On 23 Oct 2003 17:55:51 -0600, Melissa wrote:

Is there an organic way to get rid of them? Like maybe garlic powder in the
water I give them? Something that will kill the eggs without harming me?


Drench with Gnatrol.

zhan

"Valkyrie" saideth:

You don't need to make it complicated. Just get your little can, or jar
of
cinnamon and sprinkle it on the soil. Done deal, real easy. You need to
put
that watering can away for awhile, that's one of the big reasons you have
them, they are fungus gnats.

No, I use a water meter and only water when the plants get dry. This is
Colorado, not much fungus around here.

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"Melissa" wrote in message
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"Valkyrie" saideth:

You don't need to make it complicated. Just get your little can, or jar
of
cinnamon and sprinkle it on the soil. Done deal, real easy. You need to
put
that watering can away for awhile, that's one of the big reasons you
have
them, they are fungus gnats.

No, I use a water meter and only water when the plants get dry. This is
Colorado, not much fungus around here.

There is fungus everywhere - if it isn't growing in Colorado I would move -
and fast
Tina

Melissa wrote in news:Xns941ED774B6573MN0SPAMCOM@
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"Valkyrie" saideth:

You don't need to make it complicated. Just get your little can, or jar
of cinnamon and sprinkle it on the soil. Done deal, real easy. You need
to put that watering can away for awhile, that's one of the big reasons
you have them, they are fungus gnats.

No, I use a water meter and only water when the plants get dry. This is
Colorado, not much fungus around here.


There was paper published in Nature or Science last month detailing the
surprising amount of fungal activity (during winter no less) under
Coloradan snow covers.

"Valkyrie" wrote in
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" Sam" wrote in message
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cinnamon is the way to go, it really does work, than slow up on the
watering.

--
Sam

Fergidaboudit Sam. If it isn't complicated, come with an MSDS sheet,
is preferably expensive and hard to find she ain't gonna pay
attention. Nevermind that Melissa could grab some cinnamon out of the
cupboard and give a good sprinkle on the surface of the soil of her
infested plants and POOF her gnats would be gone, literally in
minutes. Perhaps if we had given her dance steps, incantations, costly
and rare equipment to procure and complicated instructions for
administering this exotic remedy she'd have gone for it............go
figure.

Val




get rid of gnats procedure (I have not tried this myself, but here you
go)

what you need:
fixed (non oscillating fan)
standard ductwork (either 3x10 rect or round will be fine)
back flow damper for duct
cardboard box(es)
table
hungry and/or curious people
several dozen apple cinammon doughnuts

1 partition an area using the cardboard boxes
2 obscure the view to the inside so that it can only be seen by peering
though an opening in the cardboard boxes
3 create a wide mouthed chute directly in front of the box opening. make
sure it's immovable and that an average sized person will have to bend to
peer through the opening
4 connect the chute to the back flow damper and damper to a Y in the
ductwork
5 connect the other side of the Y to a duct leading to the fan
6 route the end of the Y so that the duct rests on the pot of the plant
with the fungus problem
7 turn the fan on and put some doughnuts on a table next to the chute
8 keep buying doughnuts until there are no more fungus gnats

You may need some manual adjustments for fan pressure or duct routing.

This will probably get rid of your fungus gnats, but you may have a
cockroach problem afterwards. You may also find policemen strangely
attracted to the area.

-- S

"Salty Thumb" wrote in message
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"Valkyrie" wrote in
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" Sam" wrote in message
...
cinnamon is the way to go, it really does work, than slow up on the
watering.

--
Sam

Fergidaboudit Sam. If it isn't complicated, come with an MSDS sheet,
is preferably expensive and hard to find she ain't gonna pay
attention. Nevermind that Melissa could grab some cinnamon out of the
cupboard and give a good sprinkle on the surface of the soil of her
infested plants and POOF her gnats would be gone, literally in
minutes. Perhaps if we had given her dance steps, incantations, costly
and rare equipment to procure and complicated instructions for
administering this exotic remedy she'd have gone for it............go
figure.

