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Plastic greenhouse
milly1
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Can anyone help, I have a new plastic greenhouse with tomatoe plants inside, the roof of same is covered permanently with flys and insects, how can I get rid of them without killing the plants!
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Don't worry about them - they like the warmth - some of them will help pollinate your plants
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Why do you need or want to milly?
Don,t worry about them,as Dove says you need some insects to help with pollination.
Still, if you really want to get rid of them (like I had some flies up there that were really annoying), get one of those sticky hanging fly-papers and hang it up at the top of your greenhouse, just out of the way of your hair and it should help considerably.
I second Gawaihyrin's suggestion above, a few yellow sticky traps will catch them, as it's usually the flies and midges, rather than the pollinators that hang around up there.
Heres a link
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Growing-Success-Green-House-7-Piece/dp/B001P3WWMU/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1457523247&sr=8-1&keywords=Sticky+yellow+traps