Hi all I haven't had any problems from day one of growing, but I just saw a little fly thing come out of my tent and some little pest things in my soil, my plants don't seem to be stressed, what can I do to get rid of them? UK grower
Wel I thought it was them but there isn't ANY of them white nats, could it just be the crappy soil and to much water? Iwhen I saw one it was like black and I've only seen 3 in all 3 of my pots
if you're not finding larvae and only a fly per pot I would just keep an eye out for them over the next few days and let your pots dry out some if they are as wet as you say.
you can buy a product called spinosad, or google search ways to rid yourself of them. There are probably tons of threads here you could search for as well
I've honestly never had to deal with them, that sounds right. You may want to look into diatomaceous earth as well. And a little apple cider vinegar with some cold water and dish soap mixed in a dish will catch the flies.
Just get some sticky traps or make apple cider vinegar traps or mosquitos bits. All very cheap and effective. Fungus gnats arnt that big of an issue. Theyre always in bags of soil, never fails. Just try n keep their numbers down.
Okay buddy cheers I just went to B&Q and bought some pesticide stuff for "fruit and veg" seems to attack like spider mites, white fly etc, just sprayed a little on the top of the soil to stop them coming to the top to lay eggs didn't know they were always in soil thanks
I've also bought some pesticide stuff from my local BNQ it kills things like spider mites, white flys and loads of other things so sprayed some on top of my soil to stop them laying eggs on the surface hopefully that'll contain them