Fruit Fly
 

Hi,

Can someone please give me some idea on how to keep fruit fly from ruining
my capsicums.

We have several fruit fly traps hanging around the garden, and have sprayed
with rogor. I have considered making 'tents' out of flyscreen material, but
also realise that other gardeners don't seem to go to such lengths, so I am
open to suggestions.

Janet
Hervey Bay, Queensland

Fruit Fly
 

g'day janet,

what are you using for f/fly traps ie.,. bait.

i use traps with various liquid baits in them but my main thrust is
the fruit fly wick that attracts and kills the male fly, these wicks
are available from produce agancies the best one is called 'Q-fly'.

covering the plant with mesh could interfere with pollination.

i have various recipes available on my remedies page at my site.

len

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Fruit Fly
 

In article ,
"Janet" wrote:

Can someone please give me some idea on how to keep fruit fly from ruining
my capsicums.

Fruit fly usually appear in my back yard from January, so I use these methods:

* avoid growing things that fruit fly eat, if you can (I plant tomatoes
because you can't get decent ones at the shops). I suppose I am asking if you
really want to grow capsicum.

* grow varieties that fruit fly aren't keen on (eg cherry tomatoes -- and they
haven't gone for my mini capsicum either).

* plant early-cropping varieties (though I'm not sure this is possible in
Hervey Bay -- do you get them all year round?)

* Practice good garden hygiene -- remove blown fruit, tie up in plastic bag
and leave in sunshine before composting, or toss in garbage.

* Spray with pyrethrum

* Spray with stronger stuff and hang baits.

I have a toddler so I am avoiding spraying/baiting. Fortunately the
unseasonally low humidity seems to have kept them away this year.
Unfortunately it's also meant that the tomatoes don't bear very well!

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"Chookie" wrote in message
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In article ,
"Janet" wrote:

Can someone please give me some idea on how to keep fruit fly from
ruining
my capsicums.

Fruit fly usually appear in my back yard from January, so I use these
methods:

* avoid growing things that fruit fly eat, if you can (I plant tomatoes
because you can't get decent ones at the shops). I suppose I am asking if
you
really want to grow capsicum.

* grow varieties that fruit fly aren't keen on (eg cherry tomatoes -- and
they
haven't gone for my mini capsicum either).

* plant early-cropping varieties (though I'm not sure this is possible in
Hervey Bay -- do you get them all year round?)

* Practice good garden hygiene -- remove blown fruit, tie up in plastic
bag
and leave in sunshine before composting, or toss in garbage.

* Spray with pyrethrum

* Spray with stronger stuff and hang baits.

I have a toddler so I am avoiding spraying/baiting. Fortunately the
unseasonally low humidity seems to have kept them away this year.
Unfortunately it's also meant that the tomatoes don't bear very well!

Would using plastic bags help? I don't like spraying either. It's onerous
work, I know.

Fruit Fly
 

In article ,
"Gabra" wrote:

Would using plastic bags help? I don't like spraying either. It's onerous
work, I know.

Maybe paper bags would be better -- people use them on mango trees.

--
Chookie -- Sydney, Australia
(Replace "foulspambegone" with "optushome" to reply)

The most consistent empirical proof from history is the doctrine of human
depravity. -- Chuck Colson