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title: "I’ve recently been seeing fruit flys around my plants, anyone know if…"
description: "I’ve recently been seeing fruit flys around my plants, anyone know if this will harm my plants?"
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# I’ve recently been seeing fruit flys around my plants, anyone know if…

_Plantygirl님이 2023-12-09에 게시함_

I’ve recently been seeing fruit flys around my plants, anyone know if this will harm my plants?

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## 6개의 댓글

### exitJiraffe님이 2023-12-09에 댓글을 남겼어요.

Fungus gnats. The larvae can eat the roots. A very slow process. But the gnats multiply very very quickly. Change out the soil of affected plants and get sticky traps.

### Plantygirl님이 2023-12-09에 댓글을 남겼어요.

Thanks they seem to just be around the plants. Should still change soil?

### c.cat님이 2023-12-09에 댓글을 남겼어요.

the eggs and larvae live in the soil and adults can fly around. changing the soil isnt always nessicary, you can flush the soil with a few things, im cant remember what exactly. if you search for fungus gnats in the community posts, there should be some better tips under other posts. hope this helps!

### becca님이 2023-12-09에 댓글을 남겼어요.

hydrogen peroxide helps kill larvae in soil. i do one part peroxide to 3-4 parts water and water the plant w it like normal

#### yems님이 2023-12-10에 답변했습니다.

i’ve always had success with using this method too! flushing the soil to get rid of the larvae and then setting traps to catch the adult gnats has worked well for me :\]

### Kels 🪴님이 2023-12-10에 댓글을 남겼어요.

Hey, y’all! I just made a post about fungus gnats. You can get mosquito drops to put in your watering can on Amazon to kill the larvae and eventually you won’t see any more adults.

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