| and-rea 2005-07-26, 11:21 pm |
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Chris Hogg Wrote:
> On Fri, 22 Jul 2005 17:21:48 +0000, and-rea
> and-rea.1sl7k3@gardenbanter.co.uk wrote:
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> Dear gardening experts
> One of my most beloved houseplants (a potted 'busy lizzie'), while
> doing well, appears to have an infestation of silvery flea-sized
> crawling insects in its soil. I've sprayed both soil and plant three
> times now at weekly intervals with the Baby Bio Organic Houseplant
> Insecticide but the critters keep coming back. Will re-potting do the
> trick? None of my other houseplants seem to have this problem.-
>
> Are they actually harming the plant, or do you just want to be rid of
> them? Chances are they're just little grubs living in the soil and
> not actually doing any harm. But if you do want to be rid of them, add
> insecticide to the water (at the recommended strength) the next time
> you water the bizzie lizzie, and drench the soil rather than just
> spraying it.
>
>
> --
> Chris
>
> E-mail: christopher[dot]hogg[at]virgin[dot]net
Thanks for the advice - I'll try that. I don't think they are actually
harming the plant, or not yet anyway...
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and-rea
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