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by njoynit on January 03, 2006 09:57 PM
Fungas gnats live less than a week& they feed on organic matter.Females live 4-5 days and can lay 100-150 eggs.some say sprinkleing sand on top of the soil inhibits them.I use a neem spray.its safe and for me it works.you can also try placeing them in cooler temps.Warm moist temps make them thrive.
and the gray matter is the babies.their eggs are grayish.you can do a google search for fungas gnats and see all kinds of images of them in all stages....but you'd not enjoy that.
BT will also work.
DE~ decantmounus earth will work also just be sure is the grade for plants not the one for pools.It will eat them to the bone/skelaton.
Dawn dishsoap with degreaser will work to make them uncomfortable.I'm just a neem person.I even clean my garden beds up with it.
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and the gray matter is the babies.their eggs are grayish.you can do a google search for fungas gnats and see all kinds of images of them in all stages....but you'd not enjoy that.
BT will also work.
DE~ decantmounus earth will work also just be sure is the grade for plants not the one for pools.It will eat them to the bone/skelaton.
Dawn dishsoap with degreaser will work to make them uncomfortable.I'm just a neem person.I even clean my garden beds up with it.
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I will age ungracefully until I become an old woman in a small garden..doing whatever the Hell I want!
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by badkitti on January 04, 2006 05:40 AM
Thanks for your advice! If the dark things are eggs though they move as well, just don't fly.
I'm not sure if they sell neem in the UK but am sure there is something similar around.
Meanwhile I've put a weak washing up liquid in water spray on the soil and will see what that does
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I'm not sure if they sell neem in the UK but am sure there is something similar around.
Meanwhile I've put a weak washing up liquid in water spray on the soil and will see what that does
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by margaret e. pell on January 04, 2006 06:44 AM
They sound like aphids to me. Aphids will succumb to most general insect treatments.
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Lately I've noticed several small flies around it. Googling around this site would suggest that they are fungus gnats except that there are no white larvae to be seen, but the surface is teeming with small dark grey - black crawling things that don't fly off. The spider plant seems to cope with them but they turn my stomach.
Any help gratefully received and apologies for starting this forum life with a problem!
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