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03-31-2006, 09:58 PM #11OPSenior Member
fungus gnats
elcheapo, I wish you luck. I got them in hydro too. I've taken to covering all growing medium with grow cloth. Let's how they like that.
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04-01-2006, 10:17 AM #12Senior Member
fungus gnats
Geez thatâ??s weird. What medium/setup are they going for? I had them in plague proportions in my soil grow but only found a couple of dead gnat bodies floating in the water of my hydro setup. As soon as I stopped the soil grow, I never saw one again.
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04-01-2006, 10:24 AM #13OPSenior Member
fungus gnats
el cheapo that's really interesting. They love soil. It's dessert time. I had them in soil before I had them in hydro. So you're saying if I stop growing in soil in my hydro set up, the fungus gnats will disappear. I'll have to try that. This evening I covered all medium up with growth cloth. Seems to keep them down. Time will tell.
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04-01-2006, 10:48 AM #14Senior Member
fungus gnats
I don't have enough experience to claim that they won't go for a hydro setup. Maybe a root rot problem is keeping them around? Or maybe itâ??s just the way my hydro setup functions that drowns them or prevents them from breeding?
Whatâ??s your hydro medium/setup? Somebody else might be able to offer some insight on why they are attracted to your setup.
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04-01-2006, 05:19 PM #15Senior Member
fungus gnats
Originally Posted by Gen
Anyway if you don't want any in your soil improve the drainage by adding more perlite and more drain holes. The dirt is holding to much water for to long and then you water again. Then you get gnats. It's just that easy, they live off the roots. Not that they can do much damage other then to be a pest for the most part but if not dealt with they can do dammage just by the numbers. Next thing you know you harvest and are smoking bug's with your buds...yuck!!
A cover over the soil will help to keep them from getting out.
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