Applied the second weekly drench of Neem Cake Tea to the soil today. There aren't nearly as many Fungus Gnats in the greenhouse today as there were a week ago, maybe 1/3 as many, so the Neem Cake Tea has really reduced the ability of the larva reaching maturity.
Applied the third weekly drench of Neem Cake Tea yesterday, and saw no fungus gnats either on the soil or flying in the greenhouse. Will continue the application for two more weeks to ensure all larva are killed.
Thanks you for the video! Just did my first watering with neem tea solution. Two questions: 1) besides smell, is there any detrimental downside to letting neem cake soak for longer, even as long as 24 hours? I was considering letting it soak that long and then diluting it prior to watering. 2) is neem cake completely spent after making neem tea, or does it still have enough value for one more soak or as addition to garden soil?
Don't know if it would be as effective after it was allowed to ferment, as I haven't tried it. But, I would think the important thing is the smell of the Neem cake to mess with the hormones of the gnat, which would be destroyed in fermentation. After I make the Neem cake tea, I put the remaining solids in the soil for fertilizer.
No, it should all be used soon after it is made. If kept, it will ferment and develop quite an odor. It is best make just what is needed, and use while fresh.
It is hard to suggest one way over the other, but since the fungus gnats feed on the plant roots their numbers should decrease if the bed is empty. It might be worth the effort to do one treatment after the harvest to reduce the gnats laying more eggs which can go dormant in the soil until conditions are right for hatching.
New sub! I’m so happy to see someone else using Neem!! I didn’t know you could make a tea. Thank you so much for sharing this information.😊👍🏻🪴❤️. I use Neem oil, as a spray or a leaf cleanser and Neem meal (granules) which I sprinkle on my houseplants from time to time. They are both very effective.
I do the soil drench on a schedule rather waiting to the soil to dry or water it. Usually the top couple inches of the soil is dry, but it is moist down at the root level.
Hi I really enjoyed the post and I would like to know if you can tell me where you website ordered your pure natural organic cake mix for your garden plants to kill gnats that where in your garden like to get the exact kind that you have in your post which is the brown bag it says natural if you don't mind can you please send me the website I don't want to get anything else but what you have posted it seems to work and I would like to try also if you don't mind thank you so much for reading when you go out and Grover to flee if you already have
Hi! I included the link in the description above. I bought the two 5# bags with free shipping. Here is the link: www.neemresource.com/Neem&KaranjaCake.html
I have another question I don't have the glass bottles that you have to put the mixture into. I mean cake can make it into AT so the question ISIS it possibility that I can put it into milk drugs and then close the male jug lids s3t the neem cake tea it out for 24 hours like u did So again is it okay to use plastic milk jugs Enclosed the lid on the milk drugs. After you make the name tea Would that be safe?
Can you use plastic milk drugs instead of glass jars like once you have and if you can use the Milk plastic jugs And while the neen cake tea is in the jags Will it be safe to put the milk jug top on it and leave it out for 24 hours while you wait for the neem cake to process Go to the fact I don't have the glass chairs like you have.
@@ohio_gardenerI only have a few small Pots with lettuce how often should I apply it? I won’t use nearly a gallon to water. Might not even use half a gallon
@@brittaniejones8755 Try to apply every 5 to 7 days to ensure it beaks egg laying and adults merging cycle. Try to make only as much tea as you will use each time, like maybe a quart instead of a gallon.
@@ohio_gardener thanks for replying. I’m devastated. I thought about getting rid them all together. Do you know about hot to treat fungus growing in the pots?
@@brittaniejones8755 If Neem cake is applied to the soil it can/will form a fungus, but it can be easily worked into the soil and not reappear. If you want to do a total kill of the fungus gnats, try something like Mosquito Bits (there are instructions on the package how to use it).
3 months of using neem cake and using this method have made no difference in ridding my fungus gnat problem at all.! But instead, it's made the infestation worse.! Swarms of gnats just keep coming... I mean so bad that they will actually try and fly into your eyes and mouth.! At this point, I feel defeated and I've run out of options and know nothing else to try... And believe me, I've tried everything.! If they are anyone on here that knows of something that will actually work that I haven't already tried in the last 2+ years battling these damn gnats, please fill me in because even this hasn't worked
Sorry to hear that! Haven't heard of Fungus Gnats increasing with neem cake. Check your local garden center, such as Lowe's or Menards, to see if they have Mosquito Bits. That is a biological control, and has instructions on the package about how to soak them and then use the water to kill the gnats.
try this brand instead it will get rid of those fungus gnat .. mix a lil bit in with your soil and make a tea with it spray on and under leave also to reduce or kill spider mites Product is Called Neem Bliss - Premium Neem Seed Meal ..
