[Arid_gardener] fungus gnats in houseplants

Linda Drew drew_linda at hotmail.com
Fri Mar 23 20:48:57 MST 2007


http://ag.arizona.edu/maricopa/garden/html/t-tips/bugs/gnats.htm

"To reduce their numbers, re-pot the plant into soil less rich in organic 
matter, let the plant dry out sufficiently between waterings and set plants 
outdoors when adult gnats are emerging. Vacuum up any adult gnats attracted 
to lights or windows."

You may also use a mild soap solution to drench the soil.

Linda Drew
Msater Gardener

>From: rknowlton at AZTEC1.net
>To: <arid_gardener at Ag.arizona.edu>
>Subject: [Arid_gardener] Question from Home-Hort WWW page
>Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2007 14:17:52 -0700 (MST)
>
>Robbie
>85345
>rknowlton at AZTEC1.net
>
>We have gnats in our office plants.  How do we get rid of them.  It is 
>driving all of us nuts. :)
>
>THANK YOU very much.
>
>
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