I've tried all the solutions. Traps seem to just catch the adults going out for a stroll after they're done laying tons of eggs. Neem oil and insect soap seemed to slow them down a bit, but regular application still didn't eliminate them. Mosquito bits seem to have the longest term impact but I found that the gnats will still come back if I let the soil dry all the way out then water it again. I think the only solution left is to burn the house down and start from scratch.

as i’m watching this a fungus gnat just flew into my nose

i repot my plants once a year and i add a few cut up garlic bits, 1 in a small pot, more in a bigger pot. Make sure the garlic is close to the roots. Bugs hate garlic. Never had a bug in 38 years

I’m having such a bad problem with gnats in my houseplants. When you said they lay 200 eggs in the soil I died a little inside

“kinda makes me feel bad to see them trapped” me: *cant relate*

I'm going to use a blowtorch if all else fail

When I moved into my first "real" apartment I decided I wanted to beautify it with plants, so I bought 8 houseplants from Trader Joe's. It was Spring time. A few days later I saw a few little flies, so I squashed them, but after a few weeks my whole apartment was infested. I was so embarrassed. After trying a few things and doing research, what worked best for me was: first, make sure the soil is dry; treat the soil weekly (or as scheduled) during your normal watering for a month with hydrogen peroxide (I used 1 gallon of water and 1/2 cup hydrogen peroxide for all the plants to not damage them); set up shot glasses beside the plants with apple cider vinegar and 4-5 drops of soap on the surface; place yellow sticky tape above or near the infected plants, remove weekly or when filled with gnats; spray the leaves with a mixture of 1-cup water, 2 table spoons white vinegar, and a tea spoon of soap. Spraying the leaves prevents other bugs, as well, from eating the leaves. After a month they will be gone, you can till the top soil and return to watering and caring for your plants as usual.

Great video! I had a huge infestation on every plant on my balcony and the one thing that completely got rid of them was covering the top layer of each plant with half an inch of sand. I haven’t seen one fungus gnat on my plants in over a year after doing that. 🌱

I had them bad and I have over 50 plants. I used everything before I finally managed to get rid of them - sticky traps, sand, diatomaceous earth, mosquito dunks in the watering can, vinegar traps, repotting and throwing out really badly infested plants. Doing all of these things finally killed em off! 😂I went to war on them!!😂

Sometimes I clap my hands together just to kill fungus gnats, but everyone thinks i'm applauding to nothing haha!

Hi I was wondering if you could do a video on buying unhealthy plants for a cheap price and then showing us how to nurse it back to full health :)

I hate these things so much - I’ve been scared of getting plants again after I moved across the country because of how they terrorized me before. This video came at the best time 😂

Cinnamon! My favorite fungus gnat deterrent is cinnamon - a natural fungicide and insects hate it. Plus it makes your house smell amazing!

they literally enrage me

This couldn't have come at a better time! I've been struggling with some fungus gnats the last few weeks and I'm definitely going to try some of these methods out!

girrrrrl you are glowing! your skin! them eyes!

I spent so much time trying to kill those bugs I can't believe I only now saw this!!! Thank you so so much!

Just what I needed, I just saw 2 fungus gnats coming out of one of my plants and I'm not taking any risks

I know this video isnt new anymore but you're still walking me through my journey from plant mom to "I live in an indoor jungle" and THANKYOU for all the information. You're educating me and making me smile/enjoy the journey all that much more. Such a gem 💜

Here's what has finally worked for me after weeks of battling an infestation: I removed the top two inches of soil form each affected plant, let them really dry out (for me it took like 3 weeks because these are big plants in big pots!). Meanwhile, I set yellow sticky traps, sprayed the soil with neem oil (not sure how effective this was, but it was worth a shot). By far the most effective was the window fly traps, clear sticky traps that adhere to your windows easily. They've caught nearly a hundred between the two traps, maybe more! Once the plants were well and truly dried, I watered using a mosquito bit solution and for the last few days I've seen very few flies and the problem is markedly decreased. Best of luck to everyone, you will prevail!

