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Dec 9, 2014 6:42 PM CST
Name: Kayleigh
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Has anyone found this helps harbor or bring in fungus gnats?

I only ask because 4 or 5 years ago I decided to start keeping all my coffee grounds to use them on my garden and flower beds. To save them, I used a 13 gallon plastic trash container placed under my sink, and each day threw in the coffee grounds. After a few weeks I noticed gnats. Then I started some seeds in potting mix, and they wiped out some of my seedlings by their larvae eating off the roots. Then I tried to figure out what the nasty thing was, and after finding out, it seemed to have started with the coffee grounds.

Secondly, I really want to do this, but can the containers even be smaller? I have very little space in house at all. Two or three plastic shoe box containers would fit my space better than a 10-gallon container as in the article. Thanks.

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