I bought new potting soil, and it wasn't cheap. Supposedly the good stuff. Put it in a bunch of inside plants and they are filled with gnats! Every time I water they start flying around and are driving us crazy. I don't do pesticide if I can help it. Does anyone have a natural remedy? Yesterday I finally put all the plants outside because I couldn't stand it, but one of my plants will not survive the Texas heat once summer is upon us.
Ideas?
My old office was infested with little gnats from plants and they put sand on top of the soil. That seemed to fix it.
We just had this very same problem. Here's what we did:
No water for at least a week (try to go two)
Put wine or apple vinegar into a glass (any size) - use just a couple ounces.
Cover glass with plastic wrap.
Poke several holes in plastic wrap.
Gnats fly in.....can't fly out - get drunk and die.
But the CAUSE is what you have to be careful of the next few months. Overwatering and/or root bound plants are the perfect place to set up a little gnat procreation center. Cut back on the water to just once a week.
BTW - we ended up not having actual 'gnats', but their dopplegangers. More than likely that is what you have. Can't recall the name - but i think they are fungus gnats?
anyway - here's a couple links
http://www.ext.colostate.edu/pubs/insect/05595.html
http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/how-to-get-rid-of-house-p...
Fungus gnats are common.
There are sticky traps you can use which will help to control them.