Did younget your gnat problem under control?. BOTH adult flying AND larvaenin soilnhave to be killed. Thr neem onlynworks in soil. Inuse thr sticky traps..which I am sure yourbhave tried. I also do not run a humidifier much anymore. Fungus gnats like moister...guess what the humidifier produces!!!? I still have a few but not many. I also do not take plants outside in nicer weather.
Yes, it is relative expensive, but it has the advantage of providing nutrients to the plants in addition to controlling fungus gnats. Check my reply to one of the other comments for a link to where I purchased it.
@@ohio_gardener Thanks. I've bought a box of the stuff and watered all my plants with the tea, and I hope it will work! Will I have to use it often? My tomato plants needs water very often, I suppose I'm not supposed to use the neem cake tea for every watering?
@@torbjornkarlsen I re-applied the Neem Cake Tea every 5 days to help break the cycle of the gnats. If plants needed water in between those applications, I just used water.
Great funnel idea
Thank you young man you have just educated me ! Desperately trying to save my roses from these critters ! Kind regards from little old Norfolk U K
Yeah buddy! Life saver! Subbed big guy! Gotta support my neighbor!
Thank you
Applied the second weekly drench of Neem Cake Tea to the soil today. There aren't nearly as many Fungus Gnats in the greenhouse today as there were a week ago, maybe 1/3 as many, so the Neem Cake Tea has really reduced the ability of the larva reaching maturity.
Applied the third weekly drench of Neem Cake Tea yesterday, and saw no fungus gnats either on the soil or flying in the greenhouse. Will continue the application for two more weeks to ensure all larva are killed.
Do you apply tea when soil is dry or wet?
@@ohio_gardener Thanks for this great and practical video. Any updates?
@@The3Dsmash No updates, just continuing to monitor for fungus gnats. Haven't seen any more since getting rid of them.
Thank you!
Hi, I'm in Canada, bought some Neem off Amazon and it turned out to be Neem powder. Any reason it wouldn't work the same?
It will work the same, and should give you good results.
Thank you.@@ohio_gardener
An electric bug zapper that kills gnats would be awesome!
Thanks for the video about to try your recipe
Is your raised bed exposed to rainfall?
No, that raised bed is inside the greenhouse.
Thanks you for the video! Just did my first watering with neem tea solution.
Two questions:
1) besides smell, is there any detrimental downside to letting neem cake soak for longer, even as long as 24 hours? I was considering letting it soak that long and then diluting it prior to watering.
2) is neem cake completely spent after making neem tea, or does it still have enough value for one more soak or as addition to garden soil?
Don't know if it would be as effective after it was allowed to ferment, as I haven't tried it. But, I would think the important thing is the smell of the Neem cake to mess with the hormones of the gnat, which would be destroyed in fermentation. After I make the Neem cake tea, I put the remaining solids in the soil for fertilizer.
Can you keep leftover tea...or should you start fresh with each watering?
No, it should all be used soon after it is made. If kept, it will ferment and develop quite an odor. It is best make just what is needed, and use while fresh.
I can attest to the smell if you don’t use it all. Yikes😅😅
I have a few weeks left before harvest and only have a few fungus gnats. Would you treat anyways or let it be?
It is hard to suggest one way over the other, but since the fungus gnats feed on the plant roots their numbers should decrease if the bed is empty. It might be worth the effort to do one treatment after the harvest to reduce the gnats laying more eggs which can go dormant in the soil until conditions are right for hatching.
@@ohio_gardener I went for it and gnats are gone. Hoping the neem won't give my flower an off taste or aroma.
@@BackBurnerKitchen Great! No, it shouldn't give off any offensive odor.
Sometimes by just boiling neem leaves we can have neem tea. In my area neem trees are common. Just asking if we could use the tea from its leaves.
Hopefully someone will be able to answer. I don't have any access to Neem leaves, so have no knowledge of them.
New sub! I’m so happy to see someone else using Neem!! I didn’t know you could make a tea. Thank you so much for sharing this information.😊👍🏻🪴❤️. I use Neem oil, as a spray or a leaf cleanser and Neem meal (granules) which I sprinkle on my houseplants from time to time. They are both very effective.
I like that the Neem not only blocks the fungus gnats, but adds fertilizer to the soil at the same time.
@@ohio_gardener I’ve learned to love that earthy smell.
Sir, Do you drench soil with Tea when container soil is dry or wet? Please advice. Thanks
I do the soil drench on a schedule rather waiting to the soil to dry or water it. Usually the top couple inches of the soil is dry, but it is moist down at the root level.
