How to deal with gnats in houseplants
How to deal with gnats in houseplants
With abundant watering of indoor plants in wintercan appear small winged insects - midges. They creep on the surface of the earth in pots, by the plants themselves, flying around the room. Harm from the midges do not, but their larvae represent your plants a huge danger.
You will need
- - dichlorvos;
- - sulfur;
- - new soil mixture;
- - matches;
- - potassium permanganate.
Instructions
1
As already mentioned above, midges appear in rawthe earth. Therefore, stop watering at least for the time of processing the plants. And in the future, water the flowers rarely. In general, it should be done no more than once a week. Sprinkle the soil in the pots with a layer of ash wood ash. The midge will not be able to lay new eggs, they will just flounder in this ash. And their larvae will also die. In addition, ash is an excellent potassium fertilizer.
2
Insert a few matches in the ground near the flowerhead down. Sulfur has a harmful effect on the larvae of Simuliidae and they will disappear. And destroy flying insects with dichlorvos or a similar preparation. Just be sure to ventilate the room. You can also pour the earth with a pink solution of potassium permanganate.
3
If the midges are still reared, trytransplant the flower into a new land. The pot must be washed, so that the eggs and larvae of these pests do not remain. Immediately sprinkle the new soil with a layer of ash, this will not give flying midge, which survived after all previously taken measures, lay eggs.
4
The most effective method to destroySimuli quickly and permanently, is insecticide treatment. In specialized stores there are many drugs, ask the seller for advice on what to buy better. Only be sure to follow the instructions.
