While you let things get drier, try this! Put foil on your soil. It seems that the poor little gnats are light sensitive and having light coming from above and below, confuses their little minds. Non-reflective dark surfaces, like soil, are where they lay their eggs. The sticky yellow strips work on the adults and the foil cuts down the number of eggs. Organic farmers use foil in this way to discourage various insect pests. - Granny:hippy:
Storm Crow Reviewed by Storm Crow on . gnats...a problem or just annoying? Hi all :) Growing indoors for the first time in years. Seem to have quite a few gnats. I get them anytime I have an indoor plant (regular house plants as well as my special plants). My guess is that they are just annoying, but figured it was worth asking if they are just that, annoying, or a real problem? When they appear in my regular house plants I just have the pest control guy give them a spray when he comes, but obviously I can't do that for my special plants haha. I'm going to Rating: 5