Can I dress it with anything?

[mystic_roots]

And before some high user comments I do not mean dresses or clothing for the pots  cause that's what I'd be thinking.

 

I'm only on about day 6 and I saw a white little pest crawling on the top soil, my friends the fungus gnats are back. They always start off around my venus flytraps and then mitigate themselves to my cannabis. I intend to water the pots tomorrow fully with some Tanlin mixed in to kill any eggs but can the top soil be dressed with anything like sand to prevent any remaining fungus gnats to not be able to lay their eggs? They're a pain in the ass, especially while I'm trying to get a good root system at such a young age, don't want these little bastards chomping at the roots.

[ratdog]

Just now, mystic_roots said:

They're a pain in the ass

 

 

check out "mosquito bits"

 

it's a biological control, no chems, worked a treat for my infestation

[Lubdub]

1 hour ago, ratdog said:

check out "mosquito bits"

Was trying to get some of that a while back but was only available from US iirc. Looks like promising stuff.

@mystic_roots sticky traps go a long way in combating gnat populations if you've got any.

[Lizard80]

I would suggest try using Diatomaceous Earth. Mix into the top inch or two. Cuts them to pieces

[mystic_roots]

1 hour ago, ratdog said:

 

 

check out "mosquito bits"

 

it's a biological control, no chems, worked a treat for my infestation

 

Interesting, I'll look into those

 

5 minutes ago, Lubdub said:

Was trying to get some of that a while back but was only available from US iirc. Looks like promising stuff.

@mystic_roots sticky traps go a long way in combating gnat populations if you've got any.

 

Amazon is your friend 

 

Just now, Lizard80 said:

I would suggest try using Diatomaceous Earth. Mix into the top inch or two. Cuts them to pieces

 

Interesting stuff, I'll try to remember this on my next grow, be easy to mix it in at the top, dry them out. Might buy some anyway, no harm really.

[ratdog]

11 hours ago, Lubdub said:

Was trying to get some of that a while back but was only available from US iirc.

 

 

keep looking mate, i just googled it and it came up as available on amazon

[Lubdub]

12 minutes ago, ratdog said:

 

 

keep looking mate, i just googled it and it came up as available on amazon

 

yeh i found it, was quite a while ago when i was initially looking. Have you used it? Can you confirm its effective?

[ratdog]

3 hours ago, Lubdub said:

 

 Have you used it? Can you confirm its effective?

 

16 hours ago, ratdog said:

 

 

 worked a treat for my infestation

 

[Lubdub]

I'll see myself out

[Shumroom]

You can get a top dress from ‘the mosquito company’,

they don’t seem to do the tablets that they used to sell.

 

I only know because I thought I was ordering more tablets(1 tab per 10l)  

 

It’s the same active ingredient as the ‘mosquito bits’ BTI,

I do believe I first read about it in one of @ratdog’s diaries  

 

I don’t see any fungus gnat larvae in my pots.

 

Atb