What's the most annoying thing about keeping plants at home? That's right, it's the tiny flying insects! Especially fungus gnats, which are as annoying as can be. Not only do they affect the home environment, they also gather in swarms on the plants feeding on the flowers and leaves. Spraying insecticide does kill them, but before a few days pass they come back again. It really leaves you helpless!

So how exactly can you completely get rid of these pesky little flying insects? The editor has battled wits with them for a long time and finally summed up a few clever tricks. Take a look!

1. Eliminate fungus gnats from the root cause - prevention first

Many friends like to use humus soil for keeping plants at home. To provide nutrients for the plants, they sometimes also use homemade organic fertilizer. Add to that a relatively humid plant-growing environment, and it becomes especially easy to attract tiny flying insects.

Use clean water

Water your plants with clean water and avoid water containing organic matter. This can greatly reduce the appearance of tiny flying insects.

Disinfect the soil

Sun-drying the soil or sterilizing it at high temperature not only kills the bacteria and fungi contained in the soil, but also kills insect eggs, reducing the appearance of tiny flying insects from the root cause.

Cover the surface of the potting soil with sand

This method can to a certain extent cut off contact between the potting soil and the outside air, and fine sand or small pebbles also have decent drainage and breathability.

Keep the environment clean and hygienic

Fungus gnats like decaying environments. Avoid fallen leaves and fruit peels in the flower pots, and avoid creating an environment suitable for tiny insects to live and reproduce.

2. How to kill the tiny flying insects

Lure them with a water tray

Find a water basin or plate at home and pour in some laundry detergent water, soapy water or sugar water. No need to pour much. Place the water basin near the plants, then just wait for the fungus gnats to fly onto the water surface.

Use sticky insect traps

Buy a few sticky insect traps on the market and place them where the tiny flying insects often appear. They release a scent that the insects like and can stick quite a few flying insects. The effect is very good.

Here's another little secret for everyone: fungus gnats prefer blue sticky boards, while aphids prefer yellow sticky boards. Matching the color when killing insects works better!

Light a mosquito coil tablet near the flower pot

Mosquito coils contain certain substances that can effectively kill insects such as fungus gnats. Light the mosquito coil at home, close the doors and windows, and after the mosquito coil has completely burned out, open the doors and windows for ventilation. Then you'll see some dead fungus gnats on the ground.

How to kill the larvae in the soil

After spraying insecticide, the fungus gnats always come back. This is because when killing the insects, everyone only kills the adults and ignores the larvae in the soil. The larvae always grow especially fast and can become adults in just a few days, so killing the larvae is very necessary.

Drench the pot to kill the larvae

Generally, at home you can use a medicinal solution to drench the plant pot and kill the larvae in the soil. A commonly used solution is potassium permanganate, diluted with clean water at a ratio of 1:1000, which can effectively kill the insect eggs and bacteria in the soil.

In addition, you can also use abamectin, or soak mosquito coil tablets in water to drench the pot, which is equally effective. So, aren't these methods simple?

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