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Fungus Gnats...Meet Gnatrol!
    #7277781 - 08/09/07 12:19 PM (16 years, 7 months ago)

So I have a small infestation of fungus gnats in my fruiting chamber with my cakes.

I had a bigger one on the first flush, but it occurred right at the end, after harvest.

So I dunked the cakes for 2 days in a cooler. Then fruit for second flush (after thoroughly cleaning out the fc), and after a week or so (as of yesterday) there is a new, much smaller infestation.

There are about 5-6 gnats that I spot and crush on sight, every day. I put some fly paper in there but it didnt catch a damn thing, neither did the non-poison moth traps I had. So as of yesterday I purchased Gnatrol online which I believe should take care of them, or at least the larvae, and kill the adults by hand.

My question is, how should I apply the Gnatrol?
I was thinking of making some kind of diluted mix of water and Gnatrol, removing the cakes from the chamber, then spraying the top of the Perlite heavily. Then I would put the cakes back in and I'm assuming spray them too, but lightly.

This is all just guess work, as Ive never used such a product before (never had to).

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Thx

HHEL11

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Re: Fungus Gnats...Meet Gnatrol! [Re: HHEL11]
    #7277992 - 08/09/07 01:30 PM (16 years, 7 months ago)

i've heard that you should put some beer in a cup into your fc, the flies go straight into that & drown. gnats suck balls. killing them by hand is a nuisance.


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Re: Fungus Gnats...Meet Gnatrol! [Re: Bridgeburner]
    #7278078 - 08/09/07 02:13 PM (16 years, 7 months ago)

I know, it sucks doing it by hand. But it must be done. Im hoping this Gnatrol will do the trick.

If only someone would provide me with a mushroom safe method of applying it...?


Or else I will have to experiment and find out myself, which could possibly lead to dissaster.

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Re: Fungus Gnats...Meet Gnatrol! [Re: HHEL11]
    #7278126 - 08/09/07 02:32 PM (16 years, 7 months ago)

I dunno man, after looking over the material safety data sheet that stuff seems pretty harmful. I'd bet if you sprayed it directly on the cakes it would kill them.


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Re: Fungus Gnats...Meet Gnatrol! [Re: Cham]
    #7278152 - 08/09/07 02:45 PM (16 years, 7 months ago)

do you have any potted plants in your house? they can live in thoseas well. you need to take care of your hole house or your infestation will neverend. do a search in the contam forum for more information.


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Re: Fungus Gnats...Meet Gnatrol! [Re: xhooliganx]
    #7278221 - 08/09/07 03:14 PM (16 years, 7 months ago)

Many potted plants, lol. But they are downstairs. My grow chamber is upstairs and far away.

I think Im just going to take the cakes out of the fc again, clean it out once again thoroughly, apply the Gnatrol directly to the perlite (in the form of a nice heavy misting) so these damn gnats cant grow in the perlite itself. Then re set the cakes, each on a small piece of tinfoil.

If I start to see more gnats, i'll try and dunk the cakes in an extremely diluted mixture of gnatrol and water (extremely diluted) for one last attempt at a flush.

Hopefully one of those methods will work.

At the moment, im trying 4 little plastic cups with about an inch or so of wine in each set in the fc. Hopefully the adults will drown while I wait for my gnatrol in the mail.

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Re: Fungus Gnats...Meet Gnatrol! [Re: HHEL11]
    #7278435 - 08/09/07 04:23 PM (16 years, 7 months ago)

Try a few moth balls in you FC maybe? Obviously they are for moths but if you throw a hand full up in the air and let them rain around your pot plants the deer hate the smell and will stop eating your crops


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