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Post by debbiem on May 16, 2008 10:13:18 GMT 1
I've only got two houseplants but one of them has lots of tiny white flies on it. I think they're flies anyway. I've seen these several times over the years on my houseplants and just wondered what they were and whether they were harmful. They don't seem to hurt the plant.
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Post by debbiem on May 19, 2008 13:29:09 GMT 1
Thanks The witch, and that's a nice site. I did manage to identify this plant with the flies on it in a houseplant book but have forgotten what it was atm(apathy rules!) but now I've taken it outside and the flies have gone. It's not so happy out there but I think it'll pick up now the weather's warmer.
I think they must have been whiteflies. My other houseplant's a creeping fig and there aren't any on that.
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Post by madonplants on May 19, 2008 14:43:00 GMT 1
Think I read somewhere, ages ago, that if you put a clove of garlic or was it onion, in the soil, the flies won't come in the first place. Can anyone verify this?
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Post by 4pygmies on May 19, 2008 15:40:16 GMT 1
I've read that too but I've never tried. They are caused by overwatering I think. So, presumably, if you keep your plants on the dry side they aren't a problem.
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Post by Sleepy on May 19, 2008 15:53:20 GMT 1
I've read that too but I've never tried. They are caused by overwatering I think. So, presumably, if you keep your plants on the dry side they aren't a problem. A little ramakin of cider vinegar near by will attract and drown soil gnats. But it really sounds like you have whitefly Debbie. Try spraying with washing up liquid solution. |
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Post by debbiem on May 19, 2008 18:01:54 GMT 1
OK, thanks everyone. I'll remember all this during the next plague.  |
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Post by mickthecactus on May 20, 2008 8:53:52 GMT 1
I've read that too but I've never tried. They are caused by overwatering I think. So, presumably, if you keep your plants on the dry side they aren't a problem. A little ramakin of cider vinegar near by will attract and drown soil gnats. But it really sounds like you have whitefly Debbie. Try spraying with washing up liquid solution. Now that's useful to know as I can get problems with them in the propagator sometimes with seed sowing and cuttings. The grubs eat the seedlings from the inside out. |
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Post by cheerypeabrain on Jul 20, 2008 19:34:22 GMT 1
A little ramakin of cider vinegar near by will attract and drown soil gnats. But it really sounds like you have whitefly Debbie. Try spraying with washing up liquid solution. Now that's useful to know as I can get problems with them in the propagator sometimes with seed sowing and cuttings. The grubs eat the seedlings from the inside out. brilliant tip Sleepy...does it have to be cider vinegar, will another type do (ent got any cider vinegar)? |
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