For certain many amateur flower growers noticed in pots with houseplant of small flies who have peculiar name "stsiarida" or "mushroom komarik". They use earth mix for postponement of larvae which bear irreparable harm to plants subsequently, destroying their roots. As to cope with flies in flowerpots?
It is required to you
- - potassium permanganate;
- - laundry soap;
- - piece of chalk from cockroaches;
- - matches;
- - sand or ashes;
- - chemical medicine from midges.
Instruction
1. It is known that the main and most basic reason of emergence of midges in houseplants – surplus of soil moisture. To cope with this illness, skim substrate, try not to damage at the same time roots of flower and fill up fresh. Then water the earth with weak solution of permanganate of potassium. Always merge surplus of water from pallet.
2. Dissolve twenty grams of polished laundry soap in one liter of water. Fill in solution in capacity with the spray and spray the houseplants and the soil struck with midges, once a week. Regularly air the room, it is also possible to draw on internal part of flowerpot with piece of chalk from cockroaches, he will help to cope with annoying midge.
3. The most effective, safe and at the same time economical way of protection of flowers against midges – sulfur use. To process one room pot with plant, you will need only four matches. It is only necessary to thrust them heads down to the soil and to humidify slightly. Change matches every two days.
4. Accurately take plant from pot and clean from the earth. Process pot boiled water or soapsuds, rinse with strong solution of potassium permanganate. Carefully wash out roots and plant flower in new soil mix with drainage holes and good layer of haydite. Fill up top layer of the earth with layer of the calcinated sand or ashes, they will create drainage effect and will not allow the soil to gather moisture, it will interfere with further development of midges and their larvae.
5. Buy in flower shop special medicine which will help to get rid of flies in flowerpot (Aktara or "Thunder-2"). You dissolve this chemical medicine according to the specified instruction. You make having watered with this means only in case larvae of midges are in the soil.