Then add fresh potting soil and replant the old plant back into the container. People are also reading… Cowlitz County coroner confuses 2 dead babies; 1 family buries wrong infant ...

Question: I have recently emptied out a container which held a standard rose that I have ditched because it was not doing very well. The soil I removed was peppered with the enclosed objects. Am I ...

Even the best potting soil can become moldy, pest-infested, or compacted if improperly stored. It’s common for bags of potting soil to harbor gnats and other insects, egg sacks, larvae, or seeds ...

Hermaphroditic as adults, they lay tiny pearls of eggs easily mistaken for fertilizer beads in potting soil, allowing them to rampantly proliferate in gardens and nurseries.

When potting on, add a dusting of ... It lays its eggs in the soil at the base of the plant. ... Slugs are an issue for many garden vegetables, and whatever your slug regime, ...

Dear Theresa,. The potting soil you purchased likely was infested with fungus gnats -- or their eggs. This is a fairly common occurrence, unfortunately, and no one brand of potting mix that I'm ...

Q. Earlier this year, I put begonias in my hanging baskets and used a professional potting soil. A few days later, they were covered with black gnats. I called the potting soil company and they ...

Fungus gnats love to lay their eggs in damp potting soil. The eggs become larvae, which feed on fungi in the soil (hence their name). The larvae are around 1/4-inch long with a shiny black head ...

If you do this, though, remove as much soil as possible from the existing plant so as not to transfer larvae or eggs to the new soil. This technique, though, runs the risk of disturbing the roots.

But when it comes to soil, the label has a different meaning. Conventional, non-organic potting soils are sterilized to kill pests, eggs, bacteria and other microorganisms that have taken up ...