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#20299578 - 07/20/14 07:10 AM (9 years, 6 months ago) |
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ROSEMARY COMPILED FINDINGSRosmarinus Officinalis (Lamaiceae)
Rosemary is a herb belonging to the family Lamiaceae. It is derived from the Latin Word 'ros' (dew), 'marinus' (sea), which means 'dew of the sea'. Indigenous to the Mediterranean region. Indigenous to South Europe and Asia. There are more than 20 varieties of the rosemary plant. Fungus Gnats Fungus gnats can be a major nuisance for those who grow rosemary indoors. The fungus gnats in my plants are many. They seem to be multiplying very quickly -- and to think I thought they disappeared! Yet I have read an interesting article that offered me my first insight to the dreaded fungus gnats. Experiment: The study that I found on fungus gnats read about an experiment involving two sets of 6 cells containing Dixie crimson clover seedlings (trifolium incarnatum L.), for a total of 12 cells and 12 seedlings. 6 of the cells were infected with fungus gnats and 6 of the cells were kept sterile. The fungus gnats consumed the tissues of the epidermis and the cortex of root and stem structures, but not the lignified tissues, such as the xylem and phloem, which transport water and other vital nutrients. Severe damage was reported by using a macroscopic analysis. The study suggests that similar damage might be inflicted at a microscopic level as well. Infested roots displayed brown lesions on the surface and had an abraded appearance. The attack by the fungus gnats and larva promotes decay and according to the article, " may also predispose plants to secondary infections by pathogenic microorganisms." A picture of a root. Here you can see where the gnats attacked the epidermis, the outer layer of the root. The gnats also damaged the cortex tissues. A transverse depiction of a root. You can see the inside of the root, where the xylem and the phloem exist. The fungus gnats and larva did not attack the Lignified tissues (xylem and phloem). Here you can also see where the cortex and epidermis are located. Fungus gnats used in experiment:
Order - Diptera
Family - Sciaridae
Genera - Bradysia.

REFERENCES1.) An in-depth review on the medicinal flora Rosmarinus officinalis (Lamiaceae). Begum A., Sandhya S., Shaffath Ali S., Vinod K. R., Reddy S., Banji D. 2.) Fungus Gnat (Diptera: Sciaridae) Feeding Damage to Legume Seedlings Author(s): T. L. SpringerSource: Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society, Vol. 68, No. 2 (Apr., 1995), pp. 240-242 Published by: Allen Press on behalf of Kansas (Central States) Entomological Society 3.) http://home.earthlink.net/~dayvdanls/plant_structure.html#Germination and Growth 4.) www.wikipedia.org5.) http://www.shroomery.org/forums/showflat.php?Cat=0&Number=20064280&page=0&vc=1#20064280Quote:
April 7, 2014.
Proximity One of the lavender plants died but the other one is perfectly healthy. Proximity must have something to do with these plants -- they can't be too close to each other. I wonder what patterns they form in the wild and how close the plants typically grow to each other. I removed the dead lavender.
The pot with two rosemary plants did not yet result in the death of one plant. One plant looks very healthy and one plant looks healthy, but its limbs oddly stretch away from the other plant. I also wonder in what patterns the plants grow at their place of origin. I believe it is the Mediterranean, but I am not sure if lavender and rosemary grow in other places, or where those places may be.
Root Hormone and Cuttings
I took two cutting from one plant, stripped the leaves from the bottom, wetted the stem, applied root structure, and potted the cuttings in small pots. I gave those cuttings to two people. The plant that I took the cuttings appears to be healthy.
I am unsure of where to look up information about growing these plants. Internet sources always seemed scattered to me. I am keeping an eye out for a text book that could lead me on to scientific model of the plant.
Fungus Gnats
When I first bought the plants I found out that my lavender had fungus Gnats -- if that was indeed what they were. To kill the gnats I kept a small fan blowing on the plant all day and night for 3 days, and let the plant completely dry out. The gnats have disappeared.
I wonder if it might have been the fungus gnats that killed my lavender plant, rather than the proximity of the plants? It should be noted that after those 3 days of gnat infestation the lavender plants both still looked healthy. It was only shortly after the gnat infestation that one lavender plant died.
I wonder how much damage fungus gnats do? It seems I need to investigate fungus gnats further.
Culture
The plants that I am growing - even the vines - have brought cheer to my room. I enjoy waking up to the spring sun, my window open, wherein blows a breeze that picks up the scent of rosemary and creates an aroma throughout the room. I enjoy caring for these plants. I know that they rely on me and I enjoy their presence. I believe that other people also enjoy the plants I grow. They often look at them and inquire about them. In fact I have given two cuttings from a rosemary plant to two of my friends. They are attempting to grow the plant from the cutting, along with the help of root hormone.
I often wonder about creating tonics or tinctures for myself. Narrowing down a recipe could be fun and beneficial to my health.


