Potting Up Lisianthus : Dreaded Fungus Gnats : Ranunculus Update : Flower Hill Farm
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 9 ต.ค. 2024
- Hi Flower Friends! It's Nicole from Flower Hill Farm- today I am potting up my lisianthus from multi-sown trays to 200 plug trays. I also have lost many of them from fungus gnats. NOT FUN! Also- my ranunculus is two weeks old and looks great!
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Guys! Thanks for all the fungus gnat advice! In 15 years of starting seeds indoors I have NEVER had an issue. I’m excited to try some of these methods suggested 💐👍👩🏻🌾
I just thought of a great vid idea. If you covered any bug you can get while seed starting and then talk about how to prevent then treat. I just looked at the analytics on TubeBuddy and it could turn out really well for you.
Lol rusted gardener just put up a video for the dreaded gnats!
I have them for the first time this year too! I just bought some nematodes and sticky traps to start.
Mosquito bits in your spray bottle!! It is a biological mosquito control that kills fungus gnats. I have used it in house plants and it worked!
I wonder why they seam so bad this year. I feel like I have been at war.
Me: terrified to transplant my seedlings so they won’t die on me
Nicole: *pulls out the roots to touch it all around*
Me: 😮😮😮
LOL! Get in there!
I’m living this life right now! I received my sticky paper Saturday.I thought I did everything right, boil water to my starter mix and a light coat of vermiculite and I still got algae and gnats. I spent thrippin’ hours last night replanting and more planned for today. So far the sticky pads are working! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Good to know! My sticky traps should be here tomorrow! *Also noted-pull hair back first!
It's the fungus gnat larvae that can damage the roots of your seedlings and the adults need access to the soil surface to lay the eggs. You could try putting a mulch of fine vermiculite to cover the soil surface of the healthy trays to try and prevent them spreading.
I've heard of using diatomaceous earth for this. Glad to hear I can also use vermiculite.
I thought the same. I would add that she should have dusted off most of the dirt from the seedlings before transferring them to the other tray, since the larvae resides close to the root.
The Impatient Gardener does that.
Laura from Garden Answer also uses a light dusting of vermiculite on her trays
@@fatimapatel74 🌱She just recently started doing that🌱
You deserve every dollar you make with all this newborn mothering you are doing especially on the Lisianthis!
Just love your videos. I'm a southern california gardener, and although our temperatures are very different(its 70 today), the enthusiasm to see my seedlings grow is the same. My husband gets to hear all about what is sprouting. Thank you again for sharing your successes, failures and you. Happy to have found your channel.
“Moisture, over moist” omg I almost lost it! YES!!😂😂😂
The funny voices + whispering "good job" to the plant babies made me laugh out loud. Love it!
Been watching your video for just a couple of weeks and I just want to say that I love your energy and the “bloopers” at the end of the videos always make me laugh.
Feel so bad for you! We have had issues too at times. We think they are soil gnats from unsterilized soil. No offense but we quit using Lambert soils, ProMix and Freys have been the best for us.We have a small 5 star greenhouse business for 13 years so as people helped us when we got started, I just like to share our experiences with others. Good will to you!!
Thanks, Cheryl!
I had a bad time with fungus gnats this year, too. And, I believe they came from the seed starting mix I was using. I laughed because I bought the exact same yellow sticky paper but I had a worse situation and it has taken weeks and I only finally started seeing improvement when I tossed what I had left. Because I was set up on my kitchen counter, it was particularly icky for me and I hope I don't have it again next year.
While watching this video, I couldn't help but smile because I am so happy for your success with this channel and with your farm. I am so excited to see all the new flower additions to your farm this year!
Thanks Amanda! You’ve been here a long time 🥰💐👍
Love all your 90’s references 😂
Oh for the love of our flowers but if we don't do this who would...press on Nicole Thanks for your tutorials and tips and they are better than any online course... you show the real deal 💞 trial and error laughter and tears🌹
love when they start popping out
They’re not sticky, proceeds to tape head with them for proof! Love it
I am also using the yellow sticky paper. However be careful because I also have long hair and it got stuck to one. I ran water on it and pulled out a hair at a time. Love your videos!
Good to know! Thanks!
I had to cut the sticky tape out of my hair! Note to self....hair in ponytail before working with sticky traps..LOL!
Thanks for the warning!!!
Omg you crack me up. If you don’t have a million subscribers yet you will here shortly. Looking forward to following you this year. Love everything you do!
