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Old 25-08-2006, 03:10 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening
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Default Black flies in grapefruit?
On 25/8/06 13:46, in article
, "Cat(h)"
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I looked around the pot, and inside it, to see if there was anything
yukky rotting such as a dead bird, or a dead mouse, or some such thing,
which might have been their nursery... but nothing. Although that
seemed the most obvious thing. I checked the foliage yesterday
evening, and the flies have disappeared, thank goodness.

What is the pot made of? Could that be the cause? We've sometimes noticed
that ordinary house type flies settle on wooden benches around the garden.
Goodness knows why because they're not treated in any way but in hot
weather especially, some of them are absolutely covered.

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