msg@piggy.UUCP (Marla S. Guthrie x8429) (08/27/85)
I love plants!
I was wondering if others who maintain and care for their
houseplants are afflicted with the appearance of tiny
fruit-fly like flies all around their plants?
I use my own recipe of potting soil, made up of a sterilized
soil base, vermiculite, perlite, peat moss, and other organic
fertilizers. I think that these little flies might be
originatinig from the soil, although they tend to appear even
in soil that I don't provide.
My current solution is plant insecticide spray. Although I prefer
not to use chemicals, I just can't stand those annoying little
creatures. I don't know if they are hurting my plants - I can't
see effects - but they certainly drive me crazy. (And, they're
inside my apartment.)
Does anyone have suggestions for:
- getting rid of them,
- avoid getting them, and
- other alternatives.
Please mail responses and I will summarize for the net.
Thanks in advance.
Marla Guthrie
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