@@ohio_gardener Thanks for reply . Reason I ask in morning too inch or two moist everyday due to morning dew
Can I apply in the garden bed with seeds just planted
Yes, it will not bother the seeds, and it adds some fertilizer to the soil.
can I use BTI together with Neem Cake in the same irrigation?
You should be able to. The Neem Cake tea will not affect the efficacy of the Bt israelensis.
can this be used as a spray and still kill gnats?
No, it effectively kills the larva stage, but it does not affect the gnats since they do not eat anything.
Hi I really enjoyed the post and I would like to know if you can tell me where you website ordered your pure natural organic cake mix for your garden plants to kill gnats that where in your garden like to get the exact kind that you have in your post which is the brown bag it says natural if you don't mind can you please send me the website I don't want to get anything else but what you have posted it seems to work and I would like to try also if you don't mind thank you so much for reading when you go out and Grover to flee if you already have
Hi! I included the link in the description above. I bought the two 5# bags with free shipping. Here is the link: www.neemresource.com/Neem&KaranjaCake.html
Hi thank you so much for giving me the information to where to buy the neem cake I really appreciate it it's very much for letting me know
I have another question I don't have the glass bottles that you have to put the mixture into.
I mean cake can make it into AT so the question ISIS it possibility that I can put it into milk drugs and then close the male jug lids s3t the neem cake tea it out for 24 hours like u did So again is it okay to use plastic milk jugs Enclosed the lid on the milk drugs. After you make the name tea
Would that be safe?
I'm sorry for the missed words
Can I needed to rewrite the sentence into the terrible mistake of the paragraph not making Sense
Can you use plastic milk drugs instead of glass jars like once you have and if you can use the Milk plastic jugs And while the neen cake tea is in the jags Will it be safe to put the milk jug top on it and leave it out for 24 hours while you wait for the neem cake to process Go to the fact I don't have the glass chairs like you have.
How often should we apply this tea
I like to apply it once a weed for 4 weeks to break the cycle of the larva emerging as adults, and the adults laying more eggs.
@@ohio_gardenerI only have a few small Pots with lettuce how often should I apply it? I won’t use nearly a gallon to water. Might not even use half a gallon
@@brittaniejones8755 Try to apply every 5 to 7 days to ensure it beaks egg laying and adults merging cycle. Try to make only as much tea as you will use each time, like maybe a quart instead of a gallon.
@@ohio_gardener thanks for replying. I’m devastated. I thought about getting rid them all together. Do you know about hot to treat fungus growing in the pots?
@@brittaniejones8755 If Neem cake is applied to the soil it can/will form a fungus, but it can be easily worked into the soil and not reappear. If you want to do a total kill of the fungus gnats, try something like Mosquito Bits (there are instructions on the package how to use it).
Ohio!?😊
3 months of using neem cake and using this method have made no difference in ridding my fungus gnat problem at all.! But instead, it's made the infestation worse.! Swarms of gnats just keep coming... I mean so bad that they will actually try and fly into your eyes and mouth.! At this point, I feel defeated and I've run out of options and know nothing else to try... And believe me, I've tried everything.! If they are anyone on here that knows of something that will actually work that I haven't already tried in the last 2+ years battling these damn gnats, please fill me in because even this hasn't worked
Sorry to hear that! Haven't heard of Fungus Gnats increasing with neem cake. Check your local garden center, such as Lowe's or Menards, to see if they have Mosquito Bits. That is a biological control, and has instructions on the package about how to soak them and then use the water to kill the gnats.
@@ohio_gardener already tried it lol... Thanks for the advice though
try this brand instead it will get rid of those fungus gnat .. mix a lil bit in with your soil and make a tea with it spray on and under leave also to reduce or kill spider mites Product is Called Neem Bliss - Premium Neem Seed Meal ..
@@bonez6349 Gnatrol works
Did younget your gnat problem under control?. BOTH adult flying AND larvaenin soilnhave to be killed. Thr neem onlynworks in soil. Inuse thr sticky traps..which I am sure yourbhave tried. I also do not run a humidifier much anymore. Fungus gnats like moister...guess what the humidifier produces!!!? I still have a few but not many.
I also do not take plants outside in nicer weather.
Is this stuff expensive? Where do you get it? I would love to rid my living room of the flies.
Yes, it is relative expensive, but it has the advantage of providing nutrients to the plants in addition to controlling fungus gnats. Check my reply to one of the other comments for a link to where I purchased it.
@@ohio_gardener Thanks. I've bought a box of the stuff and watered all my plants with the tea, and I hope it will work! Will I have to use it often? My tomato plants needs water very often, I suppose I'm not supposed to use the neem cake tea for every watering?
@@torbjornkarlsen I re-applied the Neem Cake Tea every 5 days to help break the cycle of the gnats. If plants needed water in between those applications, I just used water.