Fungus Gnat & Spider Mite Spray
The #1 Neem-Free Houseplant SprayFor Fungus Gnats & Spider Mites That Keep Coming Back.16 FL OZ
Peppermint and rosemary with a once-a-week, three-week routine for the soil line and leaf undersides. Treat the whole collection on one clear schedule instead of starting over after every new sighting.
How Cedar & Paw clears the infestation
- A schedule printed on the bottle, because the interval is the thing that was wrong
- Fine mist that coats a soil surface without soaking the plant, so weekly is practical
- Peppermint and rosemary rather than neem, so you will still be doing it on day fifteen
- Works on the soil line and on the undersides of leaves, where spider mites sit
- One bottle covers one full three week protocol for a normal collection
Customers Who Love Cedar & Paw
- Size
- 16 fl oz, 473 ml. Ready to use
- Actives
- Peppermint oil 0.30%, rosemary oil 0.20%, geraniol 0.10%
- Other
- Water, glycerin, polysorbate 20
- Targets
- Fungus gnats, spider mites, aphids
- Apply to
- Soil surface first, then leaves and stems including undersides
- Schedule
- Once a week for three weeks. Same day each week
- Scent
- Peppermint and rosemary. Gone from the room in about an hour
- Dry time
- About an hour. Keep animals out of the room until then
One bottle covers one full three week protocol for a normal indoor collection, roughly eight to twelve pots. If you have twenty pots or more, or a bad infestation across a whole room, take the three bottle option. The most common complaint in this category is running out halfway through the window, which puts you back at the start.
Apply Cedar & Paw to the plants in a separate room and keep animals out until the spray has dried, about an hour. Spray the plants only, never a pet or their bedding.
Patch test one leaf and wait twenty four hours before the first full application. Spray from about two feet for a fine mist, avoid open flowers, and apply out of direct sun.
The formulation
Three active ingredients. One job: kill the pests on contact.
Peppermint oil, rosemary oil, and geraniol are the active system, not a fragrance story. The fine mist spreads them across the surfaces fungus gnats and spider mites occupy, where the oils act on contact and turn a visible infestation into fewer bugs from the first week forward.
The three-week system
Knock them down. Catch the stragglers. Keep your plants quiet.
The formulation handles the bugs it reaches. The schedule keeps the next round from taking the room back. Three full-collection applications turn one strong spray day into a complete path from infestation to no bugs in sight.
Knock down the visible infestation
Coat the soil surface, stems, and leaf undersides so the peppermint, rosemary, and geraniol formula reaches active fungus gnats and spider mites on contact.
WEEK 1
Catch the next wave
Treat every pot on the same day again. The second application keeps new activity from rebuilding into another room-wide infestation.
WEEK 2
Finish with a quiet collection
Complete the third weekly application so the collection reaches the result you bought the spray for: no gnats in the air and no visible spider mites on the leaves.
WEEK 3
Why the system works
- Three active ingredients work together against fungus gnats and spider mites on treated surfaces
- The fine mist covers the soil line, stems, and leaf undersides where the pests appear
- Three weekly applications keep visible activity moving down instead of rebounding
- One bottle carries a normal collection through the complete three-week routine
What plant owners report after starting the 3-week routine
Reported fewer gnat sightings around their plants after the first week.
Said watering no longer sent a cloud of gnats out of the soil.
Reported less visible spider mite activity after treating leaf undersides weekly.
Said the three-week schedule made it easier to stay consistent until the infestation was gone.
Why infestations come back
The bugs you see are only the first wave
Fungus gnats do not live on your plant. They breed in the top layer of the soil, which stays damp because that is where the watering can lands. The adults you swat at are the smallest and shortest lived part of the population. Under the surface there are eggs and larvae you cannot see, and they emerge on a rolling cycle of roughly a week.
This is why the problem resisted everything you tried. A contact spray, a sticky trap and picking them off by hand all do the same thing, which is remove the visible generation. They do it well. Then the next generation, already in the soil when you sprayed, comes up on schedule. Most labels in this category say every two to three weeks, which is longer than the hatch interval, so following the instructions gives you a permanent low grade infestation.
The answer is not another one-day reaction. It is staying ahead of the next wave.
How Cedar & Paw stops the comeback
Cover the soil line. Reach the leaf undersides. Repeat weekly.
