VIDEO: Small flies in a flower pot

Small flies - causes and prevention

Especially small ones To flythat escape from the flower pot at the slightest touch and buzz around the plant in question are often a disturbance. Because the insects not only stay close to the plants, but often explore the entire apartment.

• Small flies in the home are often caused by old, mushy things fruit. These are fruit flies. However, if there are more small flies in the flower pot, then it is other insects.
• With the often tiny insects that buzz around in large numbers when watering or adjusting the flower pot and very annoying can be, it is in most cases to fungus gnats, which are also often referred to as fungus flies or fungus gnats will. The larvae are white in color and feed on humus that is in the earth.
• In order to avoid the emergence of these insects, you should not water your plants as this is often one of the causes of the problem. Since the larvae of the insects are often found in conventional and high-quality soil, they can develop into small black flies only avoid it if you briefly (5 minutes) heat the required part of potting soil in the oven to 100 degrees Celsius when repotting, and thus the larvae kill.
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Remedy against insects in the flower pot

With a few measures you can target both the larvae in the flower pot and the small black flies proceed, which also crawl back into the upper layer of soil until they are roused by watering and touching the plant vessels will.

• Depending on the infestation, you should first try to lure the flies into the trap with yellow stickers in the flower pot. These have a lock color. The insects then stick to the sticky surface and die there.
• In addition, you should always let the plants in question dry completely and do not water them until the complete root ball has dried.
• If it is a severe infestation, potting is a good idea, whereby you remove all soil from the roots so that no larvae can stay in the remains of the earth. Then repot the plant in fresh soil that you have treated in the oven beforehand.
• If you are dealing with smaller potted plants, you can also use a few matches in addition to the yellow sticker stick the ignition head down into the earth - it should be sulfur sticks, however Act. The ignition head dissolves in the still moist soil and prevents the larvae from developing into black flies. Again, you should let the plant dry completely.
• In addition to the yellow sticker and the match, you should also set up a glass in the apartment when small flies appear and fill it with water and vinegar. This is where the insects collect and drown. In this way, in addition to the flies in the flower pot, you can also get rid of those that have moved away from the planter and are flying around freely in the apartment.

Combine these measures depending on the severity of the infestation.