Yuck! I think I have drain worms and flies! Please help!!!!!!
repaintingagain
14 years ago
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I think I hit the jackpot! please help
Comments (9)I agree if the worms are healthy it's OK. Bleach would be used up pretty quickly reacting with all that organic matter, and assuming it does break down to NaCl, it's not that much salt considering bleach is only 5% by weight to begin with. I'm not sure why anyone would recommend putting bleach on a stump, though. You want the fungi and bacteria and grubs and beetles in the soil to break down the stump, and bleach is not going to make any of them work faster. Quite the contrary. Last stump I had, I drilled 3/4" holes into half of it and filled them with fertilizer. That half of the stump broke down twice as fast as the other half. If your stump was stinky, it could be the type of tree. Was this an oak tree or what?...See Morewhite flies? Don't think so. Help please.
Comments (12)Yeah, I just don't know either. They said in 'slight' concentrations. And the zep is concentrated. So maybe it is actually 50 parts water to 1 part zep for one and perhaps 25 water to one part zep for another concentrate. 50/50 seems like a strong mix since the zep is quite concentrated to begin with. Oh shoot, I don't know, but I'm going to give it a try if/when the flies show up again. I'll start with a very diluted mix and take it from there. For now the "flies" are gone...again. I used some Safer Soap first and then washed all the leaves and stems with a weak solution of dish det. and water...then brought the plant inside. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that the flies didn't come in with the EE. It looked very clean when I brought it in a couple days ago. So far, so good. No signs of the flies yet. Over the Summer I had used the insecticide and the Safer Soap but the darn flies would always return in a few days. Ah well, time will tell. :) Thanks for your responses, John. Linda...See Morehelp - flies (bad) and worms (good) in compost bin
Comments (12)Me the OP again. I'd be hesitant to use a mosquito dunk b/c of the worms and b/c I try to keep things organic (the compost gets used on my vegetable gardent). Here's what I did exactly - tumbled the compost as usual. Then I scattered some old sawdust over the top so that there was a thin layer everywhere - just enough so that you couldn't make out the veggie peels, etc. underneath. I imagine that dried leaves, straw, or even dried mulch would work as well....See MoreWhite flies (I think?) and Tiny green worms on tomato plants
Comments (1)Here is a picture that shows the worms I've been finding as well (top part of the leaf)...See MoreRustyStainless
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