🥰💓👍
Morning, Nicole! I started more seeds on Valentine’s Day. I always pour in boiling water on my seed starting soil because of fungus gnats and other bugs. Oh, I’m still waiting on my lisianthus seeds to come in. 😑
Great tip!
Love watching your excitement over baby plants. I feel you, sister! It’s a little bit of hope that spring is on its way. We have similar weather concerns here in Louisville. Derby is the first weekend in May and some years it’s 80 degrees and some years it’s snowing. We never know.
I've never liked flowers until your show I grow veggies and I am terrified of bee's but while looking at my.seed packs of.flowers I got.emotional thinking of.how beautiful they will be.when they grow so thank you for making me love flowers 💐 💕 ❤
Thank you so so much for sharing your struggles along with your triumphs. I've been feeling discouraged by gnats and some seeds not germinating. Your video is a good reminder to just keep going and focus on what's working.
I planted ranunculus and they are showing some green tips popping up. It'a my first time growing them and it's exciting to see them sprout! Thank you, Nicole for inspiring me to grow them.
Fungus gnats are the worst! So sorry you're dealing with this. I used Mosquito Bits last year and it worked wonders. Thank you for your positive attitude and another great video!
That’s what I’ve been trying this week! Hoping for great success- I’ve already lost three of my trays 😫😫😫
@@sundusthomestead6269 Oh, no! So sorry to hear that. Hopefully you're able to nip it in the bud soon!
Hello, just to clarify mosquito bits and diatomaceous earth won’t hurt the seeds/seedlings? I am going to be starting seeds for the first time and have 0 experience with any of this. Any and all info is very helpful, thank you! Best wishes, Dorothy
@@GavinAndShea No, they won't hurt your seedlings! Sterilizing your seed starting mix will help, too!
@@nancykrehbiel8956 I will read up on the sterilizing process, thank you! Best wishes. Dorothy
You remind me sooo much of my friend Elisabeth from high school. I love your enthusiasm.
Nicole, you CRACK ME UP! I am so glad I found your channel. I haven't started anything yet, but I will be STERILIZING my soil, and paying close attention. I grew controversial plants 😉😉 years ago and fought mites. Spent WEEKS fighting them with Neem oil and thought they were gone. A few days later they were back. I just stood there bawling my eyes out. 💜🌻💐🌺💜
Ok. Learning a lot here. I have. Ever grown lisianthus before and may not have time and space for them this year, but just as well I am leaving it till next year! Without all this knowledge I would have failed miserably and I am only growing small amount of things I like for my small space. So glad I’m learning so much now and will use this I formation in the future :) .
Your seed starting is going to be good for me to follow. I just started indoor seed starting 3 years ago and still in the learning curve.
Great video!
Thank you for all this information. I’m trying to grow ranunculus for first time this year (soaking for 4 hours was fun) so looking forward to seeing them grow and bloom 🥰
You are so easy going, and I like how you talk and make funny of all the stuff, so natural and relaxed and great... That's why your videos are different from others... Just love your videos...
I fully cover the tops of my soil with cinnamon to get rid of fungus gnats and it works wonderfully. I don't know if that would work on soil blocks though because the sides are exposed. Another thing that worked really well to cut down on the fungus gnats (but doesn't fully get rid of them) is to consistently spray with soapy water. Also the mosquito bits works great but only for a week at most. Then you need to reapply. Also treat everything at the same time, whether you see anything or not, so they don't just move from one container to another.
Thank you Nicole. You have given me so much confidence in growing ranunculus!
Hi Nicole, I’d never heard of fungus gnats before and I’ve been gardening for 30 years or more, now I’m paranoid about them, 😲. My Lisi babies are doing fine , they take up far too much space on my breakfast table, and they have stolen my desk light, but they are adorable, who needs to sit down to eat, or have extra light to work!
My ranunculus planted outside in autumn have just had a week of being covered in snow at -10c and they loved it, the anemone too, in fact they look better than the ones in the hoop house pampered with a layer of fleece.
I have some new babies too, anemone growing from seed, I expected them to be temperamental to germinate, but they are all up and looking healthy.
I love this time of year, spring is just around the corner, and all of us gardeners are nurturing such expectations for the season ahead. It makes the grey cold short days seem less monotonous .
Now I must go and inspect my soil for gnats!
I am in my 5th or 6th decade, depending on how you count it, of gardening and this year was the first time I had an issue with fungus gnats, too. I think they are more prevalent now and maybe there are some less than good things happening at the companies I bought seed starting mix from.
