i have some books around here i will see if i can find them tommorrow for you
i garden alot my husbands grandmother taught me when we moved here before she died she gave me these really old books on how to get rid of all kinds of bugs without useing chemicels they are old but they work
this thing with the vinegar works, but we have so many fruit flies, that the trap cannot keep up. :(
yeah i have been there on that one lost all my cherries that way
the thing is we don’t even have any open fruit, or food, where they could be breeding. we have no idea where they are coming from.
buds have been very bad this year getting colder but the bugs are still around in great amounts
very true. very true. With the exception of Mosquitoes and Black flies… at least around here. I was fishing in black fly season and didn’t see a one.
on monday the boys came in from playing and were covered in mosquito bits i was suprised i had to get out the after bite it was only 68 out
huh.
We didn’t have much rain in the spring, and then we had a late frost. It killed most. So we’ve been lucky here.
we have had alot of rain no frost yet probably not until end of november
I’m going to guess that’s normal…?
For us we had snow yesterday… :( It didn’t stay, and is early yet, but… Snow :( *shivers, shaking head*
yes it is we dont get much snow here but when we gwt an inch everyone panics so funny i lived in northern ca for a long time snow up to my hips we got out in it here on the news they say stay home if you dont need to go out and everyone rushes to the store and buys milk and bread lol
You know, I have the same problem and have yet to find a solution other than filling a spray bottle with rubbing alcohol and spraying the little buggers out of the air.
However, I can tell you this much: people will tell you they hate lemons. This is a lie. I used lemon cleaner, lemon juice, lemon zest and lemon slices in an apartment-wide clean out to try and get rid of them. Nope, they just crawled over everything, ate the lemons, etc etc. It was a disaster.
So, do not keep any food whatsoever out in the open. If you have to have fruit out or something, buy one of those mesh covers that you take camping to keep them off your food so they can’t reproduce. wrap up any food waste prior to throwing it out or throw it out in an outside bin immediately.
And if you ever find a solution to this fly problem… let me know! :P
the apple cider vinegar in a cup/bowl with a drop of dish soap does work… the swarm that I have right now is just too big for the trap to work effectively.
I kill hundreds each day with the trap, but you wouldn’t know it by looking at the swarm. :(
Padre J Roulston wrote:
the apple cider vinegar in a cup/bowl with a drop of dish soap does work… the swarm that I have right now is just too big for the trap to work effectively.
I kill hundreds each day with the trap, but you wouldn’t know it by looking at the swarm. :(
what are they swarming over?
they’re every where. no one spot where they’re concentrated; like normal.
Padre J Roulston wrote:
they’re every where. no one spot where they’re concentrated; like normal.
what are they eating? fruit basket? garbage?
try the rubbing alcohol thing. take a day to clean everything top to bottom and spray every one you see. it makes it so they cannot fly so just have a paper towel to pick them up when they go down. you can get plant sprayers or an old windex bottle.
i looked for thoes books but they are not inside this trailer they are probably in the shed i will try to get out there and find them so sorry
Walmart has these little paper bag things to get rid of fruit flies,they are really cheap and they work great. Alot of the restaurants in the are use them.
deanna123176 wrote:
Walmart has these little paper bag things to get rid of fruit flies,they are really cheap and they work great. Alot of the restaurants in the are use them.
whoa, what? for real? what are they called? what do they look like?!
yeah
Lawliet wrote:
deanna123176 wrote:
Walmart has these little paper bag things to get rid of fruit flies,they are really cheap and they work great. Alot of the restaurants in the are use them.
whoa, what? for real? what are they called? what do they look like?!
that is excellent! Padre, this may be our solution to our respective fly problems….
also I learned that they will not just breed in food but anywhere damp. so keep your counters and sink bone-dry at all costs so they have less breeding grounds!!
will do! :D
I still have no idea what they are feeding on. we don’t have open fruit, garbage, food, etc.
I just don’t know :S
that’s bizarre…. and even harder to deal with :(
Lawliet wrote:
deanna123176 wrote:
Walmart has these little paper bag things to get rid of fruit flies,they are really cheap and they work great. Alot of the restaurants in the are use them.
whoa, what? for real? what are they called? what do they look like?!
I’m not sure what they are called,I’m trying to find them on the walmart website right now, but I also found this link for amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/Springstar-S415…
Padre J Roulston wrote:
yeah
Lawliet wrote:
deanna123176 wrote:
Walmart has these little paper bag things to get rid of fruit flies,they are really cheap and they work great. Alot of the restaurants in the are use them.
whoa, what? for real? what are they called? what do they look like?!
This one looks good too, the reviews are great:
http://www.walmart.com/ip/Non-Toxic-R…
I can’t find the little paper bag one, we have them in store at our Pittston Walmart, but I can’t find them online. Sorry I tried my best.
Hey, I appreciate it, and I’m sure Padre does too!
roulston
be sure they are not “drain flys”
similiar to an untrained eye
Yeah drain flies are horrible and they do look just like fruit flies, a good idea would be to pour bleach down the drain at the same time u use the fruit fly traps. I do believe they like to come out more at night. I found this little piece of info on them: “Start by cleaning the drain out with a plumbing snake. Once you’ve removed or dislodged as much of the buildup as possible, pour down a drain cleaner designed specifically for drain fly control. Look for brands like DF 5000, Drain Gel, Invade Bio Drain Gel, or Invade Hot Spot. All of these drain fly treatments contain bacteria and enzymes that break down and dissolve the organic sludge the drain fly larvae are living in and hatching from.”
calemus wrote:
roulston
be sure they are not “drain flys”
similiar to an untrained eye
I looked them over. and they all look like fruit flies, but I will try that bleach thing :D thanks.
I have dealt with two fly infestations. The first, fly paper and raid. The second, just a ton of raid.
I tried the weird vinegar things, all those home remedies, traps ect. All that worked eventually was hunting them down with my can of trusty raid. One by one.
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