Flies in flower pots - how to get rid?

If you have flies in flower pots - how to get rid of them, you need to decide very urgently. Indoor plants bring a lot of positive emotions, delight the eye, and the air in the apartment becomes clean from them, which means you need to properly care for them so that you can continue to benefit from vegetation, and not harm.

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Reasons why flies appear

Every person who deals with flowers or they are just present in an apartment or house, tries to create ideal living conditions for them. But sometimes various troubles may appear in flowers, but the most important is earthen flies. How to get rid of them are often tormented by flower growers? Their presence does not bring much joy to the flowers or the hosts. But also from them many diseases appear.

The reasons for the appearance of such insects in the vegetation are many. The most famous are:

1. Too wet ground.
2. Purchased land: it may be contaminated or simply of unsatisfactory quality.
3. Too frequent use of replenishment such as "coffee", "meat" water.
4. Untimely removal of diseased leaves.

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How to get rid of flies in flowers?

There are a lot of ways to get rid of midges in flowers, but some help with them, while others do not.

The simplest actions that you can immediately perform as soon as you notice unwanted insects in your home:

1. Dry the ground if it is very wet, and then water the flower less and loosen the soil more often.
2. Change all the earth in colors.
3. Try to water with a very weak solution of potassium permanganate, because if you make it very strong, it will simply burn this plant.
4. A mild soapy solution will also help - pour it over the entire earth.
5. Take the garlic and cut it into slices. Put over all the flower pots.
6. Stick a few peels from an orange into the ground. You can use both fresh and dried zest.
7. Flower shops sell special insect repellents. Take advantage of them.

To be sure, you need to get rid of not only the flies, but also their larvae. There are a lot of ways to do this, from traditional to unusual. You will find all the most effective in the chapters of this article below.

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Chemical methods of control

Water the soil with chemicals just in case the fly larvae are in the soil.

Important! Most often, such means as “Raptor”, “Bazudin”, “Thunder-2”, “Fly-eater” are used.

The rules for using such tools are very simple:

1. Be sure to see the instructions for use - it will clearly say when and how to water your flowers.
2. Before any chemical or household treatment, you need to change the whole earth to a new one. The depth of penetration of the larvae depends on the diameter of the pot. As a rule, it is no more than 5 cm.

Important! Such products will not harm adult plants, but a young plant can easily suffer. But they help not only to get rid of larvae, but also even from black flies, therefore, their use is still advisable, but only in compliance with the dosage and irrigation scheme.   

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Folk remedies for insect control

For the destruction of flies in flower pots there are various means of home use.

Wood ash

1. Take wood ash.
2. Sprinkle the soil in a pot.

Important! From the first application, it significantly reduces the number of insects. After repeating the procedure, the problem of how to get rid of flies in flowers will cease to bother you. And ash is an excellent fertilizer, so you at the same time decide the issue of feeding your green friends.

Mustard

If you have dry mustard powder in stock, do the following:

1. Take a glass of water.
2. Dissolve mustard in it - you need 1 tablespoon of powder.
3. Pour the mortar onto the ground from above.

Important! A potassium permanganate solution is also used. It will help get rid of whitefly fly. The insect got its name because of its almost transparent color.

Aromatherapy

Another effective folk way to get rid of midges in flowers is aromatherapy. We have already said above about citruses and garlic, but they also use ashes from plain paper.

Matches

1. Take the matches.
2. Break the sulfur heads.
3. Put them in the ground.
4. After a while, there will be no insects.

Important! You can use all these tools, but you need to remember that not all flowers are able to survive such a treatment. Therefore, choose the appropriate option for a specific type of plant in your home.

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Useful Tips:

1. Flower processing is carried out several times, but there should be a break per week.
2. After processing the plants do not water for several days, so as not to reduce the concentration of the drug.
3. Excessive humidity is the main cause of flies, so water the plants properly. Usually they prefer that the liquid comes from below. It is very simple to do this by pouring water into special trays.

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Flowers in pots in your apartment will always delight you with their flowering and growth, if properly managed. And such a problem as flies and their larvae will not disturb you if you follow the above tips and methods for their destruction.