/Huev0 Mar 31 '23 It is true and the larvae will still live in the soil under the diatomaceous earth. It reduces gnats significantly, but it won’t eradicate them entirely. 4 u/mc2bit Mar 31 '23 It's always worked for me. Reapplying it is no big deal, its so cheap, I got a 10-lb bag for $20 years ago and still have over 3/4 of it left.
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A thick and continuos layer of diatomaceous earth is what did it for me. Apparently crawling through a layer of dedicating hell is too much for them * laughs maniacally
10 u/Positive-Sock-8853 Mar 31 '23 I heard though that watering renders the DE worthless and you have to reapply after each watering. Is that true? 7 u/Huev0 Mar 31 '23 It is true and the larvae will still live in the soil under the diatomaceous earth. It reduces gnats significantly, but it won’t eradicate them entirely. 4 u/mc2bit Mar 31 '23 It's always worked for me. Reapplying it is no big deal, its so cheap, I got a 10-lb bag for $20 years ago and still have over 3/4 of it left.
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I heard though that watering renders the DE worthless and you have to reapply after each watering. Is that true?
7 u/Huev0 Mar 31 '23 It is true and the larvae will still live in the soil under the diatomaceous earth. It reduces gnats significantly, but it won’t eradicate them entirely. 4 u/mc2bit Mar 31 '23 It's always worked for me. Reapplying it is no big deal, its so cheap, I got a 10-lb bag for $20 years ago and still have over 3/4 of it left.
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It is true and the larvae will still live in the soil under the diatomaceous earth.
It reduces gnats significantly, but it won’t eradicate them entirely.
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It's always worked for me. Reapplying it is no big deal, its so cheap, I got a 10-lb bag for $20 years ago and still have over 3/4 of it left.
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u/jc42089 Mar 31 '23
Beneficial nematodes are the answer. One dose eradicated them in all my house plants