First, the bad news. I didn't smell anything when I took the bags off, and then I saw a tiny spider crawling along the soil. Then I saw a Box Elder bug and then I spotted an adult fungus gnat going about its business on the soil surface. So I don't think I accomplished a single thing.
But, the good news is, the seedlings look like they enjoyed the treatment!
Elena, I'm already using BT. I know it's helping, but not solving my problem.
Sooby there's no way it could be damping off disease. I always let the soil get dry. Most of these are big, robust seedlings and I'm only watering them once a week right now.
But, I'm catching adult fungus gnats on the yellow traps. What I have found some information on is that there is no correlation between damp soil and the proliferation of fungus gnats. They don't care about that - they'll eat your cactus roots too.
