Bonide Systemic Houseplant Insect Control, 8 oz Ready-to-Use Granules for Indoors and Outdoors, Protects Plants from Insects

Helped me get rid of thrips!! This product really works. Unfortunately it doesn't help spider mites. But it's great for other pests (like thrips). Easy to mix into top layer of soil and water in. I like that you only have to apply every 8 weeks

I had problems with my plants...hundreds of gnats all over for months. Tried everything i looked up. At my wits end, I ordered this and mixed into all infected plants and surprise, it worked!! Within 2 weeks I was gnat free but definitely saw results much sooner. I'm going to mix into all of my new plants and repotted plants this spring. It really works!

This product works really well, but the container only comes about 1/3 full.

Fantastic insect controller. I use this on all of my plants from tropicals to cactus and succulents. I treat my plants about every 4 months with these granuals. Since using it I haven't had any infestations of pests at all. This is a must have for plant parents!

Not sure it's working. Guess it might take awhile. Purchased 2X. A suggestion would be a different container. I get that the amount is what is in it but it's 1/2 full. It's difficult to use an instrument ( plastic spoon) to get to the product. I scratch my fingers on the opening. I have purchased 2X and am hoping it works. Price is fine as everything has a price. Maybe a smaller container with a larger opening.

I was having trouble with fungus gnats in my plants. I ordered this product in the hope it would work. I followed the directions on the bottle and the gnats are gone! I added some sticky traps to the plants after adding the product to the soil to keep an eye on if it was actually working. Within the first week, I had a few gnats stuck to the traps, no where near as many as before using. After the first week, no new gnats have popped up and sticky traps are bare!

UPDATE 2017-05-08 I got rid of all my houseplants, mainly because of the fungus gnats. Also because I'm trying to simplify my life. This Bonide product did work to greatly reduce the gnats in our home. However we never completely got rid of them. I am concerned about this product because the active ingredient is imidacloprid, which is strongly suspected of being harmful to bees. If I overwintered certain flowering plants indoors, like begonias, and used this product on the soil, then put the plants outdoors, perhaps the flowers could hurt bees. The product is systemic, so even though you apply it to the soil, it goes into the plant's stem, leaves, and flowers. So I lowered my rating to 3 stars. UPDATE 2016-01-10 It's been about a week since I finished treating all our houseplants. We're seeing a BIG improvement!!! YAY!! We've only seen about two flies in six days. Before, we'd see many flies each day, some flying in our faces, some attracted to what we're eating, or hovering around our computer screen. I think the Bonide product is the main thing that helped - I hope it's not premature to say - solve the problem! 2016-01-03 So far I like it a lot. I've been treating our houseplants because we have a fungus gnat problem. I like that the product is easy to handle. The consistency is like pepper. First I loosen the soil of the houseplant with a very small rake or craft stick. Then I insert a plastic, long iced-tea spoon, dedicated for this purpose (NOT to be used later for iced tea) into the slot at the top of the Bonide product. I take spoonsful of the product and sprinkle it on the soil of the house plant. The product stays in the spoon until I sprinkle it on the soil. Next I use a craft stick to work the product into the soil. Then, I water the plant. I'm being very careful with this since it is an insecticide. I didn't want to use an insecticide, but I've tried the less aggressive ways to fight these pests and we still have them. Here are a couple of other tips for fighting fungus gnats, which I think do help: You can get Hafer yellow sticky squares on Amazon; you can cut these in half lengthwise and stick them on craft sticks. Then you can stick the craft sticks into the plant soil. Also, be sure your houseplants have good drainage. (I don't use moisture control potting soil any more. It's important to LET THE SOIL DRY between waterings; moisture control potting soil is made to retain moisture which is NOT GOOD. I mix perlite in my NON-moisture controlled potting soil for better drainage.) The reason to let the soil dry between waterings is that the gnats reproduce in moist soil and they die or go into suspended animation if the soil becomes dry. In fact the gnats spend most of their lives - about two weeks plus 5 days as larvae and pupae - in the soil; they are in the adult stage flying around for only about 5 days. During which time they lay 300 eggs in the plant soil, and the process begins all over again. There is a lot of information on the internet about fungus gnats. I plan to write an update about a week after I finish treating the plants. Hopefully this will do the trick!