 This is a picture of the lavender pot in which I planted two lavender plants and one of them died.
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April 8, 2014.
Fungus Gnats Yesterday I watered my lavender plant and in the morning the fungus gnats had returned. It seems that I never actually killed the fungus gnats after all -- or possibly one of my other plants is infected and I do not know it. I am blowing a fan on the plant so the gnats can't take off and I am drying it out, again. I may re-pot the plant and clean the roots with a dish soap solution which I read about online.
it seems that I need to find literature on fungus gnats.
Notes
I found a scholarly article on Rosemary named, "An in-depth review on the medicinal flora rosmarinus officinalis (lamiaceae)." I gave a link to the abstract, but I don't think you can access the article at that website. I found the article in my university's online archive. It seems I have found some introductory literature on Rosemary. I will soon attempt to extract that information, properly identify my plant, and report.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24584866
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April 10, 2014
Fungus Gnats
My method of using a small fan to prevent the gnats from flying does work. I use this because I don't want them to land on another plant and infect it. In a way I am using my fan to isolate the plant.
So it seems that the fungus gnats are resilient. More research is required about fungus gnats.
Culture It really is quite exciting to see spring unfold. The plants that I grow are not only herbs, but vines that crawl and hang along the room. I watch their vanes slither across my bookshelf, touching a row of books, arousing my curiosity in the morning. They bring a pleasant feeling about me.
Notes
Now that it has warmed up outside I will soon begin to place herbs outside for part of the day. This will allow them to attain more sunlight. Even though spring is just coming, I still wonder what will happen to the herbs when winter returns - and the window sill sunlight dims.
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April 18, 2014
Fungus Gnats
I left my lavender plant go unwatered for some days hoping that the fungus gnats would die off, but when I watered it today they resurfaced on the soil. I decided to totally quarantine the plant into a separate room with one window facing south.
Rosemary, Rooting Hormone, and Cuttings
I have three beautiful, pungent, and healthy rosemary plants growing successfully in my room. I have reports back from the two people I gave rosemary cuttings, pots, and rooting hormone. The plants have successfully rooted one person said. He said that his twig (branch of my plant) is now growing stems of its own.
I would like to possibly abandon one of my non-herb plants and instead pot two rosemary cuttings with rooting hormone in organic soil. I may abandon the lavender plant in exchange for two cuttings and then grow separate rosemary cuttings as well.
If I can successfully plant cuttings with rooting hormone then I will attempt to find ways to do it without store bought material. Growing from seeds and cuttings is an interest.
Culture
Now that I don't wake up to a lavender plant with fungus gnats it is much more pleasant in my room. My herbs and my vines are growing quickly and they look healthy -- and I will use some of their health properties. It excited me to think about the fall, crab apple ciders, pumpkin seeds with fresh rosemary and olive oil, and various tinctures that I will attempt to make. The health bearing plants interest me in every way. What can I create? How can I heal myself with the knowledge of plants?
It truly is nice to wake up this spring. The birds chirping; people chattering in the distance; vines crawling along psychology books; and studying at the university. I feel blessed.
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April 20, 2014
Fungus Gnats
After moving my Lavender plant downstairs and watering it again the fungus gnats re-appeared. I concluded that I could not beat them by letting the plant dry out in the pot. Today I unspotted the entire plant, discarded the old soil, and rung as much dirt out of the root structure as I could. I then washed the root structure in a small solution of dish soap (1 medium drop) and water. I rinsed the plant thoroughly, washing the root structure in the solution.
I let the plant dry out in the sun for the day and then I took a hair dryer to it to further dry the roots, hopefully killing any possible fungus gnats still left in the small amount of dirt (that's my hunch).
