21 Stakes - Safer® Brand Houseplant Sticky Stakes

I have plants everywhere so I always keep a supply of these at home and at work. They are the best ever!!

I've been using these for about a month and have had great results. These sticky tabs catch EVERYTHING! I've caught a spider and a few files in addition to gnats. I used to be swatting them from my face when I read on my tablet in bed at night. Now there are maybe 2 a week. The tabs are easy to use and easy to dispose of. I've already ordered more for my kitchen plants and the ones at my office.

I thought the teeny flies were fruit flies...then I realized they came from my house plants. I appreciate a non-chemical solution to address this problem.

Gnats really stick to it. I could't not do without the Safer Brand Houseplant Sticky Stakes.

Good price, prompt shipping.

Good product. Tad bit overpriced, there should be ten in the pkg, not seven. I usually purchase this brand when I am in need of the plastic sticks, ha. A competing brand uses wooden sticks & that's worthless to me. Monitor cards are better if you want more coverage than these offer. These are good for tight spaces.

I raise Bonsai and fungus gnats are an absolute death sentence for fine feeder roots bonsai depend upon to thrive. Out of the blue, several of the younger bonsai (and some of my regular houseplants) started showing signs of distress and for the life of me, I couldn't find out what was causing the problem. There were no visible signs of disease on leaves or stems, but leaves were wilting and dropping at a steady rate.

Since I never had problems with fungus gnats (40+ years of experience), it wasn't until the weather warmed up that the problem became apparent. There were just a couple gnats at first and the problem intensified as the weather warmed up with more frequent watering.

I am extremely hesitant to use any chemical treatment of any sort on any of my plants. The only product I ever used, had to carry the Safer® Brand trademark. Because all my plants are in a very controlled environment (indoor greenhouse with fans, grow lights, etc...), I rarely have problems.

Well, I purchased 42 Sticky Stakes total and used 12 of them immediately. Overnight, the Sticky Stakes were literally covered and I certainly found the problem.

I also had to purchase Gnatrol WDG to kill off the fungus gnat larvae, which is a biological larvicide. I was almost terrified to use it, but when I saw the overwhelming amount of fungus gnats caught with the Sticky Stakes, it was either kill off the larvae or risk the destruction of bonsai and houseplant alike.

Thank goodness, the Gnatrol has not caused any damage to either bonsai or houseplant and used in conjunction with the Sticky Stakes, this was a good solution.

I lost 3 houseplants to fungus gnats and believe they were initially brought in with a mature greenhouse hanging oak ivy. I rarely buy mature plants and will likely never do so again after this incident.

The gnats are not completely gone (after 3+ weeks of treatment), but the Sticky Stakes are catching only an occasional gnat now and much better than the initial scenario.

Purchasing another lot of Sticky Stakes and thank you Safer!

If this were a swanky NY nightclub, it would be standing room only...... I don't know if you guys have an issue with those annoying tiny black winged terrors, but I have two plants that they love (and in turn fly in your face and annoy the dog). Well, I researched online and putting sand in the plants was super annoying when you water, but it's true, they can lay eggs and multiply in sand (but who wants to eat veggies/herbs with sand). Anyway, in another article, I found that those bugs are attracted to the color yellow, and then found these... so basically these Safer Stakes have saved me!!! I get them on ebay, but if you have the same problem, man do they work! Safer Sticky Stakes are THE BEST!

I use this product to rid my orchids of fungus gnats. It works great. Even at times when there is no infestation, I leave a stake with a clean sticky pad in the plant pot to alarm me when the pests are around again. As soon as I see one caught on the yellow pad I know it's time to treat the soil with a larvicide again.