pest help needed asap

[monsterhill]

I have these little dark colored bugs which fly around my girls and they seem to like being around the soil and water the most.

I killed as many as i could by hand but each day more and more show. Its like they are coming from the soil man.

Is there anything i can use to put on the plants / soil that will kill the bugs and keep them away but without putting any harmful pesticides or chemicals in to the plant?

Last thing i want too do is smoke my harvest when its been treated with nasty chemical and pesticides. I am trying to keep it organic.

Also is there anything at the local garden center i can use to feed my plants?

But the bugs are my main concern. I have tried yellow sticky traps but they do not work.

Thanks

monsterhill Reviewed by monsterhill on 04-26-2009. pest help needed asap I have these little dark colored bugs which fly around my girls and they seem to like being around the soil and water the most. I killed as many as i could by hand but each day more and more show. Its like they are coming from the soil man. Is there anything i can use to put on the plants / soil that will kill the bugs and keep them away but without putting any harmful pesticides or chemicals in to the plant? Last thing i want too do is smoke my harvest when its been treated with nasty Rating: 5

[monsterhill]

I believe they are fungus gnats

[LOC NAR on probation]

Natrol is what most use. Phototrons have bad problems with nats. Sticky pest strip work but don't kill the larvae. Seach natrol and once you break the life cycle they will be gone. I never lost a plant to nats.

[grey1223]

Here's what I do when fungus gnats become too numerous. I spray pyrthrins in my room twice a day. That will reduce them. To elimnate them I add 30ml of pyrthrin concentrate to each gallon of solution and water plants well. I do this every 6 days for 5 applications. That pretty much covers the life cycle of the little buggers. Where I live fungus gnats are a fact of life. They will always come back. I mostly just manage them with the aerosol spray using the other method when they start to get out of control.