RE: Wheat Grass Gnats?

[Guest guest]

On 11/9/08, ph Puentes <makas@...> wrote:

>

> How do I control the gnats from taking over the house? They seem to be

> getting into the wheat grass and then flying all around the house.

They're laying eggs in the roots of your wheat grass.

I'm growing wheatgrass in a sort of terrarium setup to avoid flies.

The side benefit is that I don't have to water my wheatgrass after I

get it set up. For a terrarium, I use the big clear plastic containers

that came with one pound of organic baby greens in them. I also don't

use dirt but rather grow my wheatgrass on a layer of wet newspaper.

It's a pretty good setup and really cheap.

I sprout the wheat, then get a layer of newspaper thoroughly wet and

put it in the bottom of my plastic tub. I sprinkle the sprouted wheat

on the newspaper, close the container and leave it sit for a week.

Once or twice during the week, I open the container, then close it

again to freshen the air inside. That's it. It just sits there and

grows all on its own. Very nice. And no flies.

Sparrow

[Guest guest]

Great tip Sparrow.......

Re: Wheat Grass Gnats?

On 11/9/08, ph Puentes <makas@...> wrote:

>

> How do I control the gnats from taking over the house? They seem to be

> getting into the wheat grass and then flying all around the house.

They're laying eggs in the roots of your wheat grass.

I'm growing wheatgrass in a sort of terrarium setup to avoid flies.

The side benefit is that I don't have to water my wheatgrass after I

get it set up. For a terrarium, I use the big clear plastic containers

that came with one pound of organic baby greens in them. I also don't

use dirt but rather grow my wheatgrass on a layer of wet newspaper.

It's a pretty good setup and really cheap.

I sprout the wheat, then get a layer of newspaper thoroughly wet and

put it in the bottom of my plastic tub. I sprinkle the sprouted wheat

on the newspaper, close the container and leave it sit for a week.

Once or twice during the week, I open the container, then close it

again to freshen the air inside. That's it. It just sits there and

grows all on its own. Very nice. And no flies.

Sparrow

[Guest guest]

Hi Sparrow,

 

Instead of wet newspaper use a wet cotton cloth like table napkin. The ink and

other chemicals in the paper contaminate the sprouts and the grass and better be

avoided.

 

Gopal

>

> How do I control the gnats from taking over the house? They seem to be

> getting into the wheat grass and then flying all around the house.

They're laying eggs in the roots of your wheat grass.

I'm growing wheatgrass in a sort of terrarium setup to avoid flies.

The side benefit is that I don't have to water my wheatgrass after I

get it set up. For a terrarium, I use the big clear plastic containers

that came with one pound of organic baby greens in them. I also don't

use dirt but rather grow my wheatgrass on a layer of wet newspaper.

It's a pretty good setup and really cheap.

I sprout the wheat, then get a layer of newspaper thoroughly wet and

put it in the bottom of my plastic tub. I sprinkle the sprouted wheat

on the newspaper, close the container and leave it sit for a week.

Once or twice during the week, I open the container, then close it

again to freshen the air inside. That's it. It just sits there and

grows all on its own. Very nice. And no flies.

Sparrow

[Guest guest]

On 11/9/08, Gopal Sharma <asatomasad@...> wrote:

>

> Instead of wet newspaper use a wet cotton cloth like table napkin.

> The ink and other chemicals in the paper contaminate the sprouts

> and the grass and better be avoided.

Thanks, I didn't think about the soybeans in the ink.

Sparrow

[Guest guest]

Fungas gnats must be treated through their whole and very short life cycle.There

are yellow sticky traps that can be purchased online.You can check them out at

gardensalive.com.They live in the growing medium so keep the traps out from the

start till the harvest to get the upper hand on control.Been there and bugged

that.Jeff.

CC:

From: makas@...

Date: Sun, 9 Nov 2008 08:50:57 -0500

Subject: Wheat Grass Gnats?

I'm very new to sprouting Wheat Grass and would like to ask a specific

question. I see that some elect to use a Garden seed starting tray for

their wheat grass and was going to try this as well. But I did a

preliminary trial and have some wheat growing in some plastic contains

now but my problem lies in the gnats.

How do I control the gnats from taking over the house? They seem to be

getting into the wheat grass and then flying all around the house.

thanks,

joseph

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