Indoor plant bugs
I have several indoor plants which were all infested with small bugs, they are so annoying. I re-potted them and stripped them all of the soil which I thought was the culprit. I added new/different soil and covered the soil with pebbles. Problem solved, or so I thought. Now they are back!!! How can I control them? Any ideas or suggestions please?
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As others have noted, we need more info to help you with the problem. Fungus gnats - little fruit fly like bugs - will appear in almost any pots, and this might be what you are describing, as they hang out on the soil a lot, and you said you thought that was the culprit. While the usual solution is to keep the upper layer of the soil dry, you usually don't do this, with these things that I use - Bt israelensis. This kills mosquito larvae, as well as fungus knat larvae. You can grind up some of those mosquito dunks, and put that in the soil, or get a concentrated liquid - Microbe Lift - which only takes 8 drops/gal, which I moisten all of my seed starting mix, as well as my potted plants with, and I never have any fungus gnat problems.
As others have noted, we need more info to help you with the problem. Fungus gnats - little fruit fly like bugs - will appear in almost any pots, and this might be what you are describing, as they hang out on the soil a lot, and you said you thought that was the culprit. While the usual solution is to keep the upper layer of the soil dry, you usually don't do this, with these things that I use - Bt israelensis. This kills mosquito larvae, as well as fungus knat larvae. You can grind up some of those mosquito dunks, and put that in the soil, or get a concentrated liquid - Microbe Lift - which only takes 8 drops/gal, which I moisten all of my seed starting mix, as well as my potted plants with, and I never have any fungus gnat problems.