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Calico Hen
True Blue Farmgirl
146 Posts
Meg
Middle Tennessee
USA
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 Posted - Aug 09 2012 : 12:20:38 PM
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I remember failing the fruit fly genetics lab in college as my partner and I killed all our fruit flies accidentally squishing them with the media they were suppose to eat. I wish that were the case now. I have fruit flies all over the house. They have been coming in with the tomatoes and although I am trying to can/deal with all the tomatoes each day, the fruit flies are multiplying. Help! What do you do to control fruit flies?
I bought a product (produced by Terro?) that looks like an apple and you pour bait into it to kill the fruit flies. I think it worked for the first week, perhaps they have eaten all the bait.... |
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natesgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
1735 Posts
angela
martinsville
indiana
USA
1735 Posts |
Posted - Aug 09 2012 : 2:27:13 PM
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I take a jelly jar, punch a few tiny slits in the lid with a kitchen knife, put about 1/3 to 1/2 cup of apple cider vinegar in it, add about a teaspoon of citrus scented dish soap, and put the lid on. You just set it on the counter or where ever your biggest problem is.
I have to empty and refill it anywhere from daily to weekly. It will quickly have a ton of them floatin in the bottom.
I keep one under my banana tree at all times. It keeps them under control.
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emsmommy5
True Blue Farmgirl
1547 Posts
Angie
Buckley
WA
USA
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Posted - Aug 10 2012 : 12:24:47 PM
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Yup..... I do the same as angela. Works great.
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TheBeeCharmer
Farmgirl in Training
42 Posts
Deb
Seven Valleys
PA
USA
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Posted - Aug 10 2012 : 12:28:26 PM
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Thanks Angela for the concotion recipe for keeping fruit flies at bay! I get sick of swatting at them all the time. Can't wait to mix up a batch!
~You can take the girl out of the country, but you can't take the country out of the girl! |
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oldbittyhen
True Blue Farmgirl
1511 Posts
tina
quartz hill
ca
USA
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Posted - Aug 10 2012 : 2:29:32 PM
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also rinse your fruit/veggys off outside before you bring them in, that will help eliminate alot...
"Knowlege is knowing that a tomato is a fruit, Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad" |
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SheilaC
True Blue Farmgirl
1948 Posts
Sheila
Vermont
USA
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soapmommy60543
True Blue Farmgirl
2197 Posts
Ann
Oswego
IL
USA
2197 Posts |
Posted - Aug 11 2012 : 04:14:10 AM
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We tried the apple cider method last winter when I brought home some organic bananas. It did not work. We have had to resort to the No-Pest Strips of sticky fly paper. I am the first one to try anything without a chemical, but in this case, the flies were migrating from our kitchen/living area down the hall to our bedrooms. The day I found one on my toothbrush, I sent Hubby out to get the fly paper.
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