Fungus gnats

dave s wusong@evilemail.com
Fri, 25 Mar 2011 08:32:27 PDT
I hear eye of newt boiled in the milk of a goat born on Walpurgisnacht
works, but only if boiled in the light of a full moon.

-Dave

On Fri, Mar 25, 2011 at 11:27 AM, Susan B <honeybunny442@yahoo.com> wrote:

> I tried the sand method and it didn't work for me.  Also tried the cut
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> I read that pouring a layer of sand on
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> Nice thought, and widely believed to be true.  But not so.
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> Instead, use  Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis (Bti) as was suggested
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> early on in this thread.  Use the Bti (dissolved in your irrigation water)
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> at least 3 weeks to break the gnat's life cycle.
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> Jean in Portland, OR
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