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little flies
Hi, been reading posts here the last few days, and have a question which
hopefully someone can help answer I have these little flies inside - was told by a local greenthumb they were from overwatering my plants - they said to let the dirt dry out completely and when the plants start to wilt to water and always let them dry out completely between waterings. I've been doing that all summer, and still have flies, my poor droopy plants are starting to look very sad....I've always had indoor plants but never had a fly problem like this any other ideas on how to get rid of these buggers? |
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little flies
Are they like gnats? If they are they could be living in any fruit you
might have sitting out or even potatoes. You may have to spray your plants with either a god bug spray or insecticideal soap Shell "Me" wrote in message ... Hi, been reading posts here the last few days, and have a question which hopefully someone can help answer I have these little flies inside - was told by a local greenthumb they were from overwatering my plants - they said to let the dirt dry out completely and when the plants start to wilt to water and always let them dry out completely between waterings. I've been doing that all summer, and still have flies, my poor droopy plants are starting to look very sad....I've always had indoor plants but never had a fly problem like this any other ideas on how to get rid of these buggers? |
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little flies
They are probably those little fungus gnats that like that wet soil in your
plant pots. I was told long ago by an orchid guru to sprinkle cinnamon on the surface of the soil and they disappear. I don't know if it kills them or drives them away but it works for me when I occasionally get an infestation of these critters. Val "Shell91" wrote in message .. . Are they like gnats? If they are they could be living in any fruit you might have sitting out or even potatoes. You may have to spray your plants with either a god bug spray or insecticideal soap Shell "Me" wrote in message ... Hi, been reading posts here the last few days, and have a question which hopefully someone can help answer I have these little flies inside - was told by a local greenthumb they were from overwatering my plants - they said to let the dirt dry out completely and when the plants start to wilt to water and always let them dry out completely between waterings. I've been doing that all summer, and still have flies, my poor droopy plants are starting to look very sad....I've always had indoor plants but never had a fly problem like this any other ideas on how to get rid of these buggers? |
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little flies
They are probably those little fungus gnats that like that wet soil in your plant pots. I was told long ago by an orchid guru to sprinkle cinnamon on the surface of the soil and they disappear. I don't know if it kills them or drives them away but it works for me when I occasionally get an infestation of these critters. Val Thanks for the cinnamon info, Val. Sue in Mi. (Zone 5) |
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little flies
"Shell91" wrote in message .. . Are they like gnats? If they are they could be living in any fruit you might have sitting out or even potatoes. You may have to spray your plants with either a god bug spray or insecticideal soap Shell they are little itty bitty flies - kinda like no see-ems, but they don't bite us. I have been spraying the dirt as I water it, turning the dirt too as I do it...but not down deep by the roots....They don't seem to be attracted to fruits - I put out some slices of bananas and apples and they didn't go near it - at least there weren't any when I would check. We do find the occassional floater in our cups of water though when left out overnight. Have been putting up these little sticky traps on the windows by the plants and some in the plants and catches quite a bit |
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"Valkyrie" wrote in message news:1064367563.277219@yasure... They are probably those little fungus gnats that like that wet soil in your plant pots. I was told long ago by an orchid guru to sprinkle cinnamon on the surface of the soil and they disappear. I don't know if it kills them or drives them away but it works for me when I occasionally get an infestation of these critters. Val You know I was thinking on trying the cinnamon, we used that for ants and worked pretty good....couldnt hurt and would make the house smell good was told too that maybe sterilizing the dirt by baking it would kill all the flies and eggs if any....anyone hear of doing that? I would think it would cook out the nutrients from the dirt. Thank you for the great suggestion Shel |
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little flies
Ants huh? We have the large red ants that have made their home in our
garden. They don't seem to be hurting the plants, but what worries me is that they may sting someone if they are in the garden weeding or what not. I read your post about the cinnamon, and I am definately going to try this. Hopefully this will work for the ants I have. Sue.. "Me" wrote in message ... "Valkyrie" wrote in message news:1064367563.277219@yasure... They are probably those little fungus gnats that like that wet soil in your plant pots. I was told long ago by an orchid guru to sprinkle cinnamon on the surface of the soil and they disappear. I don't know if it kills them or drives them away but it works for me when I occasionally get an infestation of these critters. Val You know I was thinking on trying the cinnamon, we used that for ants and worked pretty good....couldnt hurt and would make the house smell good was told too that maybe sterilizing the dirt by baking it would kill all the flies and eggs if any....anyone hear of doing that? I would think it would cook out the nutrients from the dirt. Thank you for the great suggestion Shel |
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