 This is just after I uprooted the lavender. You can see the root structure with some dirt still clinging to it.
Re-potting, Rooting Hormone, and Proximity
I decided to replant the lavender plant in a medium size pot right next to a rosemary plant. I used organic soil. Beside the lavender and rosemary, in the same pot, I planted a cutting of rosemary with rooting hormone. I am curious if these three plant structures can coexist together in one pot.
In addition, I planted another sprig of rosemary in its own pot alone with organic soil and rooting hormone.
Culture
Today I thought of one of my favorite books. I used to read about a fictional character woman, Mrs. Todd, who was a talented botanist. The book is called 'the Country of the Pointed Firs' by Sarah Orne Jewett. The book is about a writer from England who vacations to the coast of Maine, to a fictional town named Dunport. In Dunport the writer describes the beauty of coastal main and the interesting people who dwell there. Here is an excerpt from Jewett's book,
"Later, there was only one fault to find with this choice of a summer lodging-place, and that was its complete lack of seclusion. At first the tiny house of Mrs. Almira Todd, which stood with its end to the street, appeared to be retired and sheltered enough from the busy world, behind its bushy bit of a green garden, in which all the blooming things, two or three gay hollyhocks and some London-pride, were pushed back against the gray-shingled wall. It was a queer little garden and puzzling to a stranger, the few flowers being put at a disadvantage by so much greenery; but the discovery was soon made that Mrs. Todd was an ardent lover of herbs, both wild and tame, and the sea-breezes blew into the low end-window of the house laden with not only sweet-brier and sweet-mary, but balm and sage and borage and mint, wormwood and southernwood. If Mrs. Todd had occasion to step into the far corner of her herb plot, she trod heavily upon thyme, and made its fragrant presence known with all the rest. Being a very large person, her full skirts brushed and bent almost every slender stalk that her feet missed. You could always tell when she was stepping about there, even when you were half awake in the morning, and learned to know, in the course of a few weeks' experience, in exactly which corner of the garden she might be."
-Sarah Orne Jewett
Jewett released the Country of the Pointed Firs in January 1896 when it first appeared in the Atlantic Monthly 77.
I remember reading this book for the first time and being so curious about Mrs. Todd's herbs and cordials. I wondered what they were - and it seems now I am starting to find out.
 Maine. Taken from Google images.
 This is a picture of three pots of rosemary and a vine in the back. You can see my mirror and how I am attempting to use it to reflect light about the window space. The plants seem to be healthy.
 Some of my other plants.
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April 21, 2014
Fungus Gnats
There were no gnats around my lavender/rosemary pot today. Perhaps the dish soap did indeed rid of them. Although, I have not watered the plant very much, and water had typically been a precipitating factor in rousing the gnats. I will report back when I water the plant.
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April 25, 2014
Fungus Gnats
After I watered my lavender plant I was pleased to wake up with no gnats swarming around the plant. I think that my method of washing the plant with dish soap has worked -- but I should wait a few more days before I conclude a thing.
Rosemary
My rosemary plants are doing very well. What a strange plant. In the one medium pot, in which I have two rosemary plants potted together, there has been some strange activity. One of the plants has started to grow sideways and wind itself around the other plant -- yet both plants are still healthy. It is very interesting to watch grow because it is growing almost completely sideways.
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May 7, 2014
Lavender and Fungus Gnats
My lavender plant did indeed die. Even after I cleaned it out with dish soap and re-potted it there still remained one gnat - which appeared days after I thought they were dead. There may have been larvae. The gnats did not infect my other plants. I disposed of all the lavender plants and re-potted more rosemary, strawberries, and tomatoes.