Your quandary with your ranunculus was literally my exact life this past weekend! I was planning to put them in their final growing spot in a tunnel but we got too much snow and couldn’t put the tunnel up in time SO bc they were 3 weeks old I had to pot them up into crates for now and had this back and forth about putting them in the garage or the low tunnel that’s maybe not sunny enough or my mom’s heated greenhouse but that gets too hot on sunny days- I love that these flowers are like your children, I can so relate to you!
Something too I thought I’d share is I noticed when potting them up that the ones I grew in 1020 trays had amazing healthy thick roots, where as the ones in the cell trays, the roots were long and thready and smaller plants. Next yr I will do them all in 1020 trays. If you are going to just sprout them and move them quickly it’s not as crucial I guess.
Always great to hear about your journey!
🌸 Lauren
Love all the Ranunculus.!
I'm sure someone has already said this but I have heard of people sterilizing the soil by dumping boil water in it in the pre moistening process.
I did this last year. Not this year. Next year no doubt. I’ve never had this issue when I boil it. I’ve thought of putting it in the microwave too!
that helps with the dampening off fungus as well
Yes, I learned to do that from the Rusted Garden.
@@cynthiagustafson2541 I think that is who I heard it from also.
This was going to be my suggestion :)
love the sticky papers, never without
What a lifesaver this video was. I had been seeing some flies but didn't think they could hurt my plants until I saw this. I got some traps and nematodes and it doesn't look like I'm going to lose any of my babies! Thanks!
Glad it helped!
I have had issues with fungus gnats for years now because I cannot seem to stop buying houseplants, and it seems to be always around seed starting time 😒. This year I am trying the mosquito bites in the water and there was an ad on Facebook for a little fan with a light over it. The light, works best at night, attracts the buggers and the fan directs them down to sticky paper. I couldn't resist getting one and so far gnat numbers are decreasing steadily. Yay! Oh and I also have the yellow sticky traps too.
Something great about getting you hand in that soil and transplanting , very therapeutic. I call them my babies too my other half thinks I’m nuts lol they looking good lisianthus are really hard to find here ,but I’ve ordered loads ranunculus excited to have a go at these. X Happy transplanting ❤️
“Reveal the stickiness within.” Words to live by 😂
I am sorry to hear about the gnats-I wondered if it was in the new soil mix because the bag had a hole in it, but I see from your comment that it came from a bag leftover from last year. Thanks for the tips on how to prevent/combat them. This is my first year starting seeds, so I am definitely going to order those sheets. Thanks for all of the wonderful tips.
The Rusted Gardner just recently did a TH-cam video on fungus Gnats. He said the Gnats eggs come from the peat moss. He said pouring boiling water on the soil will kill 99% of them. You can also use hydrogen peroxide/water solution on your existing seedlings. He also has a video on this. I've been using the hydrogen peroxide method on my house plants for two years now after I got a huge infestation of fungus gnats. I haven't seen one of the little buggers since.
You know- Gary's videos have not been coming in my feed lately! I'll have to go check it out. Thanks!
What ratio of peroxide to water do you typically use?
@@laurieclarkson9180 I use 4 parts water to 1 part hydrogen peroxide. Make sure you use only the 3% hydrogen peroxide. I also use
the same ratio when I repot my house plants as well.
@@laurieclarkson9180 oh and make sure you do the same thing with any new house plants you get.
@@CrazyCunuck Thank you, I really appreciate it!
Sprinkle your soil with cinnamon, and water those babies from the bottom!! I’m new ... love your channel. You crack me up 😂
Rosanne Green germinated really well for me too. I hope your new lisianthus seedlings work out.
Sometimes it’s easier to apologize than to ask for permission lol.. I started mixing a tiny bit of mosquito bits into the soil when repotting houseplants after a total annihilation of my succulents.
Gnats! I saw microscopic movement too and had no idea. Perfect timing. Again!
Lisa sells small bags of gnatrol powder. I water once a week with it as a preventative. Online only has large amounts and it is $$. Only need like 1/4 tsp per gallon as a preventive and I think a tsp if you have an issue. Good luck, gnats suck. Hate them!
I noticed the bags are so expensive! Thanks!
Sorry to hear about the soil gnats what a pain. I am inspired by how you transplanted the lizzies. Maybe I will try that with my babies. I am seeing signs of growth with my ranucs as well. This I is so cool.
We are trapped in this artic blast it was minus 7 f this morning and a 27 degree wind chill. It is snowing. Will pick up another inch on top of the 3 inches already on the ground.
