Samwiseman420
Well-Known Member
Fungus gnat experiment # 569
25 feet of noseeum screen with 20 x 20 mesh. A few bags of fat rubberbands. $30 for both.
After failing 568 times with poisons and potions, pots and bags, prayers and insults, I have decided to try and block their entryways. They love my 2 gallon pots with the 5 holes around the bottom that not only are open on the sides, but a bit of the bottom as well. You can always manage them on the top of the soil but they will annihilate you from the bottom and sides if they can get in.
I tried all the other stuff and gave up. Fabric pots kept them out of the bottoms but I hated using them. So now I tried this:
![DSCN1582.JPG](/data/attachments/4523/4523696-241ca43e0e662e8263d7b27f5a7c96c3.jpg)
![DSCN1583.JPG](/data/attachments/4523/4523697-70259c2d54acab609c453c1da419f24c.jpg)
So far I don't think they can squeeze thru the holes. Their wings kind of block it. Been 3 days since transplant and no gnats yet. I will call this working or failure after a full flower or about 2 months of no infestation. As soon as I see one single gnat get thru this will be a failure. I can vac off the ones up top easily and all others get soaked with a good Cleanse feed from Athena. Always the ones on the sides/bottoms get away.
Water comes out very easily and holds nothing back so I got my fingers crossed with this experiment. Cheap too![Blunt Smoke :blsmoke: :blsmoke:](/styles/smilies/piped.gif)
25 feet of noseeum screen with 20 x 20 mesh. A few bags of fat rubberbands. $30 for both.
After failing 568 times with poisons and potions, pots and bags, prayers and insults, I have decided to try and block their entryways. They love my 2 gallon pots with the 5 holes around the bottom that not only are open on the sides, but a bit of the bottom as well. You can always manage them on the top of the soil but they will annihilate you from the bottom and sides if they can get in.
I tried all the other stuff and gave up. Fabric pots kept them out of the bottoms but I hated using them. So now I tried this:
![DSCN1582.JPG](/data/attachments/4523/4523696-241ca43e0e662e8263d7b27f5a7c96c3.jpg)
![DSCN1583.JPG](/data/attachments/4523/4523697-70259c2d54acab609c453c1da419f24c.jpg)
So far I don't think they can squeeze thru the holes. Their wings kind of block it. Been 3 days since transplant and no gnats yet. I will call this working or failure after a full flower or about 2 months of no infestation. As soon as I see one single gnat get thru this will be a failure. I can vac off the ones up top easily and all others get soaked with a good Cleanse feed from Athena. Always the ones on the sides/bottoms get away.
Water comes out very easily and holds nothing back so I got my fingers crossed with this experiment. Cheap too
![Blunt Smoke :blsmoke: :blsmoke:](/styles/smilies/piped.gif)