{"id":22785,"date":"2016-08-13T16:59:04","date_gmt":"2016-08-13T09:59:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/gnats-be-gone-alys-fowler\/"},"modified":"2016-08-13T17:02:19","modified_gmt":"2016-08-13T10:02:19","slug":"gnats-be-gone-alys-fowler","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/gnats-be-gone-alys-fowler\/","title":{"rendered":"Gnats, be gone! | Alys Fowler"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nHouseplants under attack? Get yourself a pinguicula, says Alys FowlerTiny little flies buzzing around my houseplants; it\u2019s not the welcome home committee I\u2019d wanted. Fungus gnats, or compost flies, are small, dark, short-lived gnats that love houseplants. The adults are annoying but harmless; the larvae, however, feed off the roots of houseplants. They are particularly fond of tender roots, fungus and other rotting material. An infestation can do considerable damage to seedlings, young plants and cuttings. Often it\u2019s a sign that you\u2019ve been overwatering and the roots are rotting a little. You can put out yellow sticky traps to catch the adults, but you may trap pollinators, too.The best solution is to grow butterwort. Pinguicula (pings for short) are a genus of carnivorous plants that have sticky, glandular leaves that trap and eat their prey. Look closely and you\u2019ll see little gnats struggling away, much like the yellow sticky trap, except more exciting. The leaves emit a faint rotting smell that attracts insects to the glistening pools of digestive enzymes. They get stuck and the plant turns them into a digestive soup to sup. Continue reading…
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