Is this miracle gro organic? Had the same issue with it.

Hmm now i wonder if thrips could come in potting soil. I had no pests for 9 months (I monitor with a microscope) then boom, thrips like crazy.

Anonymous wrote:Multi-pronged approach
Spray Rubbing Alcohol mixed with water onto the soils
Dust Diamataceous Earth into the top 1/2 inch of the soil
A soil drench with a bacteria that paralyzes their larva (buy on etsy - https://www.etsy.com/listing/1029347390/8-oz-organic-bti-fungus-gnat-control)
Let the plants thoroughly dry out before watering
Sticky Traps to kill the adults

and one other thing - you can buy some house plant decorative sand to put on top as well, but not recommended for plant that root/grow with nodes

Multi-pronged approach
Spray Rubbing Alcohol mixed with water onto the soils
Dust Diamataceous Earth into the top 1/2 inch of the soil
A soil drench with a bacteria that paralyzes their larva (buy on etsy - https://www.etsy.com/listing/1029347390/8-oz-organic-bti-fungus-gnat-control)
Let the plants thoroughly dry out before watering
Sticky Traps to kill the adults

If you have a bunch you probably want to get some sticky traps in your soil to catch the ones walking on the surface. Let your soil dry a few days in between waterings to help kill the larvae population

Sounds like fungus gnats. Get something called Mosquito Bits and mix it in when you’re watering

Sprinkle diatomaceous earth on the soil and then Cover with half an inch of pebbles:

Spray some alcohol on the soil.

Did you get a plant as a gift from one of those flower delivery services? I did and it had those tiny bugs. I had them for years.

My understanding is fungus gnats have a quick life cycle, so ideally you treat the gnats as well as the larvae. Use the sticky traps to catch the gnats. For the larvae, I use mosquito bits. Let the product soak in the water for approx 30 minutes and then use that water for watering your plants. My recollection is that it took a couple of weeks, with once per week watering, before they were gone.

Anonymous wrote:High horticulture class-shake the soil into a big pan, not too thick and bake it in oven in a flat pan to sterilize the soil Don’t recall the temperature or how long, but would guess 350 degrees for 10 min would work.

That means I have to take out all the plants from the pots? Is there another way without having to do that?

High school not high

High horticulture class-shake the soil into a big pan, not too thick and bake it in oven in a flat pan to sterilize the soil Don’t recall the temperature or how long, but would guess 350 degrees for 10 min would work.

How do I get rid of them? They hatch and flies are swarming my house from the potting soil. The potting soil is store bought and I swear every time I use I have used the soil to repot my house plants I find these gnats/flies growing in them.

I have tried various insecticides including mosquito pellets but they don't seem to work well.

Any ideas or suggestions??