HousePlants

How to Get Rid of Pesky Fungus Gnats In Your Houseplants’ Pots

How to Get Rid of Pesky Fungus Gnats In Your Houseplants’ Pots

By Leah Chester-Davis | BHG.Com Troy Warren for CNT #homegarden These tiny, mosquito-like bugs can be a major nuisance. Use these tips to banish them from your home. Have you been seeing little bugs fluttering up from your houseplants' potswhenever you water? Known as fungus gnats, they're actually tiny flies, about 1/8-inch long, that are drawn to moist potting soil and decaying leaves on the surface of the soil around your plants. If you spot one up close, you'll notice that they look a little like tiny mosquitoes, but they don't bite. Fungus gnats also don't cause much harm to plants either, but they…
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Houseplant sales soared during our pandemic year

Houseplant sales soared during our pandemic year

By Mary Welch, For the AJC Troy Warren for CNT It’s a ‘healthy addiction’ that clears the air and your head. To celebrate life’s milestones and successes, some people get a tattoo; others buy a signature piece of jewelry. Mary Sanders buys a plant. “You should see my graduation plant. It’s now a graduation tree!” Sanders, a graphic designer for Treebird Branding, says her “generational” love of plants sprouted while growing up on her father’s tree farm in South Georgia. Sanders estimates she has more than 40 plants and all but a few have a story. “I have one that is…
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