I am not sure I understand what your friend is saying about fruit
flies. Gardens Alive has no products to eliminate fruit flies. The only
effective control for fruit flies is finding and eliminating the food
source. Controlling or trapping the adults does not get rid of the problem.
Jeff Hahn
At 09:08 PM 9/1/2004 -0500, you wrote:
>I got this from a friend and thought some of you might appreciate the
>information.
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>From: Darcey Harding
>
>Subject: RE: Recommendations for getting rid of fruit flies?
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>For all sorts of earth-friendly pest solutions, try
><http://www.gardensalive.com/>http://www.gardensalive.com. I have used
>dozens of their products and been very satisfied with them. Their pantry
>moth traps and "houseplants alive" fertilizers work wonders. Usually it's
>pretty easy to find a $20 coupon code online, too.
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>If you actually do have the plant gnat problem instead of the fruit fly
>problem (the plant ones are smaller and closer to black than brown,
>without the big eyes of fruit flies) then try a systemic pesticide powder
>mixed in to the top two inches of the affected pots' soil. And water
>less--the gnats like damp environments and lay eggs at the damp bottom
>part of the pot interiors.
>
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Dept. of Entomology 612-625-5299 fax
University of Minnesota hahnx002@umn.edu
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