Even at the most accurate and attentive mistress in houseplants pests can start. They spoil the kind of flowers and put larvae in the soil, which are especially dangerous for your green pet, because they can cause serious damage to the root system.
Moss in indoor flowers are planted most often in the winter and from this no one is immune. Therefore, if your plants are inhabited by uninvited guests, then urgent measures must be taken to destroy them, choosing the most gentle methods, so as not to harm the flower
.Types of flower midges
Common parasites on room colors are black midges. Their appearance on your domestic plants can be triggered by the use of organic components as a fertilizer, such as, for example, tea leaves. Also using store universal mixtures, not intended for growing flowers in enclosed spaces, it is possible to provoke the appearance of black pests.
White gnats on room flowers are also often unwanted guests in our homes. They can start as a result of excessive watering. Most often this occurs in the cold season, because the soil does not have time to dry up, creating ideal conditions for these pests. Small bugs in indoor colors are not as dangerous in themselves as those larvae that they put in large quantities in the soil. The latter just can greatly damage the roots of your green friend.
How to deal with gnats?
If you saw that the midges appeared in the room colors, then you need to start acting as soon as possible. First, assess the situation, if there are few pests and they appeared recently, then one can try one of the folk methods of struggle. For example, sprinkle the flower with a solution of potassium permanganate or pour the ashes into the soil.
If a large number of parasites colonized your indoor flowers, then the fight against the midges should be more radical. Plant the plant in another pot in a new pre-disinfected soil and get a special remedy against midges.