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title: "Hi there!! I’m noticing some small flies (sort of like fruit flies)…"
description: "Hi there!! I’m noticing some small flies (sort of like fruit flies) on the soil of several of my plants. Any tips or things I should be concerned about?"
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community: "Anything about plants"
author: "Show me the Greens!"
published: "2023-07-09T20:20:06.264Z"
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# Hi there!! I’m noticing some small flies (sort of like fruit flies)…

_Posted by Show me the Greens! on 2023-07-09_

Hi there!! I’m noticing some small flies (sort of like fruit flies) on the soil of several of my plants. Any tips or things I should be concerned about?

## 3 comments

### Melanie commented on 2023-07-09

Those are fungus gnats. You can either add some mosquito bits to your water when you water them or I just mix some of the bit into my soil

### Planta member commented on 2023-07-09

Try spraying vanilla scented stuff they hate it

### MJ commented on 2023-07-10

You might want to quarantine your plant, too, at least until the gnats are gone— fungus gnats are super invasive and will get into your other plants if you’re not careful.

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