The fine mist setting lays a thin even film across the top surface of the potting medium, which is the exact plane a newly emerged adult has to cross to get airborne. Most people spray leaves, because leaves are what looks infested. The soil line is where the population comes from.
Two or three pumps from about two feet covers the surface of a pot without soaking the plant. That is what makes weekly application practical rather than punishing. You are not drenching foliage, you are coating one flat circle of dirt, and a bottle stretches far enough to finish the window.
One product. Two target zones. One complete three-week system.
Your three-week transformation
Fewer bugs every week. Then none in sight.
Week one starts with fast contact action against the adults and mites the mist reaches. Visible activity drops, the room feels calmer, and watering no longer sends the same cloud of gnats into the air. A few stragglers can still appear as the next wave becomes active.
Week two catches those stragglers before they rebuild. By week three, each plant in the routine shows dramatically less activity. The destination is simple: no gnats in the air, no visible spider mites on the leaves, and a collection that feels like yours again.
No cloud of gnats when you water. No spider mites pulling you back to every leaf. Just your plants.
The routine
Three spray days between infestation and quiet
Treat the same plants on the same day each week. Cover the soil surface first, then stems and leaf undersides, and complete all three applications so the result keeps moving in one direction.
Shake, then stand back
Shake well and stand about two feet from the plant so you get a fine mist rather than droplets.
Coat the soil first
Cover the top surface of the soil until it is just damp. This is the plane they have to cross, and it is the step most people skip.
Then the leaves
Mist leaves and stems including the undersides, where spider mites sit. Avoid open flowers.
Same day, every week, three weeks
Put it in your phone. Do every pot in the room, including the ones that look fine, and do not stop at week two.
Why Cedar & Paw wins
One complete system beats a patchwork of partial fixes
Sticky traps show activity. Neem gives you another spray. Cedar & Paw combines contact action, the two target zones, and the weekly schedule in one system built to take the whole collection from infested to quiet.
| Sticky traps | Neem oil | This spray | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reaches the adults you can see | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Treats the soil line they emerge from | No | Yes | Yes |
| Still working at week three | No | Only if you kept using it | Yes |
| Smell in the house | None | Heavy, and it lingers | Peppermint, gone in about an hour |
| Built for fungus gnats and spider mites | Flying gnats only | Broad plant spray | Yes, both pests |
| Tells you the interval | No | No | Yes, printed on the bottle |
Cedar & Paw is the complete three-week system in this comparison: spray, coverage plan, repeat schedule, and visible endpoint.
Results from plant owners
From bugs everywhere to no gnats in sight
The pattern is simple: fewer sightings, a quieter room, and plants that feel enjoyable again instead of like a daily pest inspection.
It smells great to humans but when I sprayed the surface of the soil, all the resting gnats took off! Most of them went right into the yellow stickies.
Verified buyer
I used a different spray for two weeks (which worked) but then I saw them coming back week 3. this one comes with the actual schedule which sounds stupid but its the whole thing
Verified buyer
the neem worked but i couldnt take the smell in my kitchen, gave up after 2 goes. this one i actually kept doing
Verified buyer
was about ready to bin my monstera. 3 weeks, every sunday, soil not leaves. no gnats since
Verified buyer
A quiet collection, or your money back
Use Cedar & Paw once a week for three weeks across the plants you are treating. If fungus gnats or spider mites are still taking over your collection, email us within 60 days and we will make it right.
Before you order
Everything to know before your first spray
The contact action starts with the adults and mites the mist reaches during the first application. Visible activity keeps moving down as you complete the second and third weekly sprays across the whole collection.
Yes. The three weekly applications are what turn contact action into a complete system. Each spray stays ahead of new activity as it appears, so the collection keeps moving from infested to quiet.
Yes, on contact, and the undersides of the leaves are where they are. Spider mites need more thorough leaf coverage than gnats do, so turn the leaf over rather than misting the top and hoping. The same weekly rhythm applies.
Run the full three-week system across the plants you are treating. If fungus gnats or spider mites are still taking over your collection, email us within sixty days and we will make it right.
For use on ornamental houseplants. Keep out of reach of children. Avoid contact with eyes. Keep animals out of the room until the spray has dried, about an hour. Patch test one leaf and wait 24 hours before the first full application. Do not spray in direct sun or onto open flowers.