The house I'm living in now I will only be here for 2 more weeks, I notice when I moved in there were alot of problems. Since then I had a baby and so, there is no room in my house now, until I move in two weeks for my plants to survive when I have a fungus gnat problem under the house itself, there is no foundation, and many other plumbing problems making the house contaminated from the get go, When I moved in a year ago, first went my Christmas cactus, and then went the Angel plant and so much was destroyed, well, I was unaware of how many problems I had then so, I was just going to wait until I had a place to keep anything. Well the only thing lasted was my Barbados Aloe, and some Cactus well this morning I went in and it is infested just the aloe for now, so It's now in the window to dry out for a while, well I'm scared because my family got me such a nice dish garden and now I have a great many wonderful plants of all wonderful types, and I'm scared I have 2 weeks before we move to our new house which has plenty of great space with perfect sunlight, and I am just so worried I' don't want to loose the Aloe over this, and I just have to find a place for now I guess I can as ask a member of the garden club to watch them for 2 weeks that is all I can do.
my heart goes out to you! its a horrible feeling watching your plants die one by two when its beyond your control. if you know anyone who uses co2 in their indoor garden, you might want to ask them to take your plants for even 1 day before you move, so you dont bring these issues with you. when bugs or moulds are present on any of my indoor plants, i take them to the grow room and turn the co2 ppm, ( parts per million) up to 5000 ppm for 15 minutes. any bugs and eggs you dont want will explode and turn to dust instantly, the stuff rocks! but you dont want to be in the room when you do this for obvious reasons! it wont harm the plant cells, or leave any residue from mould you would have to worry about either. good luck with getting your plants safely to your new home. and its pesticide free!
That sounds awesome. I think you've finally conviced me to try CO2! Saraberry, you need some specific bacteria, Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis. It is harmless to humans but destroys gnats & mosquitoes. The best way I know to get it is the drops at the pond supply store. The smallest size will last for years. One brand is Gnatrol. A few drops in a quart sprayer of water (without chlorine), then a few quick spray pumps per plant and also in any other area they congregate will wipe them out completely in a couple weeks and keeps them gone for a long time. An alternative, though much more expensive per application, is to soak mosquito dunks in chlorine-free water overnight, then use that water for the same sprays.
If the plants are actually dying, fungus gnats are probably not your main problem. They're mostly interested in decaying organic matter in the soil, not the plants themselves. (On occasion, fungus gnat larvae can eat fine root hairs off of seedlings, if there's nothing else available, which can kill very young plants, but any fully-grown plant should be basically unaffected.) Fungus gnats are often a sign that something else is off: it's possible that your plants are potted in too heavy or water-retentive of a potting mix, or that you're watering too much.