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| mikesgirl |
Posted - Aug 22 2008 : 08:45:53 AM
Help!!! We have an INVASION of fruit flies which seem to be multiplying by the hour. Anyone have a surefire way to get rid of them?????
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| scurran |
Posted - Aug 31 2008 : 12:48:16 PM
THANK YOU ALL!!! Just a few hours later and I have already "trapped" 6 fruit flies! How exciting!!!
Thanks again!
Sara |
| Alee |
Posted - Aug 31 2008 : 10:06:20 AM
Sara- you could always try spritzing some apple cider vinegar into the garbage ever time you put something in it. I am not sure if that will work, but I think it will!
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| scurran |
Posted - Aug 31 2008 : 09:30:23 AM
Ok...I'm giving this a shot. We've been recycling EVERYTHING religiously for the last 4-5 months and so only food and real trash is going in the trash can. We don't have a garbage disposal (old house in the city) and we rent, so no compost. We now have to take out the trash when I see fruit flies. But I'm going to try this!
I'm glad I found this out there. I was at my wit's end!
Thanks!
Sara |
| Bellepepper |
Posted - Aug 24 2008 : 11:05:19 AM
Are fruit flies and sour knats the same thing? I put a little bowl of vinegar on the tray of tomatoes, Some getting ripe, some ripe, some done. The knats/flies, don't seem to be bothered by the vinegar. Tried putting the tray of tomatoes on the back porch, coons (maybe opossums) came up and took a bite out of everyone. So it was back to the tray in the house. If they would just get ripe, wouldn't be such a hassel. |
| acairnsmom |
Posted - Aug 22 2008 : 4:49:18 PM
I tried this ACV remedy and although I never saw even one fly in the vinegar they mysteriously disappeared! Don't know where they went but I haven't had a problem since! And yes, I got the idea of the Farmgirl Connection. What a handy housekeeping tool this website had turned out to be!
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| mikesgirl |
Posted - Aug 22 2008 : 2:58:52 PM
Thanks ladies! Let's hope it works, there's about a million now!
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| sweetproserpina |
Posted - Aug 22 2008 : 1:46:44 PM
I did something similar and it worked great. Little dish half full of balsamic vinegar, stretch a bit of plastic wrap over top and poke holes with a fork. The holes should be just big enough for the flies to get in but not back out.
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| Alee |
Posted - Aug 22 2008 : 12:47:09 PM
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| Sandra K. Licher |
Posted - Aug 22 2008 : 10:17:32 AM
ME too...thanks Alee! You should write a book...you are so good!
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| Alee |
Posted - Aug 22 2008 : 10:08:01 AM
Put out some apple cider vinegar in a glass. They will be attracted to it and drown
Alee
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