That is interesting that you should say that, alot of my pots have gravel on
top, and you have to move the gravel to see if they need water.

Also, interesting, is that I used expensive potting soil.




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From: "Buglady@..." <Buglady@...>
To: seedsofchange@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2009 2:56:46 PM
Subject: Re: [seedsofchange] Fungus Nats


FYI a lot of research as been done looking at top dressing with sand / DE to
stop fungus gnats (scarid flies). It does not really work that well. Also
when you go to water unless you sub irrigate you are going to move the sand
around leaving opening for the fungus gnat to get in and lay her eggs. Also if
the drop dress gets wet then dries it often cracks, leaving spots for the
gnats to get it.

Most commercial nurseries and interioresape business use either the
beneficial nematodes or drench with bacillus thuringiensis israelensis (a
pesticide
derived from bacteria that acts as stomach poison) bacillus thuringiensis
israelensis is approved for use in organic production.

Suzanne Wainwright


In a message dated 1/13/2009 2:50:33 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
smokeyvienna@ gmail.com writes:

I have the solution. I battled these pesky things for months and finally
found a way to get rid of them. Go to the nursery or home improvement store
and get a bag of decorative sand. Put the sand on top of the soil about 1/4
inch deep. You won't have another problem.

Barbara

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