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My Indoor Plants - Sciarid flies

KEEPGREENKEEPGREEN Posts: 108
in Problem solving
Hi all,

Hope you all are doing well.

I need your assistance please, I never had these so called sciarid flies in my home, but ever since i bought some indoor plants, these flies have become a nuisance and i feel I made a HUGE mistake by buying these indoor plants.

Any help in getting rid of these small black flies would be much appreciated .

Thank you all . Stay Safe .

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  • Pete.8Pete.8 Posts: 11,340
    The flies are laying eggs in the moist compost.
    You could keep the compost a bit drier, or add a good layer of grit on top of the compost.
    I get them from time to time, but they seem to disappear of their own accord after a while.

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  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    As @Pete.8 says - a good layer of grit helps enormously. 
    Warm, dry atmospheres in houses, and moist compost, is the ideal situation for them unfortunately. 
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  • KEEPGREENKEEPGREEN Posts: 108
    Fairygirl said:
    As @Pete.8 says - a good layer of grit helps enormously. 
    Warm, dry atmospheres in houses, and moist compost, is the ideal situation for them unfortunately. 
    Thank you FairyGirl 
  • KEEPGREENKEEPGREEN Posts: 108

    Pete.8 said:
    The flies are laying eggs in the moist compost.
    You could keep the compost a bit drier, or add a good layer of grit on top of the compost.
    I get them from time to time, but they seem to disappear of their own accord after a while.

    Thank you Pete.8
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