Re: Fungus gnats

From: "Bonaventure W Magrys" magrysbo at shu.edu> on 2000.04.06 at 01:47:24(4346) Thanks! I especially liked the one about the beneficial nematodes. Can they also "crowd out" the tuber infecting kind? My problem is I think that I placed a ~1" layer of cow manure at the bottom of the pot, then several inches of soil (very rich with other orgenic matter), depending on the size of the pot, the tuber, and more soil. This eliminates those pesky roots that come out of the drainage hole and wander around the drain dish, or worse dry up, or extremely bad - nothing worse than lifting a pot up off the ground after several days and finding that you have torn some roots off! The plants are very vigorous (3' high triphyllums and 4' high consanguineum and cons-types, and a taiwanensis built like granite) and the roots go down to the zone where they can feed and be comfortable but do not pass it (yet). So far I dont think I have gnat damage but always seeing 1 to 3 hovering around a pot and on the top of the medium advises caution and prudent action. I don't think I tried diazinon as a drench. Off to Home Depot! Bonaventure +More Scott Hyndman on 04/02/2000 09:03:55 PM Please respond to aroid-l@mobot.org To: Multiple recipients of list AROID-L cc: (bcc: Bonaventure W Magrys/ADM/SHU) Subject: Re: Fungus gnats Take a look at http://www.ipm.ucdavis.edu/PMG/PESTNOTES/pn7448.html and http://www.mycotech.com/horticulture/nemasys.shtml for plenty of good information regarding the control of fungus gnats. Good luck! Scott -------------------- Mr. Scott E. Hyndman Vero Beach, Florida, USA USDA Hardiness Zone 10a E-mail: > From: "Bonaventure W Magrys" > Reply-To: aroid-l@mobot.org > Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2000 22:11:26 -0600 (CST) > To: Multiple recipients of list AROID-L > Subject: Fungus gnats > > OK I need help------how do you get rid of fungus gnats? > Bonaventure > > >

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