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Re: fungus gnats

>2. My local gardening store, Molbak's, said not to use limewater -- they
>suggested letting the soil dry out (~2 weeks of not watering). Any
>thoughts on this?

I have noticed that only the plants that I have to keep moist have gnats.
I only water my ficus about once every two weeks (it's in a pretty large
pot) and I haven't seen any gnats in it.  I don't have a lot of fungus
gnats, and they don't do any harm, so I've learned to ignore them (not
easy!).

>3. Are my other plants likely to be infected?

Well, infected is a pretty strong term, but yes, they'll probably move into
your other plants.

Cami
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