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Unknown nasties. Help please

Waz200Waz200 Posts: 57
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I've just checked on the plants in my greenhouse & noticed in only one of the pots of my chilli plants there are these tiny little maggots in the soil, they're a lot smaller than run of the mill maggots but i'm guessing they're not going to be beneficial if i leave them. Has anyone any idea what they might be & how to treat them?

If it helps i have noticed greenfly & whitefly in there which i have treated.

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  • bekkie hughesbekkie hughes Posts: 5,294
    Possibly soil gnat lavae, but thats a guess, one of the others will know, probably a good idea to repot anyway, are the plants otherwise healthy? image
  • Waz200Waz200 Posts: 57

    Yes the plants are ok for now

  • bekkie hughesbekkie hughes Posts: 5,294
    Ok, no rush then, might be worth putting a bit of citronella oil or a couple of the citronella garden candles in there to help disguise the smell, no need to light them image



    One of the experts will know exactly what it is, they will be around soon image
  • Waz200Waz200 Posts: 57
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     These are the little blighters. Any idea anyone?

  • bekkie hughesbekkie hughes Posts: 5,294
    Maybe not soil gnats, they are usually buried, i would defenatly repot asap image
  • Waz200Waz200 Posts: 57

    What i don't get though, why are they just in one pot?

  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,131

    Are those alive?  Are they moving?


    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • Waz200Waz200 Posts: 57

    Yes, they move in a similar way to maggots

  • Waz200Waz200 Posts: 57

    Got to go to work now. I'll check back later, hopefully someone will have a solution. Have a good day everyone image

  • Stacey DochertyStacey Docherty Posts: 1,759

    Waz I have no idea but eeewwwwwww lmao.... Repot ASAP 

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