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ceniamari said
on 7/21/2009 I have many houseplants and they do get insects, especially some tiny, flying ones (gnats?). I will definitely try this. Thanks.
olirom said
on 6/26/2008 What a great idea. I hate those pesky little bugs that seem to love indoor plants.
chantelg4 said
on 6/10/2008 Neato! Love this tip, pests always creep me out!
Barbara Raskauskas said
on 6/2/2008 I had transplanted some houseplants and the new potting soil I used had gnats in it, something I didn’t discover until after the transplanting. I laid pieces of sticky fly strip on the soil and the little buggers went for it so they were easy to get rid of. I like your idea of using the cedar pencil shavings as houseplant mulch. What a novel idea. Okay, now I want to not only mulch the indoor plants, but get teeny-tiny lawn ornaments, like a marble-sized gazing ball.
phildavi said
on 5/31/2008 no cedar?think putting garlic pods or even the skins' ll keep the bugs and Dracula away!
Janet Ford said
on 5/30/2008 Knewf - just writing pencils but pick the ones made out of cedar. Quite common.
knewf said
on 5/30/2008 cool idea! Where do you get a Cedar Pencil???