Date: Tue, 05 Dec 2000 17:08:02 +0100 From: Marcus Rossberg <Marcus.Rossberg@phil-fak.uni-duesseldorf.de> To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com Message-Id: <aabcdefg3493$foo@default> Subject: Pygmies and gnats
Hi folks,
story first, question at the end of the mail.
I never worried about fungus gnats, only considered them as free food for
most of my plants.
Well that changed.
A couple of days ago I took a look at the pot where my D. callistos used to
stay and found only 1 of 6 plants left, of the other 5 there were only the
traps left, scattered around the place where the respective plant used to
be. An even closer look revealed also some very fat larvae of fungus gnats
lying around on the surface, obviously taking a nap after a vast meal.
Since one should exercise after a meal I took them little *%#!\247 out for
swimming, alas found they couldn't! So these poor little #&$!/${%? drowned
in a pitcher of a S. purpurea.
Returning to the pot where my last remaining D. callistos was, I found
another of these pesty worms crawling around this last D. callistos taking
a bite here and there, snacking on the plant ABOVE the surface. Well, I
send him diving to his brothers, but this of course is no general solution.
I'm willing to spend lots of time with my plants, but sitting around
collecting insect larvae 24h a day is certainly to much. I placed some D.
capensis everywhere and they sure reduce the number of gnats, but there are
always some left. Repotting regularly helps, but is not really enjoyed by
the plants.
So here (finally) my question:
How can one get rid of fungus gnats?
Take care (of your plants protecting them against fungus gnats),
Marcus
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