Just found this channel. Love it! The accents. I'm dying. 🤣 I thought I was the only one. Lol
Hi Carol 😂💐
Thanks for the info I started some ranunculus and need to move them to a cooler location.
Can’t wait to see your lisianthus in flower! I have never managed to get them to grow here. Sorry about the knats though 🥲 Your ranunculus are looking great, love seeing those little roots and shoots popping up 🙂
We just had to treat every house plant we have for fungus gnats. Little rascals! Mosquito bits worked super fast for us.
I discovered the varmints yesterday. Not much I can do right now but wait it out. It should also be noted that currently it is colder here in my hometown (Alabama) than in Boonville, NY. I’m not ok! Praying this NEVER happens again! Seriously, I have a whole new respect for northern farmers! 🥶
This is so great to see!! I’m dealing with fungus gnats and their wretched larvae! Eek! So gross. Note to self: Next time prevention prevention prevention!!
Love your channel, Nicole! Such an encouragement!
That is great growth on those ranunculus after 13 days! Mine took about 18 days, but I did the "Floret" method & kept them in cool temperatures for 10 days.
So excited for this update!!! Have been waiting all weekend for your video 🥰
You should check the website Farmer's Friend website for a hoop house. I thought their prices are quite reasonable.
I agree the prices were reasonable- the shipping was an extra thousand. Couldn’t swing that!
Boiling water and hydrogen peroxide is best for fungus, learned it with the rusted garden Gary.I have lots of plants started since December and none of them has fungus.
The boiling water and hydrogen peroxide is supposed to go on the dirt before you plant seeds, right? I saw a video from him and he said to pour boiling water on the dirt and let it sit for a few hours. I don't know what he says about the hydrogen peroxide????
Here’s an article from the Spruce that suggests misting seedlings with hydrogen peroxide and water solution. I removed the wee soil blocks of the affected seedlings (rip 😞) like they said as well. Fingers crossed!
Ok can’t paste article but go to the spruce.com and search for damping off.
Oh for crying out loud! It’s ‘the spruce.com’!
@@carolynsmith8998 great article, thanks!
I lost all my Lisianthus seeds that had germinated at day 11 on day 13 or 14 -- I think because I pulled the plastic off too soon -- not enough humidity. Didn't see and gnats. I am sad, but plan to resow the rest today. Send me some good vibrations, PLEASE. This is my first time trying germination.
i think i have them too, so i used simple spray, dawn with water, make it not too soappy , and spray the soil around roots . Seems working for me... for now. We'll see.
I use to watch Gardening Naturally many yrs ago, decades now, you can find here too That guy made his own seed starting soil and used green sand for the fertilizer. Wonder if using that and not fertilizing later would help with the fungus pests.? I used it in my mix of soils, this is the first yr I'm starting seeds this early, guess time will tell. Great that everything is showing green. Love how you can go from Russia to down south in a sentence @ 11.00 LOL
I had some ladybugs that decided my house was a good place to overwinter. I put them on the soil with the pepper plants I am overwintering. Took care of whatever little bugs were crawling around in the soil. (probably fungus gnats)
Mosquito Bits & sticky traps helped my fungus gnat problem last year. Plus wetting my seed starter with boiling water, thus killing any eggs in soil this year NO gnats
Little devils! I have those yellow sticky things all over my trays.
Some people suggest to pour boiling hot water over the dirt to kill them, but I find that just delays any kind of planting because you’re waiting for the soil to dry out. What I do is get a stainless steel (oven/heat resistant) tray put my dirt in there and cook it.
ay yai, i am about to start seeds tomorrow but started some old onion seeds 2 weeks ago and just yesterday noticed little bugs and was like what in the..!!? so this video was timed perfectly for me... so sorry for your loss :'( but just another instance of youtube saving many other gardener's plants - so we thank you!!
Hi Nicole! I’m so sorry about your fungus gnat problem! I hate those things! I use Fly paper also but could only find the tubes so I pull the loop to stretch them like a cone-tree and just set them out. Works great too! Also, I have just discovered a Bonide product that will kill the larva as well. (Or at least that’s what the package claims. I’ve just ordered it so I can’t say this from experience just yet.). Anyway, it’s Bonide Systemic Houseplant granules. Just thought I’d let you know about this as well. Love your channel and great info!!! Good luck!