Val




get rid of gnats procedure (I have not tried this myself, but here you
go)

what you need:
fixed (non oscillating fan)
standard ductwork (either 3x10 rect or round will be fine)
back flow damper for duct
cardboard box(es)
table
hungry and/or curious people
several dozen apple cinammon doughnuts

1 partition an area using the cardboard boxes
2 obscure the view to the inside so that it can only be seen by peering
though an opening in the cardboard boxes
3 create a wide mouthed chute directly in front of the box opening. make
sure it's immovable and that an average sized person will have to bend to
peer through the opening
4 connect the chute to the back flow damper and damper to a Y in the
ductwork
5 connect the other side of the Y to a duct leading to the fan
6 route the end of the Y so that the duct rests on the pot of the plant
with the fungus problem
7 turn the fan on and put some doughnuts on a table next to the chute
8 keep buying doughnuts until there are no more fungus gnats

You may need some manual adjustments for fan pressure or duct routing.

This will probably get rid of your fungus gnats, but you may have a
cockroach problem afterwards. You may also find policemen strangely
attracted to the area.

-- S

Actually I believe you have to be licensed in the state of Colorado for this
type of extermination exercise - and don't forget to apply for the permit
that will allow you to install the proper piping and ductwork required. This
may require moving your house to the proper building zone area. Tina

"Tina Gibson" wrote in
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"Salty Thumb" wrote in message
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"Valkyrie" wrote in
news:1067041389.603711@yasu


" Sam" wrote in message
...
cinnamon is the way to go, it really does work, than slow up on
the watering.

--
Sam

Fergidaboudit Sam. If it isn't complicated, come with an MSDS
sheet, is preferably expensive and hard to find she ain't gonna pay
attention. Nevermind that Melissa could grab some cinnamon out of
the cupboard and give a good sprinkle on the surface of the soil of
her infested plants and POOF her gnats would be gone, literally in
minutes. Perhaps if we had given her dance steps, incantations,
costly and rare equipment to procure and complicated instructions
for administering this exotic remedy she'd have gone for
it............go figure.

Val




get rid of gnats procedure (I have not tried this myself, but here
you go)

what you need:
fixed (non oscillating fan)
standard ductwork (either 3x10 rect or round will be fine)
back flow damper for duct
cardboard box(es)
table
hungry and/or curious people
several dozen apple cinammon doughnuts

1 partition an area using the cardboard boxes
2 obscure the view to the inside so that it can only be seen by
peering though an opening in the cardboard boxes
3 create a wide mouthed chute directly in front of the box opening.
make sure it's immovable and that an average sized person will have
to bend to peer through the opening
4 connect the chute to the back flow damper and damper to a Y in the
ductwork 5 connect the other side of the Y to a duct leading to the
fan 6 route the end of the Y so that the duct rests on the pot of the
plant with the fungus problem
7 turn the fan on and put some doughnuts on a table next to the chute
8 keep buying doughnuts until there are no more fungus gnats

You may need some manual adjustments for fan pressure or duct
routing.

This will probably get rid of your fungus gnats, but you may have a
cockroach problem afterwards. You may also find policemen strangely
attracted to the area.

-- S

Actually I believe you have to be licensed in the state of Colorado
for this type of extermination exercise - and don't forget to apply
for the permit that will allow you to install the proper piping and
ductwork required. This may require moving your house to the proper
building zone area. Tina


oh well ... back to the drawing board. :-)

- ST

P.S. Colorado fungus story:
http://www.planetark.org/dailynewsst...2127/story.htm

"Melissa" wrote in message
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"Valkyrie" saideth:

You don't need to make it complicated. Just get your little can, or jar
of
cinnamon and sprinkle it on the soil. Done deal, real easy. You need to
put
that watering can away for awhile, that's one of the big reasons you
have
them, they are fungus gnats.

No, I use a water meter and only water when the plants get dry. This is
Colorado, not much fungus around here.

You asked for advice so why the argument? Water meters are notoriously
ineffective and potting soil for houseplants tends to be very moisture
retentive anyway. For a totally non-chemical approach, repot the plants in
fresh soil, back off on the watering and place a thin layer of coarse sand
(aquarium sand works well) on the top of the soil. The gnats are disinclined
to lay their eggs on the sand. Fungus gnats are extremely common in
houseplants and this is SOP for their control

BTW, there are fungal spores everywhere, Colorado included.

pam - gardengal