I grow Pinguiculas among my seedlings. They trap the insects on their leaves. I found that many drown in an open containers of water as well. Laura Niagara On Sat, Jan 16, 2021 at 1:02 PM Åke Nordström via pbs < pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote: > When i seen too many Sciarids i have picked a few egg cocoons from a > spider, Meta menardi and let them hatch among the plants (one cocoon can > contain over 100 young spiders). After a while she small spiders settle > among the plants and make their webs. They usually starts to go very high, > but after a while some of them settle low in the foliage and are rather > successful in trapping the Sciarids. Perhaps not so very efficient, but at > least keeps the Sciarid population on a manageable level. > > All the best from northern Sweden, where we received another 60 cm of snow > last week. /Åke > > -----Original Message----- > From: pbs <pbs-bounces@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> On Behalf Of Peter > Taggart via pbs > Sent: den 11 januari 2021 18:31 > To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> > Cc: Peter Taggart <petersirises@gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [pbs] Worsleya seed/sciarids > > A vacume cleaner can help, also using a fine grit rather than humus on > the top of the pot. > Peter UK > > > > Germinating Worsleya seed is not the problem. > > > The problem came later when the germinated seed was potted. Except > > > one they were destroyed by the larvae of sciaridae flies. > > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… > Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> > --- > När du skickar e-post till SLU så innebär detta att SLU behandlar dina > personuppgifter. För att läsa mer om hur detta går till, klicka här < > https://slu.se/om-slu/kontakta-slu/…> > E-mailing SLU will result in SLU processing your personal data. For more > information on how this is done, click here < > https://slu.se/en/about-slu/…> > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… > Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> > _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net>