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slvrwilo Loudonville , OH(Zone 5b) Mar 03, 2008

About January I started noticing tiny little gnats flying around in the room that my houseplants are in. I have self-watering pots under some of my plants and I can't figure out if they are breeding in the water or in my plants. My Christmas cactus was outside during last summer, so I suppose maybe it could have brought some critters inside. The little pests seem to go after water. This is also my computer room and office and I keep finding floating gnats in my iced tea and hovering on my PC screen. So now how do I get rid of the beasts without killing my plants??

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tommyr2006 Poughkeepsie, NY(Zone 6a) Mar 03, 2008

Sticky traps and get some "Mosquito dunks" at the garden center. Put 1/4 of one in your watering can. It will kill the larvae in the soil.


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ecrane3 Dublin, CA(Zone 9a) Mar 03, 2008

And I'd try cutting back a bit on the watering too unless your plants are real moisture lovers--the gnats breed in moist soil, and the only times I've ever had problems with them was when I was watering a little too much.

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