I don't know why the lavender died. It could have been the fungus gnats, but it could have been the climate too, and possibly the lack of sunlight. I wonder where the fungus gnats came from? Was it the lavender plant itself, or was it the organic soil I bought? I can't be sure, but I believe it was the plant itself because I potted some rosemary plants with organic soil and they are doing just find.
I hope to try lavender plants again soon.
Rosemary
I discarded my rosemary cutting that I was trying to grow with root hormone. The cutting was healthy, but it was in the same pot as the lavender and I feared contamination.
I have been studying the proximity of rosemary plants. I have not read any literature on the facts yet, but I have made layman observations. So far it seems that if the plants are too close together in a pot that one with usually do health and the other one will just maintain. There are other variables though. After finals I intend on doing some research and finding out the science behind proximity.
Notes
I have been potting all my herbs, but I think I may have room for a small herb table to sit in front of my south facing window. I would build or purchase a frame for growing many herbs. My limit, due to space, seems to be about a frame that may hold 6. I would like 6 more rosemary plants, as I mean to use the health properties from these plants in the autumn to make tinctures and neat recipes.
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May 18, 2014
Fungus Gnats
There is no denying it. I have a massive fungus gnat infestation in the plants I am raising in my kitchen. There are gnats living in nearly every pot, and they seem to be multiplying. In my kitchen I have growing two strawberry plants, two mint plants, one tomato plant, one thyme plant, and two rosemary plants. The Rosemary and mint seem to be the only plants that look to be healthy, despite the fungus gnats. I wonder why?
Since there is a true infestation, I am going to use this experience to learn how to battle fungus gnats. I am going to research proper methods to which should kill the fungus gnats. I will list the actions I take.
It is a strange coincidence that the fungus gnats came both when I switched to organic soil and when spring came. I wonder why the fungus gnats came?
Other plants
My vines and rosemary are growing very well indoors. In fact some of the plants are flourishing.
Notes
I would be interested in potting some plants - even vines - from the forest. That is, going out, digging up a plant, and potting it in my house. It seems like an interesting idea.
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May 22, 2014
Fungus Gnats
How odd. The gnats seemed to have just disappeared from my household plants, even after watering them. My plants are due for another watering tomorrow and so I will observe any gnat activity.
I tracked down an article that may give me some insight on fungus gnats.
Fungus Gnat (Diptera: Sciaridae) Feeding Damage to Legume Seedlings
Author(s): T. L. SpringerSource: Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society, Vol. 68, No. 2 (Apr., 1995), pp. 240-242
Published by: Allen Press on behalf of Kansas (Central States) Entomological Society
This weekend I will be doing some research on gnats and rosemary.
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May 28th, 2014
Fungus Gnats
The fungus gnats in my plants are many. They seem to be multiplying very quickly -- and to think I thought they disappeared! Yet I have read an interesting article that offered me my first insight to the "dreaded" fungus gnat -- and perhaps dreaded should not be in quotations.
The study that I found on fungus gnats read about an experiment involving two sets of 6 cells containing Dixie crimson clover seedlings (trifolium incarnatum L.), for a total of 12 cells and 12 seedlings. 6 of the cells were infected with fungus gnats and 6 of the cells were kept sterile.
The fungus gnats consumed the tissues of the epidermis and the cortex of root and stem structures, but not the lignified tissues, such as the xylem and phloem, which transport water and other vital nutrients.
Severe damage was reported by using a macroscopic analysis. The study suggests that similar damage might be inflicted at a microscopic level as well.
Infested roots displayed brown lesions on the surface and had an abraded appearance. The attack by the fungus gnats and larva promotes decay and according to the article, "may also predispose plants to secondary infections by pathogenic microorganisms."

