How to get rid of knats in the house

Dennis Brown
by Dennis Brown
  7 answers
  • Joyce Joyce on Oct 12, 2018

    Apple cider vinegar and little dish detergent sit on counter they will go to it and drown. Joyce

  • Linda kelley Linda kelley on Oct 12, 2018

    Are you misting some of your house plants? I know when I mist my orchids, I end up with gnats!

  • Em Em on Oct 12, 2018

    You need to figure out of they are fruit flies of fungus gnats. Fruit flies eat rotting food especially fruit and fungus gnats eat plant roots and live in the soil of plants. You kill gnats differently than fruit flies.

  • Ili Ili on Oct 12, 2018

    Dennis, make sure that plants are not overwatered...JMO

  • Lynn Wolfcale. Lynn Wolfcale. on Oct 13, 2018

    I’ve used vinegar and dish soap mixed together and put in a shallow dish with great success. The fragrance attracts them. They drown. Be sure to check for rotting fres fruit or veggies where they are propagating

  • Everything Pretty Everything Pretty on Oct 13, 2018

    I used to use a trap like Lynn mentioned. I got a Flylight last year, so I use that now. The gnats are usually got in a day. I also use it a reminder to scrub my kitchen really good, too.

  • Griffi Griffi on Oct 14, 2018

    Fruit fly trap

    pour apple cider vinegar in a bowl add a suit to of blue dawn. Cover with plastic wrap.