I turn the ceiling fan on high enough to break their flight pattern. It's free and works

Instead of apple cider vinegar I did dawn dish soap in water they get attracted to the soap and fly right in. It worked way better than ACV for me personally

This video was perfectly timed. Was just dealing with a bird of paradise with fungus gnats and bought neem oil to treat it.

Sprinkling cinnamon on the top layer of one of my plants that's in a tiny pot and needs to remain moist has kept the fungus gnats completely away! The water runs off the cinnamon, but finds holes where it can go, and waters the plant just fine. It's a dracaena and also seems to be doing just fine, still growing like a weed!

Thought I had mosquitos in my room but I haven’t been getting bit then I saw a pic of fungus gnats and realized that’s what I got going on! Then I remembered you posted this video and felt so lucky haha

Girl this is an understatement.... I had to neem oil drench all of my plants with a diluted solution.... it was so potent and lingered for days.

Great tips. I've tried them all. My problem was over watering my orchids and houseplants. So I've cut back on the watering and used the mosquitos bits and hydrogen peroxide and I've noticed a huge reduction in the population. I also purchased a wall plug in Dyna Tarp. This thing is awesome. And if you don't like the smell of Apple cider vinegar you can try a teaspoon of sugar to about 5 ounces of water and a few drop of Dawn dish detergent. Works well with no smell. Happy growing.

I just want to throw it out there that when I use DE (if I do it outside which is rare) I put the plant in a box, on a tarp to contain any of the dust! I also do it on my covered deck where the DE cannot impact the environment or other insects like bees & things in my yard. If you choose to do it outdoors, please be extremely mindful about doing in a place where it cannot harm outdoor critters!

This was INCREDIBLY helpful. I’m a new plant mom, got my first babies 9 months ago and didn’t pay them much attention until recently. I love them so much, my collection grows almost everyday but all of a sudden, a few weeks ago, we got gnats and although my plants haven’t been effected, I was devastated! I just took notes on your video and I’m going to get to work straight away! Thank you so much! ☺️

sprinkle cinnamon on top of the soil! smells great and it works almost instantly!

I tried bug zapper lites and they actually worked! I heard them all start to crackle right away! The worst part was dumping all the dead ones out of the trays, but I am gnat free for 6 months now, and am still amazed! Hope this helps! Blessings, Rev. Jackie

I found some spiderwebs in window with a bunch of gnats in them, so I guess just love the spiders?

I had a huge population of fungus gnats on my pepper plants and i just vaccumed them.

Sticky traps really helped my gnat problem!! I’ve been lucky enough to just get by with them 😊

Wow, that was a helluva description section! I thought I had eradicated a fungus gnat problem awhile back, yayyy me....then I realized they were crawling in the bottom hole of the pot to get to the wet soil since I let the top dry out.....what a buncha punks.

Omg. I just found fungus gnats for the first time yesterday in my 5 year old pothos. And this video popped up right on top of my feed 🤣❤ Love your channel!

Just a tip: for the Diatomaceous Earth method.. put it into a glass parmesean shaker container (like they have at old Italian/pizza restaurants is where I attribute them to). Glass container with metal screw on lid with holes in the top. Or any spice shaker with holes in the top. Works waaaaay better than the horrible puffer thingy they give us. And better yet.. found my parmesean shaker at the Dollar Tree before items went up to $1.25ea.. Lol!! Great video.. Great tips.. Thank you❣

A note to those with little kiddos... I put a cup of vinegar/soap near by plants since I was having a gnat outbreak. My 4 year old wanted to "help mommy water her plants" so she poured it on my watermelon peperomia and my african violet. Needless to say all of those plants are now chopped up into little pieces attempting to re-grow the roots that VERY quickly died. Apparently vinegar and roots don't mix. Lesson learned. :D

I want my entire house to look like the background of this video

Suffering from an infestation right now! Good to know I’m doing most of these already! I think I need to back off on my watering schedule now that the weather is changing

Thank you! Will be trying these ASAP. Also, the reason you need to wear eye and respiratory protective gear when working with diatomaceous earth is, as you mentioned with the bugs, that it is a silica (glass) dust and it can scratch your eye or get into your lungs (which is pretty harmful). Fun fact, diatomaceous earth is the remains of little ocean dwelling critters.

