Re: [aroid-l] flies

On Friday, March 7, 2003, at 01:59 PM, zach wrote:
hello everyone-

does anyone here know a good way to get rid of fruit flies,they must be breeding in the peat moss i used in my soil this year.
Don't leave fresh fruit around for them to eat :-)

Seriously, you probably have fungus gnats. Soil drench with BT worked for me. See this URL:

http://www.gardensalive.com/item_display.asp?ProductNumber=1962

for the specific product I used. Or just go to http://www.gardensalive.com and search for fungus gnats.

The adults are attracted to yellow, but the commercial yellow sticky traps are ridiculously overpriced. I use Tangle-Trap (or Tanglefoot) on any yellow plastic. Yellow lids from large size Nesquick chocolate mix are just about perfect.

KK
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