A picture of a root. Here you can see where the gnats attacked the epidermis, the outer layer of the root. The gnats also damaged the cortex tissues.

A transverse depiction of a root. You can see the inside of the root, where the xylem and the phloem exist. The fungus gnats and larva did not attack the Lignified tissues (xylem and phloem). Here you can also see where the cortex and epidermis are located.
Fungus gnats used in experiment:
Order - Diptera
Family - Sciaridae
Genera - Bradysia.


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May 30, 2014
Rosemary
Now that I have found out a bit about how fungus gnats attack, I need to find out if rosemary is indeed a vascular plant. Does it have a xylem and phloem? What do microscopic slides look like? Is there any data on rosemary and its inner workings?
Culture
This weekend I am going to use my first rosemary clipping to make some olive oil a Shroomery member showed me. I will post pictures when I am done.
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July 20, 2014
Culture
Here are some photographs of the rosemary olive oil I made. I simply stuck a cleaned branch of rosemary inside and let it sit for a month or so. I made fish with it recently and it was delicious. I could taste a nice herbal flavor!


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August 16, 2014
Rosemary
After the good part of the summer I am now left with three healthy rosemary plants. One of the biggest challenges was growing the plant indoors. I try to invent ways to get the plants more light - and of course I had my battle with fungus gnats.
I believe a bigger challenge will come with the winter. Due to low funds I keep my house at 50 degrees. I know that rosemary can still survive in colder climates - such as the winters in the Mediterranean - and so I am hoping they will pull through. Another reason I have high hopes for these plants to survive is because my university has lavender plants in front of the dinning hall, which come back every spring.
Fungus Gnats
The fungus gnats have pretty much died off in my house. It is a strange thing. At one moment this place was swarming with fungus gnats, but now there rarely even a straggler seen flying. I wonder why these fungus gnats decided to die off now? I can only guess.
I let the dry for over a week. Perhaps this lead to the death of fungus gnats. But at the same time I don't see how they could die, for the roots of the plants are still there to provide nourishment.
Maybe it was the soil. I bought organic soil and the gnats were terrible. Maybe the soil just needed to dry out and assimilate.
Over my vacation a lot of spiders popped up around the walls, and it also looks like my landlord put a fly trap up in my living room. Perhaps this is a big contributor to the death of mu fungus gnats.
Although the gnats are nearly exterminated, I do not doubt that they still remain. Perhaps all that is required are two gnats to mate and start the nightmare all over again.
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September 11, 2014
Rosemary
My indoor rosemary is flourishing at the moment. The sprigs are thick and pungent.
Fungus Gnats
The fungas gnats are gone now. I can't quite be sure why they suddenly up and died, but they did.
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Re: Rosemary [Re: XUL]
#20300957 - 07/20/14 12:56 PM (9 years, 6 months ago) |
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I have a huge problem with fungus gnats in my apartment (they live in my kitchen and bathroom sinks, and I can never get rid of the damn things).
But I have found 2 tricks that keep them out of my plants. At least so far. Since I started this ive not lost one to bug bites, so im sticking with it.
First - The Trap Take a mason jar, any size will do, and poke a few small holes in the lid. Fill the jar half way with vinegar and a few drops of dish washing soap. The sour smell of the vinegar is similar to the smell of rot that attracts the gnats. The holes in the lid are small enough that the smell doesnt travel far enough to be annoying, and also help ensure any gnats that get in, dont get back out. And the soap breaks the surface tension on the liquid, so if a gnat lands, it simply slips into the liquid and dies.
Second - The Prevention Hit up your local hardware store or walmart and buy a package of Mosquito Dunks. They are small, clay grey donut-looking things that are designed to be tossed into stagnant water to kill mosquito larvae. Take one and beat it into dust/granules/powder. Mix it in with any potting soil you use, as well as sprinkling a generous amount on the surface of the soil. Mosquito dunks contain deactivated spores of the bacteria Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis. This bacterial spores cannot grow or multiply, but contain a proteinaceous toxin that kills a wide variety of fly and beetle larvae (though different strains work better of different insects, Bti is best suited to fly larvae). Essentially, under alkali conditions, the protein takes on a round, cylindrical conformation, and integrates itself with the lining of the gut (fly and beetle larvae have an alkali gastric pH). Eventually, enough of these holes occur to cause the larvae to simply leak to death. It is utterly harmless to adult insects and virtually all other animal life because we are built with acidic GI tracts.
I know of one other trick that people swear by that I have never tried myself, and that is using diatomaceous earth. This stuff is sharp at the microscopic scale, and if any larvae rub against it they wound themselves severely, and thus die. Mostly Ive not tried it because the first two tricks worked for me and I didnt want to spend the money on the third. Your mileage may vary.
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Re: Rosemary [Re: XUL]
#20572236 - 09/15/14 07:12 PM (9 years, 4 months ago) |
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Rosemary, Mint, and Eastern Hemlock Tea
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September 15, 2014
Rosemary/Culture
Today I made a giant batch of rosemary, mint, and eastern hemlock tea. I also added sugar.
First I took my plant and tree parts: rosemary, mint, and eastern hemlock.

I gathered my ingredients: fresh rosemary (chopped), dried rosemary, fresh mint (chopped), fresh eastern hemlock sprigs, and sugar.
I then put plant/tree matter into a giant pot and brought it to a boil for a small amount of time. After that I let the pot sit with a lid for 10 minutes.
After I boiled the ingredients I then put the entire contents of the pot through a spaghetti strainer and into a bowl.

After I had all my strained tea in a bowl I then moved on to strain the tea again and put it into storage jars.
During my second strain I used a metal grate (used to keep food out of the sink drain) a cheese cloth. I placed the cheese cloth over the grate and then poured the tea into a jar - using the grate and cheesecloth as a filter. This filter collected lots of black content and small particles of plant matter.
Here is what I ended up with! The tea tasted great when it was warm. It has a nice herbal and slight pine taste - as well as a sweetness from the sugar. I would like to try this tea out with ice cubes as well.

