Fungus Gnats

[Donothing-garden]

Got some black fly frass online from Hydro Experts and nearly ralphed when i opened it

Haha, yeah my frass smells a little but not nearly that bad...

 

[Donothing-garden]

Haha, yeah my frass smells a little but not nearly that bad...

To clarify, it's not my frass. It's the insect's frass...

 

[afghan bob]

Completely missed that
Woulda said something funny if smart enough 2 pick it up

 

[One Drop]

I hit them with this and then that .

 

[Donothing-garden]

I hit them with this and then that .View attachment 13597View attachment 13596View attachment 13598

I would definitely not be pouring that stuff into a soil substrate, that's for sure.

 

[One Drop]

I would definitely not be pouring that stuff into a soil substrate, that's for sure.

No for Coco perlite only sorry , in soil mix I just let them dry out extremely dry like the plants are wilting using sticky traps gets 90 % of the flyers then go back to normal watering keep the plant healthy and the gnats seem to drop off last De the pot tops if really bad . Od

 

[Mellow oldfark]

Thankfully the onset of colder weather depending on your location means the insect pest breeding cycle seems to drop away somewhat .

 

[afghan bob]

Unless u live at bob's place
Always a diverse healthy population of wonderful lil critters that would give Bindi Erwin a hard on
12 mths a yr.....bug city

 

[Mellow oldfark]

Yep lived in the sunshine coast hinterland Bob the ants and bugs will carry u off if u stand in one place too long!🕷

 

[afghan bob]

Most of em i can live with,
But those little green pillar worm looking things that get in ure buds and eat and shit and eat and shit
I would very much like 2 vaporize them lil varmits

 

[Mellow oldfark]

Are they garbage white moth larvae ?

 

[Mellow oldfark]

Cabbage white moth

 

[afghan bob]

Yeah probably
Get excited over a big thick sticky nug only 2 find those fukers having a party inside
Sometimes u gotta chuck whole thing cause their piss and poo is so toxic

 

[Miningpieces]

Yeah probably
Get excited over a big thick sticky nug only 2 find those fukers having a party inside
Sometimes u gotta chuck whole thing cause their piss and poo is so toxic

Take a photo of them next time Bob if you don’t mind, thanks. I’m interested in seeing these beasts of chaos and destruction that destroy buds.

 

[afghan bob]

Ppl get em confused with bud rot, but the rot seems 2 come more from these wormy pillars party favors

Heaps of examples on-line under cabbage moth lava

 

[One Drop]

Cabbage white moth

Catapilla name in pupa form is Heliothous caverpa last name describes its mode of eating . I collect them and turn them into a spray which has Pheromones in them that let the butterfly know there is death here and I also use upturned egg shells that look like the Gannage white they like to lay eggs away from lots of there buddies so the more whits little spots they see it moves them on to where it’s less populated with other Peris raper butterflies.

 

[Mellow oldfark]

I have decent results outside with netting on above ground veggie gardens . U need mesh small enough to keep the moths and butterflies out !
Netting is often on special and easy to get.
What about black fibreglass tent posts they work well with netting and cable ties and some strong clothes pegs helps keep netting in place and walla or should I say Alla! make a little makeshift netting cover for you harem of ladies .
combined with yellow cards you'll just about have them fucked!
An when u get under the netting with your girls it will remind u of tent living in the homeland deserts.️

 

[afghan bob]

Oh yeah, the memories of being a nomadic bedouin of the sandy homeland
Can still feel it in me jocks
Sorry 2 say Oldfark old mate, but u won't catch me under any type of netting these days
Ferked back, ferked knees, the joys of an ageing arab
appreciate the thought though

 

[Jiffy]

has anyone tried or had any luck with

CX HORTICULTURE TANLIN DROPS for treatment of fungus gnats?​

 

[frankreynolds]

I've used it in the past, works alright for smaller infestations. Still need to use in conjuction with sticky traps for the adults.