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From: msg@piggy.UUCP (Marla S. Guthrie x8429)
Newsgroups: net.garden
Subject: Little flies around my plants - Help
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Date: Tue, 27-Aug-85 13:35:07 EDT
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Posted: Tue Aug 27 13:35:07 1985
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I love plants!

I was wondering if others who maintain and care for their
houseplants are afflicted with the appearance of tiny
fruit-fly like flies all around their plants?

I use my own recipe of potting soil, made up of a sterilized
soil base, vermiculite, perlite, peat moss, and other organic 
fertilizers.  I think that these little flies might be 
originatinig from the soil, although they tend to appear even 
in soil that I don't provide.

My current solution is plant insecticide spray.  Although I prefer
not to use chemicals, I just can't stand those annoying little 
creatures.  I don't know if they are hurting my plants - I can't 
see effects - but they certainly drive me crazy.  (And, they're 
inside my apartment.)

Does anyone have suggestions for:

	- getting rid of them,
	- avoid getting them, and
	- other alternatives.


Please mail responses and I will summarize for the net.
Thanks in advance.

			Marla Guthrie
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