Ecogrow Fungus Gnat Gnatnem

If fungus gnats are annoying you, use this stuff – I got some strawberry plants from Bunnings last year. They were riddled with fungus gnats and I have spent thousands of dollars trying to control and get rid of them. I have 20 yellow sticky papers in my 1 bedroom unit (they are in the kitchen lounge area) that I changed every 2 weeks because both sides were covered in fungus gnats. I have a yellow sticky paper in every pot plant that gets changed every 2 weeks as well. I have fungus gnat sand on top of the potting mix in every pot. All these things do is reduce the numbers a little bit. The fungus gnats simply go to the bottom of the pots and lay their eggs in the exposed areas where the drain holes are in the pots.

I have spent more time on the suicide help line in the last 12 months than most people do in their entire lives, because of these insects. They are literally driving me insane. I sit down and they land on me, fly into my eyes, ears, up my nose. They land on my food, drink, computer and bed. They land on me as I'm washing up and cleaning them off me. They are in my pantry, cupboards and even in the oven. These insects are a menace and had me on the edge of killing myself. I was suicidal and my poor neighbours had to listen to me freaking out over these bugs on a daily basis. I am constantly apologising to them for the swearing and loud noises and these insects are a pest that needs eradicating. These are horrendous little creatures that should be wiped off the face of the planet.

After trying all the crap that everyone suggested, including liquid traps made from vinegar, sugar, water and a few drops of detergent, I found Fungus Gnat - Gnatnem online. I didn't know if they were going to work but anything had to be better than what I was going through. I ordered the small batch (25 million) and they arrived after 4 days. I watered all my plants first and then made up one third of the nematodes and let them soak in water for 30 minutes. I then put them in my watering can and poured some over each pot. I put about 5-10mm of solution (water and worms) on the surface of each pot and let it soak in. I did that in the evening and kept the plants out of sunlight for the next 24 hours. Then waited.

The fungus gnats continued to do my head in for the next week and then one day most of them were gone. I kept expecting them to turn up and odd batches did from time to time for another 4 or 5 days. Today, two and a half weeks later and there have been 4 in the house. They still set me off and I am over these insects. I lose it if I see one now and kill them on sight. But what a difference this stuff has made. I would wake up covered in them and they would be mating on the ceiling and walls. Now there are very few left. If they could make something like this for blowflies, I would be stoked because some scumbag around here is breeding blowies and they are doing my head in now.

If you have a fungus gnat problem, don't bother with the yellow sticky papers and fungus gnat sand, just get some of these nematodes and pour them all over your garden, lawn and pot plants. Then wait and let the worms rip the hell out of these horrible little flying insects. (I'm trying to keep this polite but fungus gnats are just bloody awful).