Espoma Organic Earth-Tone Insect Control - 24 oz Spray IC24

I recommend this product to ANYONE dealing with fungus gnats or spider mites. I'm on my second bottle, and its saved more than a few of my babies, namely my calathea freddie which came home with a moderate spider mite infestation. It had a bunch of new, tighly coiled leaves that were harboring lots of the bugs, and by dipping a qtip in this product and swirling/dabbing it down into the leaves, it helped keep them under control well enough until the light misting could reach the whole leaf.Word of caution - this is a pyrethrin/oil combo, so applying all over and leaving your plant in direct light isn't a great idea. The sunlight on the oil can lead to leaf burn. I moved mine to indirect light until after the bugs were gone and I could wipe the leaves down again with a little lightly soapy water on a paper towel. The upside is that leaves look shiny and great after treatment!Aside from applying to the plant itself, I spritzed the top layer of the soil and worked it in with a chopstick a couple times to help eliminate any eggs or bugs hiding below the surface. I know I should probably use a systemic product too, but so far this has worked fine.

I bought a plant that had root aphids and ended up spreading them to all my plants in that room before I noticed. It took several weeks worth of applications to kill the bugs - I think it worked well against adults but not as well against eggs/larvae. I didn't have any plants die from this spray (crassula, aeonium, kalanchoe, adenium, christmas/thanksgiving cactus). It smells potent, so I kept my pets away and didn't spray it near the aquarium.

Natural, non-toxic solution to my bug problem. Took several applications to get the issue under control.

It seemed to work on my larger house plant but still battling it on my small bamboo plant.

Does not work

I bought some succulents that happened to have aphids. A single treatment was not enough, but after three simple treatments (one per week - just sprayed the plants), the aphids are gone!

Seems to keep the destructive insects at bay

The gnats came back after two weeks. I will try spraying again. But the results are not immediate, and you still need yellow sticky strips to kill the live gnats.