In article , Tom2 Tom2.1ii0bm@news
..gardenbanter.co.uk writes

Hello folks,
HELP PLEASE, I grow vegatables and salads in pots but I am constantly
bothered with scariad flies and the maggoty larva in the compost, I
read somewhere that the fly does little harm but that has not been my
experience as I have found that any plant that has got these maggots in
the compost do not thrive and in a number of cases they are positively
sickly, the ideal solution (If there is one) would be something along
organic lines for obvious reasons but I would consider a chemical
method for my long standing specimen plants that I overwinter,
Help would be greatly appreciated ,

Could you say a bit about your management of both the pots and the
compost. That kind of pest is more easy to prevent by good hygiene
mostly than to get rid of once it has taken hold.
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Alan & Joan Gould - North Lincs.