i have little black bugs thats in the dirt, there all over my house, i cant seem to get rid of them. i've been using fungal spray and insect soap spray nothing seems to be helping.
Hello, i have house plants. i have bugs in dirt, looking for something to use without killing my house plant?
Diomasious Earth. I think that's how it's spelled, but they'll know what your talking about at the garden store. It's basically a fine sand with particles so small, they are razor sharp to insects (but perfectly harmless to anything else).
Reply:My suggestion is you buy new soil and get rid of old soil and spray your house for insects.
Reply:Do these bugs fly around the house. If so, they probably are fungus gnats. They lay their eggs in the dirt in the pots. They hatch into larvae and then into flying insects. They are very common specially in new plants from the nursery.
My wife uses a product she gets from GardensALive.com. It is a bacteria that you mix with water and put in the soil. It kills the larvae. It usually takes a couple of weeks but it does the job.
Reply:First you have to identify the bug in order to treat them. Probably need to wipe down and clean everything real good. Get one of the bugs while it is still alive and see what kills it.
Reply:red pepper mixed into the dirt.
Reply:Little black bugs could be lots of things. Do you mean ants? Or tiny beetles or what?
If they are ants, you can get a powder or a liquid bait to put down. Try asking where you bought the plants or at a garden centre or hardware store.
Reply:Add some dish detergent/mild detergent to water in a spray bottle. Spray directly into the soil and this should do the trick.
Reply:You can try Raid Yard Guard fogger. Do this outside, you can even place the plant into a cardboard box to concentrate the fog on your plant.
Another alternative is to soak some cigarette tobacco in water, and use the resulting fluid in a sprayer to kill the bugs. It will work, believe me.
Reply:get new soil
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