Thank you so much for the updates, I am growing lisianthus and ranunculus for the first time and this helped with the nerves. My ranunculus is also showing growth, I was wondering what the next step was for them. I will put them in my high tunnel under cover, as we have a lot of snow right now. The lisianthus is a couple weeks behind yours, I hope it does ok. No sign of gnats yet. Thanks again!
Mosquito Bits!
Put a couple tablespoons in a coffee filter and staple it shut to create a "tea bag". Soak in a gallon or two of water for at least an hour and then use that water to water all your seed starts to help break the fungus gnat cycle (the BT kills the larva in the soil). Catching the adults on sticky traps is good to prevent them from laying more eggs, but to really get on top of the issue, the BT water really helps.
I cut those sticky sheets and hole punch them and use those smaller bamboo skewers (a little thicker at the top). Very cost-effective.
Lol, you are so much like me, I thought I was the only one haha, I would check on my seed trays and couldnt help screaming....babies, my babies are up... every time without fail, lol
Thanks for the update! My Rosanne blk pearl and R. green are doing so much better than my echo! I'm about to transplant into trays (was waiting for you!!) but am noticing even on the strong seedlings they look a little pale - I just started weak fertilizer so hoping that helps!
Your outtakes are always so cuuuuuute!
Oh thank you!
Agreed! I love the content but the outtakes are definitely up there for favorite touches - please never stop that fun! I'm glad you posted this one recently, I am starting to see fungus gnats too. Yellow sticky stuff on the way!
So sorry to hear about your gnat woes :( I had a huge fungus gnat issue with my indoor plants from all the water LOVE I was giving them ;) I had to resort to those sticky tabs and they worked really well. Your flowers are going to look fabulous!
Fungus gnats! Bane of my existence!
Had a co-worker that had fungus gnats in all her office plants last year and it drove everyone in the office crazy! I feel your pain sister! 😟
Phenomena! (Now I have to go look those guys up on Sesame Street. LOL Thanks for the morning smile!
May I be so bold as to ask where you get your seeds? I did not go through all of the comments.
Thank you for your time and your wonderful and encouraging videos.
Hey Doll, you left something over here at my house...
❄It's YOUR WEATHER!! ❄💧❄ ❄🧊❄🌨🌬⛈❄❄💧🧊❄
And we Texan's aren't taking too well to it either...
It may LOOK like cotton,
but it ain't ACTIN' like cotton!!!
Please come pick it up.
Take it home with you.
Take it back where it belongs.
We're all done with snow.
It's not fun any more.
▪︎The power's been out for like 6 or 7 hours at a time.
▪︎Lots of outdoor units, the heat-a/c units are actually blowing up!
▪︎We've lost cell phone service for hours n hours.
▪︎Also, the cities tend to just shut down over here!
▪︎And - AS IF that's not bad enough, nobody over here knows how to DRIVE in it!!!
UGH.
So, yeah.
We're over it.
Nobody is outside
making snowmen this time.
Nope.
It's hunker-down time folks!
Rotating power outages, and no internet!!!
What The HEY!!!
The dark ages are BACK!!!
That just hurts, man...
Oh gosh, I hope I don’t see any of those fungus gnats! So far I haven’t. But my lisi’s seem like they’ve stopped growing after they germinated, they’re still so microscopic and look exactly the same as they did over 2 weeks ago. I know they’re slow growers but does that seem normal? And lol, you crack me up when you do your Dracula voice! “Focus on the plant, you sprouted I’m so proud.” Lol!!😝
i just started my 1st seeds today! heliotrope and peppers (zone 7b) great video:)
So exciting!!
Had to stop watching & quickly google 'fungus gnats in Australia' because I've never heard of them. Turns out we get them too so thanks for the heads up. I'm going to give Lizzies from seed a go this year so I'll be on watch for pesky gnats.
Hey :) some additional small fans would help with the air movement and algae issue :) I second the comment regarding coving the soil top in a shallow layer of ... perlite or vermiculite... the white one. I always forget which that is lol
Vermiculite is the recommended cover.
Perlite is the white one.
I ordered tons of yellow sticky trap with my amaryllis that had a problem, also used Mosquito Bits on the soil surface. I started lisianthus in 200s. All the amaryllis is quarantined down in the cellar now on shelves with lights.
Pull out one of those anemones! I’ve always wondered how those little rocks turn into pretty flowers!
