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Advice WantedHelp — fungus gnats
Posted September 24, 2024 by FernLady in Gardening

I have a bunch of indoor plants in my house, and around May I brought in a new one that unfortunately was infested with fungus gnats. Before I realized the problem, several of my other plants got infested too and I’ve been dealing with the problem ever since 😣. Would greatly appreciate any suggestions.

Here’s what I’ve done:

  • for the badly infested plants, I threw away their original soil and repotted with new soil
  • I have exclusively been watering the plants using a mix of water and hydrogen peroxide as suggested on the internet
  • I have switched to watering at the bottom (the water tray) instead of watering at the soil
  • i have covered the soil on all the plants with diotomaceous soil as I read this kills small insects. I reapply whenever watering has caused it to get soggy
  • I put sticky traps on all the plants
  • I went on a vacation for 17 days and the plants were not watered at all during this time

Yet now I’m back from vacation and there are still fungus gnats. I’m at the end of my rope and I really don’t want to throw away my plants. The biggest problem right now is my monstera (per the sticky traps this one has it the worst) so I haven’t watered it in 4 weeks.

Is there something that I can use to attract them and kill them ? I can’t take it anymore 😭 I have 20 plants and some of them are barely hanging on from being so dried out

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Carrots90January 11, 2025

Exactly

It’s ok for women to be deprived of sex. In fact, and the husband can kill her for straying

But let a wife say no to an additional chore for at the end of doing 90% of the housework men can then cheat, as if they weren’t already

Frau_BerchDUHJanuary 11, 2025

Right? She didn't leave him because he was paralyzed, she's obviously taking care of him, but he expects a "woman her age" to shut everything down and be a nun. He could look the other way and be grateful she wants to stay with him and take care of him.

Carrots90January 12, 2025

Exactly.

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