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N@n
True Blue Farmgirl
223 Posts
Hackett
Arkansas
USA
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 Posted - Sep 29 2009 : 05:45:05 AM
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With this being pickling,canning,etc season-I am over run with fruit flies. They are every where. Any good suggestions on a remedy? I try to keep all veggies and fruit in the frig/all waste out of the house but they keep appearing!!
keep searchin'-it's out there somewhere. |
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4HMom
True Blue Farmgirl
720 Posts
Kelly
Montana
720 Posts |
Posted - Sep 29 2009 : 07:02:10 AM
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I'll be watching this thread closely!!! We're overrun too, N@n and my husband is about to move me to the barn with all the produce LOL
"Be the change you want to see in the world" -Gandhi |
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Suzan
True Blue Farmgirl
659 Posts
suzanne
duncannon
pa
USA
659 Posts |
Posted - Sep 29 2009 : 07:22:23 AM
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I had that earlier this month, turned out to be some potatoes in a cupboard that they weren't supposed to be...apple cider vinegar with a piece of banana in it to attract them did it for me (after I found the potatoes and got rid of them).
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4HMom
True Blue Farmgirl
720 Posts
Kelly
Montana
720 Posts |
Posted - Sep 29 2009 : 07:38:32 AM
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So did they just drown in the vinegar then? I'm pouring a bowl of it after work!!!! :)
"Be the change you want to see in the world" -Gandhi |
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Suzan
True Blue Farmgirl
659 Posts
suzanne
duncannon
pa
USA
659 Posts |
Posted - Sep 29 2009 : 08:07:53 AM
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| Yes. I stuck a piece of doublesided tape across the bowl also but it wasn't very effective. |
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MommaJ9
True Blue Farmgirl
157 Posts
Kimberly
Longview
Washington
USA
157 Posts |
Posted - Sep 30 2009 : 7:30:29 PM
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We had fruit flies too. Here's what we did...take a 1 liter soda bottle and cut off the top. Turn the top upside down and duct tape it to the bottom half. Pour apple cider vinegar into it (about 1/4 cup) and leave it on the counter! The flies get in, and stay there!
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GoldenSeal
Farmgirl in Training
13 Posts
Crystal
Vermilion
Alberta
Canada
13 Posts |
Posted - Oct 01 2009 : 12:51:05 PM
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| I just put fruit in a small cup and then put surran wrap over the top. Poked a couple holes in it with a tooth pick, and viola they will get in following the smell of the food but then they can't get out. |
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simplyflowers
True Blue Farmgirl
489 Posts
Jamie
Locust Grove
Virginia
USA
489 Posts |
Posted - Oct 02 2009 : 11:45:30 AM
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I'm going to try something here.....our fruit flies are gross and big and taking over the world....at least in my kitchen! LOL
"Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work." -- Thomas Edison
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N@n
True Blue Farmgirl
223 Posts
Hackett
Arkansas
USA
223 Posts |
Posted - Oct 03 2009 : 6:09:47 PM
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Thanks all, I'm trying all of it and my husband also read to spray the air with an alcohol/water mixture which will kill the little buggers as they fly. So far, I have a lot of dead fruit flys floating in 2 liter ginger ale bottle filled with vinegar, dead fruit flies on a banana peel in a bowl of vinegar, and lots of live flying fruit flies in the kitchen. Maybe I will just name them all and make them pets!!! Thanks for the suggestions.
keep searchin'-it's out there somewhere. |
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gr8tfulmom
True Blue Farmgirl
143 Posts
Sarah
South Haven
MI
143 Posts |
Posted - Oct 10 2009 : 5:29:52 PM
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What works for us (after trying many forms of sweet liquidy traps) is to suck them up with the vacuum hose, you at least get all of them for a while. I've been doing it once a week since the end of summer and the difference is amazing. Colonies will pop back in, but I arm myself with my purple & grey wand of bug death and go at it :D
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N@n
True Blue Farmgirl
223 Posts
Hackett
Arkansas
USA
223 Posts |
Posted - Oct 11 2009 : 06:21:54 AM
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Well, so far pretty good. I only see a few fruit flies and I still have the pop bottle/vinegar thing on the window sill and I make sure the fly swatter is at hand and swat everything in sight when in the kitchen. It's all working.
keep searchin'-it's out there somewhere. |
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4HMom
True Blue Farmgirl
720 Posts
Kelly
Montana
720 Posts |
Posted - Oct 11 2009 : 08:30:28 AM
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We are STILL overrun...even with the liquid traps. I guess the wand of bug death gets a try around here. They really are driving us crazy!!! :)
"Be the change you want to see in the world" -Gandhi |
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Painted Farmgirl
Farmgirl in Training
43 Posts
Stacey
Moscow
Idaho
USA
43 Posts |
Posted - Oct 23 2009 : 5:26:01 PM
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http://www.wikihow.com/Get-Rid-of-Fruit-Flies
I know that by now all these buggers are gone due to the climate change but I had a hard time with them myself this year! I found this site that might be helpful for you next year. Get a load of the picture though, maybe want to rethink the keeping them as pets idea! ~Stacey
Painted Farmgirl #666
Your body is a temple, but how long can you live in the same house before you redecorate?
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MagnoliaWhisper
True Blue Farmgirl
2817 Posts
Heather
Haysville
Kansas
USA
2817 Posts |
Posted - Oct 23 2009 : 11:02:37 PM
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This may sound gross, but after I have gotten rid of anything they would feed on-waste, make sure to keep all dishes clean ASAP, etc. Um.....if they land some where I smack them and kill them with my hand. They like my white cabinets and my bathroom mirror the most to land on. I just wait for them to settle (they fly around if they see you) once they settle I smack any I can catch. (yeah a bit bloody on the mirror and cabinets, and maybe gross too). Then I wait again for them to settle and do as many as I have time for. I find it greatly reduces them quickly! haha I wash my hands/mirror/cabinets thoroughly afterwards. They are too fast to use anything but my hands though to kill them with.......so a little nasty. But, I hate them. And it seems when we get them we don't get one or two we get a house full and they like to bite me! UHG!
We just had a problem with them last week! UHG!
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Diane B Carter
True Blue Farmgirl
1270 Posts
Diane
Blasdell
N.Y.
USA
1270 Posts |
Posted - Oct 25 2009 : 12:59:37 PM
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I read it somewhere maybe here put cider vingar in a bowl, cover with plastic wrap, poke a few small holes in it and it works really really well. I will always use this technique now. You will be surprised at how well it works. Apparently they can get in by smelling but they can't find the way out. It's clean, neat & cheap and works great!!! You can actually put a few dishes out if you need to and hide them behind plants or pictures. I really love this one can you tell?
Hope all your days are Sunnydays.
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