On Fri, 03 Mar 2006 11:26:10 -0500, Brett Miller wrote:

I have some kind of small flies all around my plants that I started
indoors for an early garden. I would like to do something about them but
hate to treat the plant with an insecticide - BUT I WILL. The problem is
that bad.
Any suggestions?
What should I use if I get an insecticide? I have tried soap in the past
when I had problems with white flies or spider mites, but it usually kills
my plants. And what did I do wrong?
Thanks
B

Good day Brett.

This sounds like fungus knats. They are eating fungus that is growing in
your soil. They are not affecting the plants, but they are letting you
know that your watering too much and or your temps are a bit low where the
plants are kept.

Safers soap will kill them but not the eggs in the soil. Spray once a week
untill their gone. You can also use yellow sticky traps if your not into
spraying. You can make your own traps with yellow construction paper
smeared with tangle foot.

The soap did not damage your plants in the past. I would suspect that the
plants had suffered too much damage before you treated them.

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