I did on my Instagram! It looks like a lions mane mushroom 🤷♀️🤣👍
I also have battled and am still battling fungus gnats they are not easy to get rid of. The culprit in my house was miracle-gro soils. So we switched to Pro-Mix and joke was on us! Turns out Pro-Mix (costing more) also had fungus gnats. So if you have used either of these seed starting soils this may be your issue. We are currently trying coco coir to start my veggies flowers and herbs in. However the gnats have found their way into this as well. There must be something that eliminates these little buggers.
I love your Dracula voices. Lol i like talking to my little boys like that 😂
I love how you tuck in their little roots🥰. I’m so sorry about the knats! How annoying is that!😭. I started about 24 lisianthus seeds and I only have 3 left that seem to be ok😅
If it’s already in your soil, you can try watering with hydrogen peroxide 50/50 diluted with water. Not sure how it will work with seedlings though. Also not sure if that is considered “organic” although hydrogen peroxide will just break down into water and oxygen.
1 part hydrogen peroxide to four parts water works just as good as 50/50. Save on peroxide.
Fungus knats are THE WORST! We hope everything recovers and your second starts don’t have issues 🤞
The cinnamon helps prevent damping off and also prevents knats
There is a small microscopic “bug” that’s called hypoaspis if you buy it and put it in the soil it will eat up the larvae that is causing damage on the roots. It’s also used in Sweden to treat mites on chickens if you are a fan of organic stuff. The hypoaspis will die when they run out of food. And also. I ordered 50 ranuculus thingies, and when my package arrive I’m gonna blame it all on you and your inspiring channel 🤩 ( bought eucalyptus and Lizzie seeds as well) I’m born curious and have to try new stuff 🤣
"Moisture...preferred over moist." 😂😂 I'm dying!!! Hilarious!
Yeah I would lay the sticky traps on the trays. I have hung some up and always get them stuck to my hair! Lol
Unfortunately started my Lisanthus February 1st , waited over a month for Johnny's seeds. I work just Saturday's at a local garden center. I ask the owner about purchasing plugs local to me, Grow n Sell. I had seen a gardener mention when googling on growing tips.. Well, he SURPRISED me This past Saturday with 3 half trays. I get 72 plugs. I am leaving them at the garden centre until I have Room. My seedlings have Finally emerged but Lord they are so small!!! I don't know that I have the patience to start these again from seed! I watch them them I watch these more than I watched my now grown children.🤪 Did you ever think of getting plugs? I get the whole thrill growing your own, But these are just a little nerve wracking.
Yes, I also have fungus gnats mostly from my amaryllis. I purchase the raid sticky tape. They get full☹. & my Hair gets stuck in the glue. GROSS! I also keep a small jar of apple cidar vinegar with a drop of Dawn liquid soap near by. They drown! Works!
Thanks for another great video ❤💐
That's awesome! I do have three trays of plugs coming in April!
Good morning,
Thank you for sharing
Augh!! Gnats are the worse, I saw one or two last year way towards the last weeks of the seedlings indoors so I got those sticky flats... OH BOY! somehow a bunch came out of nowhere! Nicole, one tip I picked up from an experience gardener was to add boiling water to the mix you use (seed starting or potting mix) first before using it.. that way it kills whatever may be lurking there... I let my mix sit for a while before using it but it is worth the try!
How much boiling water? Doesn't that turn it into mud?
@@mercury_rising you are not adding THAT much, just enough to mix the mix entirely, like getting it moist, not dripping wet... I do think and let it sit for a couple of hours, then I add regular cool water to however much I need for germinating
Wow the roots are nuts! Sorry about the bugs. Have you tried h2o2 in the water? Ive been doing it and I'm ok so far. Best of luck. I'm kind of glad the lisianthus didn't get in-stock in time ahahhaah. They seem so high maintenance.
Great video! I’m so sad I lost over half of my anemones,💔they sprouted roots and then began to rot and turn gooey, I did have a lot that were upside down I believe because they did nothing but rot on the bottom . I’m completely new to anemones. I am doing the pre sprout method after soaking overnight with fast dripping water. Any help you can offer? Thanks for your videos I really enjoy your ideas and personality😝😊
I have heard that using boiling water on your seed start mix to moisten the mix can help rid or reduce the chance of fungus gnats.
yes! I always do the boiling water on the seed start mix (we had a TERRIBLE fungus gnat infestation and I lost probably 40% of my starts one year. UGH!) I also do a diluted hydrogen peroxide watering to kill off the larvae in the soil. sprinkle of sand/cinnamon on top of the soil to keep any adults from getting back into the soil to lay eggs AND sticky tape to trap some of the adults as well.