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Vibetyme
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Fungus gnats? Bag yo tub 5
#28630579 - 01/22/24 12:39 AM (5 days, 21 hours ago) |
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For all my mushroom growers out there who have had issues with fungus gnats. I think I came across a permanent solution.
The wife loves her indoor plants and we had a fungus gnat problem during the summer. I tried various things to get rid of them, like the vinegar & dish soap traps, a fan/uv light/sticky trap combo called the katchy, and various other sticky traps. They all kinda worked but didn't really take care of the issue 100%.
I started thinking about a bag to put my tubs in that would let light and air in but keep fungus gnats the hell out. I got on walmart.com and put my plan into motion & ordered some of these fine mesh laundry bags.




The holes are so small the gnats can't get in.
The ones I ordered are a little bigger then my shoeboxes, but you can find some bigger ones if you search. They make them in all sizes. At $2.97 per bag they are a hell of a deal if you have ever dealt with those little fucks!
Save yourself some trouble.
Edited by Vibetyme (01/22/24 01:44 AM)
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HelloImBob
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Re: Fungus gnats? Bag yo tub [Re: Vibetyme] 1
#28630580 - 01/22/24 12:48 AM (5 days, 21 hours ago) |
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Haha nice bags I love it.
Fungus gnats suck, for indoor plants I would look up pesticide like permithrins for watering the soil with. You can get them on Amazon in concentrate for cheap...
Fungus gnats are a pain in the ass but pantry moths are a nightmare. They can come in wbs... They lay eggs on anything grains, chew threw plastic bags and ruin food by the masses.
-------------------- Quote from Stipe-n-Cap "You appear to be talking about boosting tryptamine content in mycelium by amending LC with....whatever your amendments are. I have to say I'm a tad disappointed that you're addressing us with the shorthand of a 13 yo girl who's texting her besty for make-up tips, instead of proper English, which causes me to have doubts."
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inski
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Re: Fungus gnats? Bag yo tub [Re: Vibetyme] 2
#28630581 - 01/22/24 12:50 AM (5 days, 21 hours ago) |
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Yes it's a common problem especially in houses with a lot of house plants, I've been doing something similar for a few years now but I use frost cloth, it allows light and air to easily pass through but no insects will get in👍
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stockw

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Re: Fungus gnats? Bag yo tub [Re: inski] 2
#28630604 - 01/22/24 01:53 AM (5 days, 20 hours ago) |
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Nice! Another method: @LadiesKnight niced me up with the idea of putting a drop of peppermint essential oil in spray bottle for tubs, it's working really well, gnats are 90% gone from a couple days of spraying
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HelloImBob
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Re: Fungus gnats? Bag yo tub [Re: stockw] 1
#28630608 - 01/22/24 02:10 AM (5 days, 20 hours ago) |
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stockw said: Nice! Another method: @LadiesKnight niced me up with the idea of putting a drop of peppermint essential oil in spray bottle for tubs, it's working really well, gnats are 90% gone from a couple days of spraying
Peppermint is great for keeping lots of pests away I hear, just not sure if it's going to do much if they have already laid eggs in your substrate...
-------------------- Quote from Stipe-n-Cap "You appear to be talking about boosting tryptamine content in mycelium by amending LC with....whatever your amendments are. I have to say I'm a tad disappointed that you're addressing us with the shorthand of a 13 yo girl who's texting her besty for make-up tips, instead of proper English, which causes me to have doubts."
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3.A.M
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Re: Fungus gnats? Bag yo tub [Re: Vibetyme] 2
#28630628 - 01/22/24 03:08 AM (5 days, 19 hours ago) |
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Damn dude, after all the bullshit I’ve gone through with fungus gnats, this is pure simplistic beauty, buying bags now.
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AndImTheHighOne
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Re: Fungus gnats? Bag yo tub [Re: 3.A.M] 1
#28630679 - 01/22/24 05:38 AM (5 days, 16 hours ago) |
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Great thread. Haven't dealt with em yet, but I know they are coming...
-------------------- "[Y]ou've already bludgeoned and abused the mycelium so at least do it justice and thoroughly mix it into the substrate " ~ Bigfoot My LAGM 2.024
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LadysKnight
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Re: Fungus gnats? Bag yo tub [Re: HelloImBob] 2
#28630739 - 01/22/24 07:52 AM (5 days, 14 hours ago) |
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HelloImBob said:
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stockw said: Nice! Another method: @LadiesKnight niced me up with the idea of putting a drop of peppermint essential oil in spray bottle for tubs, it's working really well, gnats are 90% gone from a couple days of spraying
Peppermint is great for keeping lots of pests away I hear, just not sure if it's going to do much if they have already laid eggs in your substrate...
I use my peppermint water sprayer preemptively. As soon as anything vulnerable is spawned/birthed. Gnats will not touch it. I forget I have gnats until I sit in the living room with all the plants.
I have tried the fine mesh netting before. It's a pain in the ass to see/maintain tubs when they are covered.
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Vibetyme
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Re: Fungus gnats? Bag yo tub [Re: LadysKnight] 1
#28630802 - 01/22/24 08:55 AM (5 days, 13 hours ago) |
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Peppermint is a good idea bro. I like it, Thanks for the tip.
These bags aren't really that much of a pain. They are pretty see through if you put your eye up to it and I placed the zipper on top so to check on things its pretty easy to just unzip and I'm in.
Is it a slight pain? Yes, I'll give you that, but I have peace of mind.
I run no-mod shoeboxes that rarely need checking more then a couple times a week.
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