All in all I think that my tea is great. I think I put a bit too much sugar in, but I can fix that next time.
As for now I think it is important for me to find out what kind of medicinal properties rosemary, mint, and eastern hemlock posses. I am not sure what kind of properties rosemary and mint posses, but I am quite sure that eastern hemlock is a source of vitamin C - which is why I picked it in the first place.
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Re: Rosemary [Re: matsc]
#20812947 - 11/09/14 07:45 AM (9 years, 2 months ago) |
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November 9th, 2014.
Rosemary
My three plants are flourishing indoors. During the months of September and October these three plants grew in size and many sprigs grew from the already mature branches of the plant.
My plants are currently healthy and there are no gnats. Of course, I think it is too cold for them to survive.
I think my next course of action is to possibly make some more tea. I am very curious what will happen if I cut these plants up. Will they survive? I wonder how much cutting is too much cutting?
I am also thinking that I might attempt to start another plant by using a sprig and root hormone. I wonder if a sprig can be rooted in this colder weather. My kitchen, where the plants are located, is typically a cold area dropping to temperatures as low as 48 degrees.
Caution: Olive Oil
A while ago I put a sprig of rosemary into olive oil so to make a delicious flavored oil. The oil tasted great, but some weeks later, after I had forgotten about the oil, I returned and found that there was mold in my oil.
This is an obvious finding, but I think it is important to mention. I think when making rosemary olive oil one should use the oil fairly quickly to prevent consumption of mold.

Fungus Gnats
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matsc said: I have a huge problem with fungus gnats in my apartment (they live in my kitchen and bathroom sinks, and I can never get rid of the damn things).
But I have found 2 tricks that keep them out of my plants. At least so far. Since I started this ive not lost one to bug bites, so im sticking with it.
First - The Trap Take a mason jar, any size will do, and poke a few small holes in the lid. Fill the jar half way with vinegar and a few drops of dish washing soap. The sour smell of the vinegar is similar to the smell of rot that attracts the gnats. The holes in the lid are small enough that the smell doesnt travel far enough to be annoying, and also help ensure any gnats that get in, dont get back out. And the soap breaks the surface tension on the liquid, so if a gnat lands, it simply slips into the liquid and dies.
Second - The Prevention Hit up your local hardware store or walmart and buy a package of Mosquito Dunks. They are small, clay grey donut-looking things that are designed to be tossed into stagnant water to kill mosquito larvae. Take one and beat it into dust/granules/powder. Mix it in with any potting soil you use, as well as sprinkling a generous amount on the surface of the soil. Mosquito dunks contain deactivated spores of the bacteria Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis. This bacterial spores cannot grow or multiply, but contain a proteinaceous toxin that kills a wide variety of fly and beetle larvae (though different strains work better of different insects, Bti is best suited to fly larvae). Essentially, under alkali conditions, the protein takes on a round, cylindrical conformation, and integrates itself with the lining of the gut (fly and beetle larvae have an alkali gastric pH). Eventually, enough of these holes occur to cause the larvae to simply leak to death. It is utterly harmless to adult insects and virtually all other animal life because we are built with acidic GI tracts.
I know of one other trick that people swear by that I have never tried myself, and that is using diatomaceous earth. This stuff is sharp at the microscopic scale, and if any larvae rub against it they wound themselves severely, and thus die. Mostly Ive not tried it because the first two tricks worked for me and I didnt want to spend the money on the third. Your mileage may vary.
Thank you for this information. I did not see it until recently.
Next spring I may be attempting your method for any fungus gnats I encounter.
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Re: Rosemary [Re: XUL]
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January 17th, 2015.
Rosemary
Growing rosemary inside proved to be enjoyable. I enjoy brushing my hand against the plant and taking in a breath of green nature during the dead winter.
Now that I have been growing rosemary in pots indoors, I am very excited to grow rosemary outdoors!
In the spring I am moving back home where I hope to plant a small lavender, rosemary, and mint garden. I have seen lavender do well outdoors in PA. When I worked on the grounds crew for my school we had to trim and mulch lavender plants outside the dining hall. I have high hopes for my herbal garden to be.
From my garden I hope to make a lot of tea! I think I am hooked on rosemary, eastern hemlock, and mint tea! I would really like to do an in depth investigation of the health properties belonging to these herbs and the eastern hemlock tree.
I will make sure to log my progress and failures.
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Re: Rosemary [Re: XUL]
#21216190 - 02/02/15 01:42 PM (8 years, 11 months ago) |
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Soapy water is decent for getting rid of a lot of garden pests. Detergent in water should drown most lil bugs as it breaks the surface tension. Doesn't really have any impact on the plants too. My rosemary, thyme, mint etc all had a 2nd lease of life once the bugs were killed.
Fungus gnats are a total pain once they set up. I had to remove all houseplants from indoors, bleach the drains often, soapy water all the plants that were in the garden (had an aphid infestation anyways) and also look out for any patches of rotten foods in the garden, ie don't start an open compost or leave tossed cakes on the surface.
Traps never worked for me, maybe never had the right bait but I tried a few different wines to no effect.
They were driving me mental, always at least one of them in your line of sight when using the computer, constantly swatting at the lil bitches. Ended up like a pyschological disorder where i'd be clapping in the air constantly like a mental patient.
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Rosemary Officinalis - leaf cross section. Hand cut with razor. The section was decent and looked great in the scope, but the camera on it is weak.

