Tiny little flies

Hmm - have you considered the possibility of them being drain flies ?
It might be worth investigating.

The life cycle of a fruit fly used to be on the A level biology syllabus. The female lays 500 eggs at a time, that's why there are loads of them!

I put vinegar and a drop of Fairy liquid on a saucer next to the plants. It seemed to kill the flies, but the plant didn’t like it either, all the lower leaves dropped off!

Won’t be doing that again.

I put a bug killer nearby, that seemed to work better.

The bananas really attract fruit flies. I have to keep mine in the garage.
A little shallow pot with a bit of wine in the bottom and a couple of drops of washing up liquid is a very effective trap.

I think someone suggested sprinkling cinnamon around the plants

No plants as I am not very good at keeping them alive, but I will get some fly papers and see if they work.

62Granny If you put Anyone else suffering from Fruit Flies? in the Search box, it will take you to a thread that was running about the flies last year. You may find some useful info on there. Good luck!

I had a problem which originated in my pot plants, l use fly papers in the pots (hardly need them anymore as they seem to have cleared the problem)
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They do sound like fruit flies.... We once found a banana in our mum's microwave and asked her if she was OK....! She explained that the microwave kept the banana from over- ripening and also free of fruit flies....!

Have you got indoor plants?

I bought new indoor compost, re-potted some plants and it's infested with tiny flies.