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Tue, Apr 30, 13 at 15:21
| So midges have been getting in through my screen attracted to the light I have in the window that my plants are growing under no doubt, I know how to deal with them, I am just curious: I keep finding dead midges on my tomato plants, but never live ones... are the plants poisonous to the midges??? or do the midges lay eggs and then die or something. because I see no eggs... and i never find live midges on them |
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| I looked up the word midges because I've never heard of them being an insect that attacks plants. Wikipedia says there are a variety of flies called midges, including no-see-ums and other biting flies that feed on blood. Nothing about them attacking plants. So what do these midges do to your tomatoes that you consider a problem? |
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- Posted by Rustyblood none (My Page) on Wed, May 1, 13 at 13:12
| nothing to my tomato plants so far, but I found them crawling all over my other plants. apparently the larva can cause swelling in areas of plants, with certain types of midges. I also know that there is some that attack the buds of tomato plants, at least in hawaii lol. but my tomato plants arent budding yet... I found it difficult to find information on what they do to plants so I was just curious. the weird thing is that the midges are all gone now but there is dead ones all over the tomato plants and I know that tomato plants are a part of the nightshade family so I was just curious if the tomato plants poisoned them? I was more concerned about my other plants but I tried googling this with no results. my tomato plants are healthy as heck right now which is pretty awesome because I am a first time grower. they are actually almost to healthy... they are growing like crazy and I have so many!! they are of the Tigerella variety. |
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- Posted by missingtheobvious Blue Ridge 7a (My Page) on Wed, May 1, 13 at 14:11
| Could these be fungus gnats, aka fruit flies? They like the damp soil of houseplants. This year, for the first time, I found some in the hairs of my tomato seedlings' stems. http://forums.gardenweb.com/forums/load/tomato/msg0316540831177.html |
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