How do you get rid of little flies from house plants? Nothing works.
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How do you get rid of fruit flies from the soul of your plant?
There are fruit flies all over my plants.
Soapy water in a spray bottle, spray the heck out of it and do it daily until those bugger's are gone.
Spray them down with a little soap and water.With that leave a bowl with apple cider vinegar on the counter.
Apple cider vinegar with a touch of dish soap. Leave on counter. Change out over and over until the buggers are gone.
I had this happen when I brought a plant in for the winter. I repotted it in the garage, shook as much dirt off as I could and gave it new soil. That got rid of them. Other times, I've left fruit (especially bananas) on the counter too long and that seems to attract them. The cider vinegar/soap mixture worked, but it took about six weeks 'cuz they were havin' babies someplace.
This is what I do!
https://www.hometalk.com/diy/outdoor/pest-repeller/homemade-fly-trap-21959026
Homemade Fruit Fly Trap
Same problem here I use a spray for house plants and it does a very good job'
My mother used to pour soapy water over her plants. In fact, she would take her dishpan out to her flowers and empty it over them. So spraying with soapy water will work well for some bugs...maybe even more.
Take in a few leaves to your local nursery...real nursery, not the big box stores...and they can help you with some sprays.
I had the same problem last year when I brought in my aloe vera for the winter. Somewhere on Pinterest I found several suggestions for this problem, but I used the simplest one which was to set a white plate near the plants, add some water and then several drops of lemon dishwashing liquid. (I suspect any dw liquid would work, but I had some lemon so that's what I used. ) Every day I noticed more and more bugs in the solution and about every third day, I poured out the water and made fresh. I did this until there were no more bugs. IT WORKS!
I squeeze a garlic clove in some water and water the plants. It eliminates the little flies that live in the soil.
Thank you! I will have to try that.
I hate using chemicals but those bugs lay eggs in the soil and the only way I know how to really get rid of them is to water them with diazanon. Diazanon stinks to high heaven so I would treat my plants in the summer when I could do this outdoors and leave the plant out through several more good drenching with plain water to wash out the chemical.
Sometimes you can find Diazanon sold in little sticks that you can bury into the soil. Again, be careful with this around children and pets.
Here's a post that might help https://chascrazycreations.com/irish-spring-soap-and-flies/