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IF YOU HAVE, OR EVER GET GNATS
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You can often find a BUG ZAPPER at thift stores for $3 or $4 bucks.


They work GREAT.


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Re: IF YOU HAVE, OR EVER GET GNATS [Re: agar]
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What about the larvae in the casing layer/substrate?  This gets them before they have a chance to get funky between the gnat sheets and then lay eggs?

I hate gnats....  :mad2:


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Re: IF YOU HAVE, OR EVER GET GNATS [Re: GnuBobo]
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Bug zapper indoors? *Eek*

I'm lookin into some bug traps, i'm sure a hardware store has something of the sort, or i just might make my own this way http://www.uky.edu/Agriculture/Entomology/entfacts/struct/ef621.htm

Damn little shits got in and gave my biggest casing ever verticillium. It's warrrr!@!! 

:laser:

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Re: IF YOU HAVE, OR EVER GET GNATS [Re: GnuBobo]
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Once you have larva in a substrate, you are SOL.

But, these zappers keep the infestation down to minimal, as the larva hatch, they roost on the zapper & get ZAPPED. So, the bastards don't get a chance to LAY MORE EGGS in the substrate.

If left unchecked, you can end up with a CLOUD of the bastards, hovering over - in & around - your grow. :eek: :mad2: :sad:

Only way to kill larva in a substrate, is an overnight DUNK, which DROWNS the bastards. :grin:

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Re: IF YOU HAVE, OR EVER GET GNATS [Re: agar]
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this is of course fruiting/colonizing substrate, correct? im sure sterilization and pasteurization take care of larvae in substrates, at least before anything new would be layed in there.


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Re: IF YOU HAVE, OR EVER GET GNATS [Re: kilgore_trout]
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Re: IF YOU HAVE, OR EVER GET GNATS [Re: DAsanchez]
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I don't understand how anyone has a gnat problem...

Pasteurize the poo and vol'a!


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"All mushrooms are edible, but some only once."
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Re: IF YOU HAVE, OR EVER GET GNATS [Re: jarroddupont]
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It's called having a compost pile 40 feet from your door....  :smirk:


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Re: IF YOU HAVE, OR EVER GET GNATS [Re: GnuBobo]
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GnuBobo said:
It's called having a compost pile 40 feet from your door....  :smirk:


DITTO............... :thumbup:


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Re: IF YOU HAVE, OR EVER GET GNATS [Re: GnuBobo]
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Ahhh...Guessing this doesn't apply to a grower that uses 5lbs of poo a month huh?


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Re: IF YOU HAVE, OR EVER GET GNATS [Re: jarroddupont]
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Agar, you like showing off your pictures dont you? lolz


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Re: IF YOU HAVE, OR EVER GET GNATS [Re: ChickenNugget]
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When you're AGAR, you're ALLOWED to show off


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Re: IF YOU HAVE, OR EVER GET GNATS [Re: jarroddupont]
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jarroddupont said:
Ahhh...Guessing this doesn't apply to a grower that uses 5lbs of poo a month huh?


Actually, it's just cheaper to let foodwaste and yardwaste compost than to throw it out.  There's no way I could use all of that substrate for mushrooms.  :lol: 

I mean...let the bugs and microbes eat it rather than sealing it up in a plastic bag for the landfill.  :smile:


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Re: IF YOU HAVE, OR EVER GET GNATS [Re: GnuBobo]
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Diatomaceous earth in your casings take quick care of gnats, worms, small nuclear devices, etc.

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Re: IF YOU HAVE, OR EVER GET GNATS [Re: Medo]
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I've tried that.  :sad:  What's your ratio for the casing mix?  And do you hydrate the casing layer?  Is D.E. effective when it's hydrated?  :confused:


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Re: IF YOU HAVE, OR EVER GET GNATS [Re: GnuBobo]
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Never really thought about it, a sprinkle or so. Yes you can hydrate your casing still, and it is still effective, they are bony skeletons so it doesn't matter.

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Re: IF YOU HAVE, OR EVER GET GNATS [Re: Medo]
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It does matter. D.E. works by desiccating, lacerating & cutting into small insects or larva's skin, which causes them to lose body fluids, dehydrate & die. It is 98% effective when dry & far less effective when wet.

But, since D.E. absorbs moisture like verm, them releases it very slowly - into a substrate, it is a good thing to add. As it serves a twofold purpose. 1. helping to kill gnats & 2. retaining moisture - which mycelium can draw on - as needed.

Warning. Be sure to use only food grade - D.E.
Any other grade can be, or is carcinogenic.


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Re: IF YOU HAVE, OR EVER GET GNATS [Re: agar]
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great thread agar - you have all the answers

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Re: IF YOU HAVE, OR EVER GET GNATS [Re: memes]
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It doesn't matter if it gets wet, is what I said. And you can use any grade you want, food grade is going to be insanely expensive, just don't do lines of it and you'll be fine.

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Re: IF YOU HAVE, OR EVER GET GNATS [Re: Medo]
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http://www.groworganic.com/item_PMB105_DiatomaceousEarth50LbBag.html
I pay $20..... for 50 pound bags

It's around cheap, if you look hard enough.


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