I bought my dream plant about a month ago-a monstera deliciosa-and have been dealing with gnats after I overwatered a couple weeks ago (big oopsies). I’m so glad they’re harmless but I find them so gross and annoying! Thanks for these great tips, hope I can get the problem under control

You are the newly dubbed link master. I also had a stupid gnat issue. Drenched the soil in Neem did nothing. I got mosquito bits and gone over night. So happy you recommended that product. Thank you

Along with the 9 things you mentioned, I also use a bug catcher. It attracts them with a blue light and when they get too close it sucks them in. Then, they fall to the bottom where there is a sticky trap. Same as the yellow sticky traps but not yellow. It works really well! Great video!

Beneficial nematodes saved me and my plants from fungus gnats. I tried neem oil, nothing. I tried hydrogen peroxide, no good. I used sticky traps, they worked a treat but the gnats just kept coming and coming! So I bought some beneficial nematodes online, applied them and topped all my plants with sharp sand. I put new sticky traps out too. That was 3 months ago and the traps are completely clear of gnats. Me:1 Gnats:0!!

Hi Harli! How are you? Thanks for this video. I used Mosquito bits too. It really works. I put it in a coffee filter and infuse it into my watering water. I also use Neem oil. I mix it in water with peppermint soap. Once a month my plants get a treatment. My plants also get treatments if I see any pests. Have a good one! Gerry 😎 Please tell your Mom thanks for the plant swap. It was fun. I didn't swap any plants, but was still fun to be part of. 😊 😎

Another method is to have carnivorous plants like drosera capensis. It is less harmful/invasive, and you get to adopt more plants that are SO cool

I love neem oil! Just be careful not to use too much in younger plants, it can smother them! Great video thank you so much!!

I LOVE this. Thank you. Now for those spider mites.....

Omg Harli! You are Glowing! 😍 thanks soo sooo soooo much for your informative video! I’ve asked around and haven’t found anyone that is as thorough as you in explaining soil, humidity, and pest control. Please keep posting. You make my day ♥️

You do an excellent job giving detailed information that’s easy to follow. His video comes at a great time as I seem to have an outbreak of fungus gnats. Thank you for warning us neem oil having an odor.

A lot of the big box stores have Fungus Gnat infestations....I almost always bring my plant home, throw the old soil away, neem spray and repot in fresh soil! It helps ALOT!

The apple cider vinegar doesn’t smell great, so you have to keep it away from where people sit. I accidentally figured out that sweetened orange spice tea works and smells much better. They can’t resist it. Thanks for all the tips!

Fungus gnats were the reason for which i converted all my plants to semihydroponics. And i don't think i will never go back to soil😁 great video💚😊

I had a very serious fungus gnats infestation in my large fiddle leaf fig tree. I tried Neem Oil with very limited success. I also used Neem pellets (I can't recall the specific name) which I mixed into the top two inches of soil and let the soil really dry out, I also per your recommendation used the Yellow Sticky Traps so my final treatment (3 in total) were Mosquito Bits. Remember my soil was dried out, I had mixed in Neem pellets and placed the Yellow Sticky 'traps throughout the pot and steeped the Mosquito Bits in water and watered with the MB water. WONDERFUL!!!!!!!!!!!! Your advise worked and I really didn't think anything could help. Thanks so much!!!!!!!!!!!

I just want to mention how detailed and amazing your description box is. Thank you !

I’ve tried a lot of things to control gnats. I’ve noticed you were “spraying” a tiny amount of diatomaceous earth dust on the leaves of the plant, but I have personally put one inch of it directly on potting soil to cover it ALL, with a spoon, and it DID work! It may not be aesthetic, because now I feel like I have white soil everywhere, but it worked sooo well and I will probably just put tiny rocks or sand on top of it to make it look more cute.

