shaun2000
Well-Known Member
[h=1]​[/h][HR][/HR]Hi. Question is simple. Has anyone else tried Boiling water to rid themselves of this situation.
The story
My mother room has become infested with the little suckers, so ive been trying to find a non toxic method that i can use . I came across somebody talking about hot water and killing the lava. (I use strips for adults so its the larva i want to kill.) Since nobody seemed to haVE tried this method,(Afraid of burning there plants alive) i decided to grab one of my young mums and put on the kettle.
I Used Boiling water, and began pouring the water into the pot , making sure to soak every bit of dirt i could. The Plant Seemed fine. And I Got a nice amount of leakage from the bottom. (Use a container to catch the hot water.) I Then placed the pot plant away from any other planT (CONTROLLED AREA)
So Its Been an hour and the plant looks great. No Wilting,No Stress.All the Larva look dead. But there is still adults flying around. Im Placing another yellow strip near it, and killing them by hand.
I Guess shes not out of the woods just yet, as i may have burnt the root matter, But all i can do is wait. And post updates
Just Wondering if anybody else , has given pouring water and soaking your plant to kill the fungas gnats in soil, and what your experience from it was.
Now back to smoking a pipe and watching my plants
The story
My mother room has become infested with the little suckers, so ive been trying to find a non toxic method that i can use . I came across somebody talking about hot water and killing the lava. (I use strips for adults so its the larva i want to kill.) Since nobody seemed to haVE tried this method,(Afraid of burning there plants alive) i decided to grab one of my young mums and put on the kettle.
I Used Boiling water, and began pouring the water into the pot , making sure to soak every bit of dirt i could. The Plant Seemed fine. And I Got a nice amount of leakage from the bottom. (Use a container to catch the hot water.) I Then placed the pot plant away from any other planT (CONTROLLED AREA)
So Its Been an hour and the plant looks great. No Wilting,No Stress.All the Larva look dead. But there is still adults flying around. Im Placing another yellow strip near it, and killing them by hand.
I Guess shes not out of the woods just yet, as i may have burnt the root matter, But all i can do is wait. And post updates
Just Wondering if anybody else , has given pouring water and soaking your plant to kill the fungas gnats in soil, and what your experience from it was.
Now back to smoking a pipe and watching my plants
