[Phisherman[_1_]]

I have an outbreak of fungus gnats in my indoor plants. Some of these
plants are tomato, peppers, etc to be transplanted into the outdoor
garden. Other plants are houseplants. The cactus plants are not
infected, I think because these are watered once a month and the soil
is dry most of the time. What kinds of control (or better yet
elimination) are available that are safe and practical for indoor use
and for edible plants? I do not have any pets nor children. TIA

[Val]

Sprinkle some cinnamon over the top of the soil. They'll disappear within
seconds and won't come back. Try it, it works!

Val
"Phisherman" wrote in message
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I have an outbreak of fungus gnats in my indoor plants. Some of these
plants are tomato, peppers, etc to be transplanted into the outdoor
garden. Other plants are houseplants. The cactus plants are not
infected, I think because these are watered once a month and the soil
is dry most of the time. What kinds of control (or better yet
elimination) are available that are safe and practical for indoor use
and for edible plants? I do not have any pets nor children. TIA

[enigma]

Phisherman wrote in
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I have an outbreak of fungus gnats in my indoor plants.
Some of these plants are tomato, peppers, etc to be
transplanted into the outdoor garden. Other plants are
houseplants. The cactus plants are not infected, I think
because these are watered once a month and the soil is dry
most of the time. What kinds of control (or better yet
elimination) are available that are safe and practical for
indoor use and for edible plants? I do not have any pets
nor children. TIA

ground cinnamon. sprinkle liberally (no place for
conservatives hereg)
or, if you have an outbreak of Asian Ladybugs, they'll eat
fungus gnat larvae.
lee
--
Last night while sitting in my chair
I pinged a host that wasn't there
It wasn't there again today
The host resolved to NSA.

[Pennyaline[_2_]]

Val wrote:
Sprinkle some cinnamon over the top of the soil. They'll disappear within
seconds and won't come back. Try it, it works!

But, to where do the disappear?

[Pennyaline[_2_]]

Pennyaline wrote:
Val wrote:
Sprinkle some cinnamon over the top of the soil. They'll disappear
within seconds and won't come back. Try it, it works!

But, to where do the disappear?

D'oh!

"To where do they..." They!!!

[symplastless]

"Phisherman" wrote in message
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I have an outbreak of fungus gnats in my indoor plants. Some of these
plants are tomato, peppers, etc to be transplanted into the outdoor
garden. Other plants are houseplants. The cactus plants are not
infected, I think because these are watered once a month and the soil
is dry most of the time. What kinds of control (or better yet
elimination) are available that are safe and practical for indoor use
and for edible plants? I do not have any pets nor children. TIA

re "I do not have any pets nor children"

Your health is also important!
Some of my thoughts on the toipic.
http://home.ccil.org/~treeman/spring.html
Just my thoughts I guess.


--
Sincerely,
John A. Keslick, Jr.
Consulting Forester & Tree Expert
http://home.ccil.org/~treeman
and www.treedictionary.com
Beware of so-called tree experts who do not understand tree biology.
Storms, fires, floods, earthquakes, and volcanic eruptions keep reminding us
that we are not the boss.

[symplastless]

I have seen great numbers of gnats on what I thought was fruiting bodies of
Armillaria Root Rots 3 years after tree was cut.
Here is an article on Armillaria Root Rots.
http://www.treedictionary.com/DICT2003/shigo/ARM.html


--
Sincerely,
John A. Keslick, Jr.
Consulting Forester & Tree Expert
http://home.ccil.org/~treeman
and www.treedictionary.com
Beware of so-called tree experts who do not understand tree biology.
Storms, fires, floods, earthquakes, and volcanic eruptions keep reminding us
that we are not the boss.

"Phisherman" wrote in message
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I have an outbreak of fungus gnats in my indoor plants. Some of these
plants are tomato, peppers, etc to be transplanted into the outdoor
garden. Other plants are houseplants. The cactus plants are not
infected, I think because these are watered once a month and the soil
is dry most of the time. What kinds of control (or better yet
elimination) are available that are safe and practical for indoor use
and for edible plants? I do not have any pets nor children. TIA

[Kevin Cherkauer]

I have tried the cinnamon trick, learnd from an earlier post in this
newsgroup, and I can firmly attest it has no impact on my gnats whatsoever.
They happily crawl all over even a thick layer of cinnamon, and their
population seems to be as healthy and large as ever.

Maybe yor gnats are a different species.


"Val" wrote in message
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Sprinkle some cinnamon over the top of the soil. They'll disappear within
seconds and won't come back. Try it, it works!

Val
"Phisherman" wrote in message
...
I have an outbreak of fungus gnats in my indoor plants. Some of these
plants are tomato, peppers, etc to be transplanted into the outdoor
garden. Other plants are houseplants. The cactus plants are not
infected, I think because these are watered once a month and the soil
is dry most of the time. What kinds of control (or better yet
elimination) are available that are safe and practical for indoor use
and for edible plants? I do not have any pets nor children. TIA