Lucemill Hydrogen Peroxide 9% Food Grade I 5 Litre I Liquid Hydrogen Peroxide Food Grade I Unstabilised I Eco Friendly I Additive Free

I had a pretty bad infestation of fungas gnats. These are the tiny black bugs that at first glance look like fleas and can lay their eggs in the moist soil of houseplants. It started with just a couple on the sliding glass doors to my patio and got exponentially worse. Nothing worked until I found a blog called ‘Weapons of Gnat Destruction’ online – definitely worth a read if you’re having a problem. Anyways, I tried the solutions in order but hydrogen peroxide followed by a cinnamon overlay of the soil has definitely worked for me: 1. Mix 1 part Hydrogen Peroxide (9% food grade – I bought this one) with 6 parts distilled/filtered water and completely douse the soil – IMPORTANT: make sure you’ve let the soil totally dry out first. My problem was in a big 38cm tall by 38cm wide pot and I mixed 150ml of 9% hydrogen peroxide with 900ml of distilled water and doused my pot twice. I wasn’t sure at first how much of the solution I’d need but it turned out I needed to do it twice to completely saturate the soil. The solution will start fizzing as it’s absorbed into the soil and then breaks down into oxygen and water, which won’t harm your plants. According to the blog I found above, hydrogen peroxide kills larvae and eggs on contact, effectively killing off infant gnats and thus disrupting their lifecycle. 2. To ensure a double whammy, sprinkle ground cinnamon (I bought mine in my grocery store) over the top of the soil. Be sure to cover completely. Again, according to that blog, cinnamon is a powerful natural fungicide, which kills off the gnats’ primary food source, making the soil inhospitable to further infestation. Within 48 hrs I had major results but didn't completely rid me of these pests. I’ve done this 3 times now, 10 days apart to allow the soil to dry out, and am planning on doing this until they’re totally gone. While it hasn’t yet completely killed off all my gnats, it has SIGNIFICANTLY reduced the population: from a window literally covered with them to the point where I have days when I don’t find a single one. So I feel confident that I’ll get rid of them all eventually. HUGE thanks to the author(s) of the blog ‘Weapons of Gnat Destruction’ (you can find it doing an online search). I was going nuts trying to get rid of these awful pests. But the hydrogen peroxide seems to be doing the job. BTW, I also bought (here on Amazon) those bright yellow sticky bug traps which really helped me monitor the situation. I hope this helps you as much as it did me.

Great for getting rid of fruit flies. Mostly gone after one treatment. Will give another treatment in a few days

I've got a couple of plans for this peroxide. Diluted and in a spray it sorted out some little black flies in the compost. They told delight in reappearing in surprising numbers when we watered the peace lily. Can't water from the bottom with this pot. I've got a washing machine with cartridges, they are very good but pricey. I'm going to try putting a decent washing liquid in one and peroxide diluted to 3% in the other to see how that works. Time will tell if it works.

I used this to get rid of those little flies in my pot plants.Diluted of course.

I used this to get out a stain. Works amazing.

Excellent

Had an infestation of gnat flies on my Devils Ivy and couldn't get rid of it even after repotting. Used this product and hey, no more flies.

Good product, but I accidentally ordered two instead of one, and returning the erroneous order was difficult.