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soil gnats#44333

By bombsboy -  Sun Feb 21, 2010 4:10 pm
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- Sun Feb 21, 2010 4:10 pm #44333

what do they do, how to get rid of them?

my terrarium has individual pots.

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Re: soil gnats#44481

By Lawndude84 -  Mon Feb 22, 2010 1:21 pm
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- Mon Feb 22, 2010 1:21 pm #44481

My advice is don't bother. Fungus gnats eat decaying things in soil during the larval stages of their lifetime, then pupate into gnats which are more than likley eaten by your plants. Unless you have an uncommonly large population and are growing seedlings, you have nothing to worry about.

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Re: soil gnats#44675

By Adam -  Wed Feb 24, 2010 5:44 am
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- Wed Feb 24, 2010 5:44 am #44675

Drosera take care of large infestations.

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