Little tiny black bugs flying all around my lily plants inside, how do
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Sounds like fungus gnats.Try spraying horticulture oil on the lilies
Check your soil. See if the bugs are coming from there. If so, repot with new soil.
Cover the soil with a thick layer of cornmeal, Pour boiling water down all of your drains, and make a gnat swatter by spraying cooking oil on a paper plate. Spray each bug with the oil after you catch them on the plate to insure they die.
I hope that helps
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They could be fungus gnats, Ann. They lay their eggs in the top layer of damp soil of potted plants. Let the soil dry out and your problem should solve itself.
use rubbing alcohol to spray bugs on your plants. It will not harm plants. Spray on soil surface and the pot rim inside. Every day until you don't see the many more and then about once a week for a few weeks. Alcohol turns to water after a couple of minutes, doing no harm to plants but sure does a great job of killing bugs.
have you tried Neem oil? Home improvement stores or garden centers carry it.
Take it outside, take the plant out of the current pot and carefully remove the soil from around the roots. Immediately repot in a new pot with new soil. Wash the old pot well if you want to reuse it.
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