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OfflineInnerWisdom
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I have fruit flies in my shoebox/tub
    #26744078 - 06/14/20 01:04 PM (3 years, 7 months ago)

They piss me off, but are they any harm? I am thinking they might be harmless, but they sure are bringing in a lot of contams. I don't know why they enjoy being in there so much.. like it's just mycelium and coir and no grains are even showing...


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Re: I have fruit flies in my shoebox/tub [Re: InnerWisdom]
    #26744109 - 06/14/20 01:28 PM (3 years, 7 months ago)

Might be fungus gnats? I got rid of them with the yellow sticky thing. Just make sure to check on it regularly, because sooner or later molds will start growing from those dead gnats.


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Re: I have fruit flies in my shoebox/tub [Re: poisoned]
    #26744123 - 06/14/20 01:35 PM (3 years, 7 months ago)

Thanks. I just checked, they look like those gnats indeed. I just assumed they were fruit flies because I had never heard of these before. So how to get rid of them? Yellow sticky thing?


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Re: I have fruit flies in my shoebox/tub [Re: InnerWisdom]
    #26744133 - 06/14/20 01:38 PM (3 years, 7 months ago)

My experience has been that contams attract the gnats, not that the gnats bring the contamns. They will certainly help spread it though. If you have gnat, you probably already have contams and just haven't seen them yet.


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Re: I have fruit flies in my shoebox/tub [Re: Anastomosis]
    #26744143 - 06/14/20 01:42 PM (3 years, 7 months ago)

They came from my spent monotub that I threw away, not from this new one.
These are really easy to kill by hand so I am just gonna do that now, slow fuckers.


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Re: I have fruit flies in my shoebox/tub [Re: InnerWisdom]
    #26744150 - 06/14/20 01:45 PM (3 years, 7 months ago)

:thumbup:


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Re: I have fruit flies in my shoebox/tub [Re: Anastomosis] * 1
    #26744154 - 06/14/20 01:47 PM (3 years, 7 months ago)

They came to my rye glass too. Yesterday I saw two of them fucking while on my mycelium. I killed them. Today I saw no gnats. See what happens. My bigger B+ cake is fruiting his third flush!


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Re: I have fruit flies in my shoebox/tub [Re: InnerWisdom]
    #26744155 - 06/14/20 01:47 PM (3 years, 7 months ago)

Some people have had luck getting rid of them by adding a drop or two of peppermint oil to their mist water.


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Re: I have fruit flies in my shoebox/tub [Re: ItsaMeShroomio]
    #26744164 - 06/14/20 01:51 PM (3 years, 7 months ago)

Yeah I put some tape doublesided on the walls and I also read about using a strong fresh garlic solution to mist with, but we'll see how big of a problem these become. They probably laid eggs in there already and shit on my mycelium and what not. Couldn't see anymore of them for now after blowing on the surface.

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