Home Remedies For Gnats Indoors

Blend 2 Tbsp lemon-scented liquid dish cleanser with 1 gallon of water in a bottle.

Home remedies for gnats indoors. To get rid of fungus gnats in houseplants you can use the same concoction you would use for fruit flies and drain flies or you can try one of these home remedies for gnats in plants. Place it in the vicinity of the gnats. Allow the mixture to foam and remain in the drain for at least two hours.

Fill a small dish with a little red wine and dish soap. Keep plants drier and you will eliminated most issues with fungus gnats. All you have to do is place some banana in the jar instead of the apple cider vinegar mixture.

You can also use some mashed-up banana or old banana skin to attract and trap gnats. The oil coats the side of drain pipes and the gnats inside while the ammonia kills them. I had the hardest time with fungus gnats in the soil of my dwarf banana tree because the soil has to be kept so moist.

These traps also work on fruit flies which are not the same as gnats. Make a homemade gnat trap with a shallow dish and red wine which will attract gnats. This cleanser will not only drive the gnats away but will also kill the gnats.

Wine and Soap Trap. Make an apple cider vinegar trap. Neem Oil for Fungus Gnats.

Pour 12-cup of salt and 12-cup of baking soda down the drain. Neem oil is a natural insecticide that inhibits the reproductive system of gnats and the growth of larvae and it is safe for the plants. Next pour 1-cup of white vinegar down the drain.