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OfflineVibetyme
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Fungus gnats? Bag yo tub * 5
    #28630579 - 01/22/24 12:39 AM (6 days, 7 hours ago)

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.

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Re: Fungus gnats? Bag yo tub [Re: Vibetyme] * 1
    #28630580 - 01/22/24 12:48 AM (6 days, 7 hours ago)

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.


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Re: Fungus gnats? Bag yo tub [Re: Vibetyme] * 2
    #28630581 - 01/22/24 12:50 AM (6 days, 7 hours ago)

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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Re: Fungus gnats? Bag yo tub [Re: inski] * 2
    #28630604 - 01/22/24 01:53 AM (6 days, 5 hours ago)

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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Re: Fungus gnats? Bag yo tub [Re: stockw] * 1
    #28630608 - 01/22/24 02:10 AM (6 days, 5 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...


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Re: Fungus gnats? Bag yo tub [Re: Vibetyme] * 2
    #28630628 - 01/22/24 03:08 AM (6 days, 4 hours ago)

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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Re: Fungus gnats? Bag yo tub [Re: 3.A.M] * 1
    #28630679 - 01/22/24 05:38 AM (6 days, 2 hours ago)

Great thread. Haven't dealt with em yet, but I know they are coming...


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Re: Fungus gnats? Bag yo tub [Re: HelloImBob] * 2
    #28630739 - 01/22/24 07:52 AM (6 days, 29 seconds 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...




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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Re: Fungus gnats? Bag yo tub [Re: LadysKnight] * 1
    #28630802 - 01/22/24 08:55 AM (5 days, 22 hours ago)

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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