Resin papule underside of the leaf.

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Rosemary officinalis. Stem cross section cut by hand and razor.


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The underside of a rosemary leaf in a stereo microscope.
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Intersesting microscope pics. Never ceases to amaze me how interesting things look under magnification. Thanks-
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I also liked them as well thanks for posting them. I grow rosemary but outside.
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Cool ass thread, bro!
So very happy that you shared. Keep up the good work.
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Very interesting! Thanks for posting.
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Rosemary is a great herb to take for health. It has many benefits, I take a capsule every day along with many other herbs
Diatomaceous earth will indeed end the gnat problem with your plants. Simply sprinkle it on top of the soil, it won't kill the flying ones but they have to burrow into soil to lay the eggs and thats when you get them. You can buy a big bag at any pool supply store for maybe $5 and it will last about forever.
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Stonehenge said: Rosemary is a great herb to take for health. It has many benefits, I take a capsule every day along with many other herbs
Diatomaceous earth will indeed end the gnat problem with your plants. Simply sprinkle it on top of the soil, it won't kill the flying ones but they have to burrow into soil to lay the eggs and thats when you get them. You can buy a big bag at any pool supply store for maybe $5 and it will last about forever.
Thanks for sharing.
I totally agree. Diatomaceous earth will shred gnat larvae to shreds.
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Re: Rosemary [Re: XUL]
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DE is alkaline though, so please keep this in mind when using. Although it takes a minute to really start making a diff in numbers, it works great... but it can raise the ph if the soil at the same time. Bottom watering is an option... but remember, depending on your container, they can get in from the bottom too. They are quite sneaky. I like to wrap the bottom of my pots w some paper towels, coffee filters or scraps of regular, old towels. Sealing them in place w rubber bands. As for the top, i dnt use DE as much anymore due to some lockout issues. Now i wash sand about 3-4x w clean water, bake dry and then, once cool, i lay a thick later ontop the soil. Followed by an equal or relatively close layer of perlite ontop. I Try and get this insulating/protecting layer as thick as i can. Knock on wood! (Seriously)... it seems to have done the trick in keeping them from reinfecting my indoor soil containers.
The above is a tad bit but its worth every second and bit of resource to keep those miserable, hair tearing pests OUT of my garden.
I digress. I love the microscope pics brother, thank you for sharing
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I never heard of de making the soil alkaline. It would have to break down for that to happen. Good point about the gnats getting into the soil down below at the drain openings.
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Lipa Kreepa said: DE is alkaline though, so please keep this in mind when using. Although it takes a minute to really start making a diff in numbers, it works great... but it can raise the ph if the soil at the same time. Bottom watering is an option... but remember, depending on your container, they can get in from the bottom too. They are quite sneaky. I like to wrap the bottom of my pots w some paper towels, coffee filters or scraps of regular, old towels. Sealing them in place w rubber bands. As for the top, i dnt use DE as much anymore due to some lockout issues. Now i wash sand about 3-4x w clean water, bake dry and then, once cool, i lay a thick later ontop the soil. Followed by an equal or relatively close layer of perlite ontop. I Try and get this insulating/protecting layer as thick as i can. Knock on wood! (Seriously)... it seems to have done the trick in keeping them from reinfecting my indoor soil containers.
The above is a tad bit but its worth every second and bit of resource to keep those miserable, hair tearing pests OUT of my garden.
I digress. I love the microscope pics brother, thank you for sharing 
Thank you for that.
That was very informative and is a great addition to this thread.
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