I’ve been using the neem oil method you were talking about, saturating the top layer of soil, especially right after a thorough watering. I feel like it acts almost like a sealant that kills whatever gnats are already in the root system and prevents more gnats from traveling down INTO the soil when it’s moist after a watering.

Just know you saved my 3 plants lives! Thankyou!!

Thanks for this video. I’ve been rehabilitating a bamboo plant for a while. I finally managed to being the plant back and now these tiny gnats are in the fresh soil. I’m so relieved the treatment is fairly easygoing!

Ok now I know what’s been going on with my peace lily! They are so annoying, this video is perfect timing 😃👌❤️

I had fungus gnats and I put a dish of water with a drop of dish soap near the plants that they hung around. They land in the water and get stuck. It's not the fastest way to kill them but it just takes a minute to set it up and you can do it with what you already have at home. I still have some gnats occasionally but it got rid of most of them.

Hi, how you doing? My first experience with fungus gnats in 63 years and two plants, it's a long story. Anyway I appreciate it bought a plant with the buggers and because I never had them before I couldn't figure out where they were coming from and after the plants were outside they were in my drains, oh boy. Anyway I'm sure you've heard this story before so I just wanted to say your video was excellent and awe informing and your cute too. Peace.

Another great and helpful video. Another solution is sprinkling cinnamon on top of the soil

I like using neem oil although I’ve never tried diatomaceous earth or mosquito bits.When 1st having plants, I had a serious gnat infection on my aloe so I put a small tiny bowl right on the soil filled with vinegar & detergent...it worked. It took long though. Thanks for the video!

Lol *shakes plant aggressively* 😂😂

I watched your bottom watering video and have started doing it, I've noticed a decrease in the amount of fungus gnats in seeing. So thanks for that!

brilliant. I dumped all my plants last year because of gnats. Now all my new plants which were gnat free are full of gnats since I opened my windows in the spring. My apt in ground floor. Figures. So thanks for your info. You have saved my plants. Love you. Katt

Thank you. I've had a lot of success with beneficial nematodes - they're commercially packaged in a powder that you add to the water when taking care of your plants.

I never knew there were this many ways to kill fungus gnats!! Thanks for this video😍😍😍

Bottom water enthusiast thanks to you! Such a game changer. Plants are way happier drying out and then getting a nice even soak and fungus gnats are dying off. Yay!

This is the best video regarding the topic, i just used neem oil on my palm tree (bad case of fungus gnats), i first removed some of the top soil and watered the rest with neem oil then i topped it off with a fresh dry layer of soil and just sprayed it with neem oil but i will definitely be adding some decorative stones and start bottom planting to prevent this from happening again

I love these videos, even if my plants are fine i just like to hang with Harli and eat some pasta💙

fungus brats, I'd say 😅

We had several. A combination of holding back on watering, neem oil (working it at least a 1/2 inch into soil helps), the stickers, and mosquito bites has gotten rid of them. Thanks!!

Thank you for this. I took your advice. I let the spoil dry out in between waterings, used neem oil to spray the soil, used the same fly traps as you, did a peroxide/water bath in the roots and trimmed them, have a few fly trap ribbons through the house and use apple cider in the apple fly traps also sitting on top of soil. My plants are thriving

Watched your older video on this and followed your suggestions, the problem has seriously decrease!

FYI, fungus gnats aren't attracted to apple cider vinegar - so if your vinegar traps are working, you also have fruit flies.

Several years ago I had 55 houseplants. I loved using the yellow sticky paper & checking them daily before work. It grossed my family out but I loved the victories. Thankfully I've not had a problem with fewer plants. I will keep your suggestions of neem oil & vinegar. I keep them on hand for my hair. Thanks!

