- Sun Jan 17, 2010 4:37 am
#39930
I recently figured out why I have a few little bugs flying around my bedroom. I have a palm tree that brought in fungus gnats. I have just started watering it lightly with a neem oil solution to kill the larvae and eggs. I have a feeling that they have spread to my Nepenthes Ventrata and my Drosera Adelae. I have read that you can pour a neem oil solution into the tray for bottom watering, but also I read that a Nepenthes shouldn't sit in water. Would it be alright to put some neem oil solution in the tray to be soaked up?
My Drosera I can only water from the topside. Would that be alright as well? I found I am lucky that I have these 2 carnivoures in my room as I have been seeing little gnats for 2 months. My drosera only has about 5 stuck to it, but I noticed my one good pitcher was rather full of fluid and I looked inside to find that a lot of little black gnats were floating on the surface. I know that they make good food, but they live only 2 feet from the head of my bed!
So basically I am just wondering what the best way to apply this stuff to my 2 carnivoures would be. I know neem oil is safe from what I here, and it says that it can kill larvae and eggs in the soil, I am just unsure how to go about this.
I know this mentions a Drosera as well, but there is no general forum for this.
My Drosera I can only water from the topside. Would that be alright as well? I found I am lucky that I have these 2 carnivoures in my room as I have been seeing little gnats for 2 months. My drosera only has about 5 stuck to it, but I noticed my one good pitcher was rather full of fluid and I looked inside to find that a lot of little black gnats were floating on the surface. I know that they make good food, but they live only 2 feet from the head of my bed!
So basically I am just wondering what the best way to apply this stuff to my 2 carnivoures would be. I know neem oil is safe from what I here, and it says that it can kill larvae and eggs in the soil, I am just unsure how to go about this.
I know this mentions a Drosera as well, but there is no general forum for this.