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I have a small herb garden inside, my first. Its two large pots that each have a mixture of herbs in it. One of them has two types of basil and some dill. I live in a condo, and get a good amount of sunshine in the morning and afternoon. Today when watering, I noticed some small little black bugs flying around as I watered. I haven't noticed any damage yet, but the plants are very young, just a couple weeks old. Is this anything to worry about?
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Apr 14, 2009 15:43
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Yeah that's about what they look like, but no there's no food anywhere, I keep my place tidy.
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Apr 14, 2009 16:28
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Yeah I'm not worried about what it shows about me, just dont want to come home and have no plants left one day.
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Apr 14, 2009 17:43
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kid sinister posted:Those aren't fruit flies, those are fungus gnats. Their larvae live in dirt and eat dead roots and leaves. While not a danger to people, they can spread diseases between plants and are more of a danger to smaller and new plants. There are a couple methods to treat and control them. The first is to not overwater your plants. You can also do sticky traps or the potato trap method. That's where you cut a potato into 1 to 1 and 1/2 inch chunks and place those chunks on the soil surface for a few days. Pick it up and you should quickly see if you have larvae in your dirt. Throw away potato when done if it wasn't obvious. Cool, this makes more sense. And if I do have larvae, what do I do exactly? Will simply cutting down on the watering get rid of them?
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Apr 14, 2009 20:11
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