I think I swatted about 4 gnats before I realized where they were coming from lol Thank you for sharing. I treated my plant’s soil with the Neem Oil the way you shared & then topped with sand as opposed to the stones. Stepping on gnat’s necks, all 2021 😂

I think the real question to ask is, why all these fungus gnats all of a sudden? I've been using potting soil since I was in my teens (54 now) and never had the problems I'm having now with fungus gnats! What's with the soil quality?

Not gonna lie, the thumbnail got me!! 😂😂😂

There's nothing quite like spraying an airborne fungus gnat and watching it fall to the floor as I continue spraying it and laughing maniacally.

Thank you so much for this. I thought my trash was attracting bugs but the gnats came from the miracle grow cactus soil I bought. I bought an expensive fly trap but didnt know my DE that I had lying around could have done the trick. I just fill a salt shaker with DE and put it anywhere I think I have roaches and it killed them off. I didnt know DE was safe for plants too, I’m so glad!!! I just applied some on my plant and I see no gnats!!! ☺️🥰❤️🙏🏽

Why did something as simple as a red bandana throw me off (Whoa, I missed something)? I had to go back and see what had changed while you were talking about Neem Oil (which is my favorite as well) 😄. Thanks for the tips.

I like the butterfly and love yellow omg

I had a serious plague last summer that I had to remove my plants completely. Since then I searched internet and implemented this method and now I have clean and beautiful plants for more than a year. 1. cover the top of the pots with sands making a slim layer. Another layer could be made by putting more soul on the sands if the color is not favorable. 2. Feed water from the bottom of the pots using basin or bathtub. Keep the top portion of the pot dry all the time. Wish this might be a help.

I brought one palm plant from lowes into my house and all my plants are INFESTED to high heavens. Will be trying every single one of these and then repotting every plant. Praying i can get rid of these gnats oh my gosh

Fungus gnats are so rude lol

YES thank you!!!

I like how you used the duster! I got the 2lb bag that came w a free duster. Instead I got a spoon and sprinkled it in, after 3 days I mixed it into the soil. Lol I did this after the hydrogen peroxide bath, I'm a worried parent and I despise those things. This is the 2nd time I get them. I did a soil change and I still got them (on my sansaveria laurentaii) and I think its because I have a mom that likes to water my plants (I had to make signs to not water)... I'll assemble the duster to try it out (as well as purchase more materials to aerate my soil). Thanks for the video!🥰

Major problem when moving plants indoors too after letting them get some sun. Good video.

I’ve learned that leaving your cup of coffee out beside your plants attracts them and kills them. I’ve had at least 11-12 of them in there at one time 😅

I literally just let my spider eat fungus gnats Win, win situation👍

Very useful information. I sprayed neem oil but the flies were very stubborn, so I decided to repot my money tree (pachira aquatica) with fresh soil. Definitely going to add the mosquito bites. Thanks for the tips. Please pray for my plant 😅

I had a lot so I did a combo attack of the apple cider vinegar/soap/water mixture, one with some balsamic and apple cider vinegar, one with just apple cider vinegar, some fruit fly traps that look like little apples and had a vinegar smelling liquid in them, and then these sheets of sticky paper (fly paper?) since I couldn't find the ones that stick in the soil. The sticky paper worked the best. I just laid flat on the soil and trapped almost all of them in the first 24 hours. The vinegar traps caught some, with the straight apple cider one doing the best. The little fruit fly traps were worthless (presumably since they're for fruit flies, but I thought it was worth a shot). Good luck to you all in your endeavors.

To me neem oil smells like peanuts and it smells like dog urine to my husband 😂 awesome video, I hate those damn gnats

Omg I wish I saw this two weeks ago. I literally was crying from the gnat infestation I was having in my plants. It was so disgusting it looked like the soil was moving because there was soooooo many of them! Ughhhhh

I brought in 17 geranium plants and now have a load of gnats. Thank you so much for this video. Just what I needed. I know these methods will work. Daughter gifted me 2 succulent plants a month for a year. Concerned about gnats getting in those babies. Not so concerned now that I know it's the damp soil that attracts them. Still, they will be history. Thanks again.

I love the sticky traps! And they do work very well!!!