As much as I love my Orange Tree I have discovered something terrible!

After I put the tree in the tent, it became… comfortable.  The temperature was just right and the conditions were very favorable for the eggs from some gnats to hatch that had been previously laid while the tree was at the nursery.

UGH!!! NO GOOD!!!

So, in order to combat the gnats I purchased two products:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Gnat Stix are basically Popsicle sticks that attach to a grid that looks and acts like fly paper.   The gnats stick to it.

The Diatomaceous Earth basically stops the gnats from reproducing and since gnats have a short life span it works pretty well.  Its a white powder that just gets sprinkled over top of the soil.  It kind of reminds me of using talc powder, only the plant version.