Today, perhaps, there is not a single house that would not be decorated with indoor plants. However, for good growth and flowering, any plant requires care. There are frequent cases when midges in a favorite flower start. This usually happens during the winter months when larvae deposited in moist soil begin to develop. But the damage from the midges themselves is not so great as from the larvae that intensively destroy the root system. How to destroy these small and annoying inhabitants?
Puppies in indoor colors - causes
The most common cause of insects in house flowers is excessive humidity. It is frequent watering that creates a favorable environment for the sciarida to begin active egg laying. The soil in which the rotting process spreads is also attractive to insects. Sciarides lay eggs in the ground, which is watered with mullein tincture.
When midges in indoor flowers begin to multiply intensively, they are no longer afraid of dryness. And if you shake off the pot a little or knock on it, then small flies will start circling the flower. There is only one way out - replacing the soil.
How does midge fall into the ground?
Puppies in indoor colors can be in several ways:
- when transplanting into purchased soil,
- with poor soil treatment,
- through ventilation, hood, if the flower stands in the open air for a long time.
The midge breeds so quickly that it can occupy the whole house in a few days.
What to do?
Puppies in indoor colors can be destroyed by several proven methods. Take ground hot pepper and pour into the ground, the earth loosens and mixes slightly. Such drugs as "Fly-eater" or "Gom-2" work well.
If midges are found in a flower, simple garlic will help. Take a few cloves of garlic, grind, mix with water and spray on a flower. The procedure must be done twice a day. The midge will disappear very quickly.
The small midge in indoor flowers will disappear if the plant is watered with a pale pink solution of potassium permanganate. You can also spray the flower with a solution of laundry soap (20 g per liter of water). Household matches also help, which you need to stick head down into the ground.
Prevention
In order to prevent such an incident, some preventive measures should be taken.
- You can not fill the plants. Excess water from the sump must be removed.
- Purchased soil should be spilled with boiling water or put in the refrigerator. Both precautions will kill the larvae.
- Withered leaves should be removed from the pot so as not to feed uninvited guests.
- Need soil drainage. If its upper layer is kept dry, then the pest will not appear.
- The room needs to be aired daily.
- Cats in indoor colors do not like crayons from cockroaches and with pleasure stick to special adhesive tapes for flies.
- You can not use tea leaves or coffee as a fertilizer. To feed plants, you need to take special preparations that are sold in any flower shop.