Black flies on tomatoes
Tomatoes thrive in the greenhouse, outdoors, and on your windowsill. Unless small black flies escape your attention.
Classify black flies correctly
Discover black To fly on your tomato plants, it is either fruit flies or mourning flies. Black aphids do not have wings. You can't confuse these with flies. First, find out which pest it is.
Fruit flies (Drosophila melanogaster), also vinegar or fruit flies, are stored food pests. These flies do little damage to overripe or burst tomatoes. The larvae mainly eat microorganisms that decompose the fruit.
Most likely the black flies are black flies (Bradysia paupera), also known as fungus gnats. With larger plants you usually have no harm to fear. The flies are harmless, but the larvae eat the tender roots of young plants in the earth. Infested tomatoes are susceptible to brown rot and fungus on the leaves like mildew.
Fight fruit flies on tomatoes
Fruit flies are not interested in the plant, their attention is on the fruit. The flies lay their eggs on or near ripe fruit. Watch out for brown flies with red eyes, fruit flies are not jet black.
Follow this list to get rid of the flies:
They come out of nowhere - little flies in the kitchen. Before it becomes a ...
- Immediately harvest any ripe tomatoes.
- Ventilate the apartment or that Glasshouse Every day.
- Immediately remove ripe fruit of any kind.
- Set up jars of apple cider vinegar that you cover with a funnel.
- Support the measures with carnivorous plants.
Successfully eliminate sad flies
Mourning flies sit differently than fruit flies on the earth. This is an indication that you are dealing with this type of fly. They are slim, jet black and fly in a zigzag. You can also find small white larvae in the soil.
The larvae need moist soil to develop. The following methods can be used to control mourning flies:
- Water less, the soil should dry out slightly.
- Put yellow plugs or yellow boards in the potting soil.
- In the event of severe infestation, repot your tomatoes in sterilized soil and new pots.
- Spray the plants with garlic stock.
- If no other measure works, use nematodes or the bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis.
Black fly infestation is more of a nuisance than harmful in large tomato plants. There is no need to use poisons. It is enough to harvest in time and keep the soil as dry as possible, as well as use yellow stickers.
