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g'day john,

the recipes aren't mine to own, but i tried them all last season with
no success, or similar to current formula. seems that it depends
largely on when and where the female hatches and gets her fix of
protein. if she gets the fix before coming to your garden then the
traps are ineffective, it would seem.


On Wed, 27 Oct 2010 03:46:25 +0000 (UTC), John Savage
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Matthew 25:13 KJV
"Watch therefore, for ye know neither
the day nor the hour wherein the Son
of man cometh"

Mark 13:33 "Take ye heed, watch and pray:
for ye know not when the time is".

len

With peace and brightest of blessings,

"Be Content With What You Have And
May You Find Serenity and Tranquillity In
A World That You May Not Understand."

http://www.lensgarden.com.au/

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the supermarkets should all sell them, or try produce agencies or
hardwares.

On Wed, 27 Oct 2010 15:53:46 +1000, atec77 wrote:

On 27/10/2010 1:46 PM, John Savage wrote:
writes:
had this recipe out now for about 6 weeks, can't see that there are
any fruit fly in them as yet plenty of other sorts offlies and ants.
will empty them soon through a strainer to be sure.

I shall have a stern word with Vasili, in that case. Have you got
any lures baited with your own recipe, for comparison?

Week before last's ABC gardening program showed the use of cloth
bags around individual fruit, to protect from fruit flies (also
from birds, possums, and sunburn). It resembled that waterproof
material that you can get as an inner cover for pillows, and which
comes as a wrapping for some electronics goods. A finely woven
cloth, nothing like plastic, and too strong to tear. He used it
for his figs. (Once they reached a good size, I guess, so that
they had already been pollinated.)
Anyone got a clue where I can buy some hanging sticky fly strips around
Brisbane/Logan ?

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Matthew 25:13 KJV
"Watch therefore, for ye know neither
the day nor the hour wherein the Son
of man cometh"

Mark 13:33 "Take ye heed, watch and pray:
for ye know not when the time is".

len

With peace and brightest of blessings,

"Be Content With What You Have And
May You Find Serenity and Tranquillity In
A World That You May Not Understand."

http://www.lensgarden.com.au/

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forgot to metion john,

paper lunch bags/packets can also be used, we use them to keep our
grapes from the prying eyes of birds.

On Wed, 27 Oct 2010 03:46:25 +0000 (UTC), John Savage
wrote:

snipped
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Matthew 25:13 KJV
"Watch therefore, for ye know neither
the day nor the hour wherein the Son
of man cometh"

Mark 13:33 "Take ye heed, watch and pray:
for ye know not when the time is".

len

With peace and brightest of blessings,

"Be Content With What You Have And
May You Find Serenity and Tranquillity In
A World That You May Not Understand."

http://www.lensgarden.com.au/

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On 28/10/2010 4:27 AM, gardenlen wrote:
the supermarkets should all sell them, or try produce agencies or
hardwares.

They should but our locals don't claiming the sprays more effective\\ I
may have to travel further so if anyone can offer a clue

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atec77 writes:
They should but our locals don't claiming the sprays more effective\\ I
may have to travel further so if anyone can offer a clue

Coles in Sydney have them, Mortein brand IIRC. I did buy some
Chinese brand from a $2 store, but they weren't nearly as sticky
as the supermarket ones and they hardly caught any flies. And
they seemed to dry up, whereas the good ones stay sticky forever.

I guess you can't shop through Coles online?

Maybe try the local pest controller (Flick man). If he doesn't
have them, he might be able to order them. I have seen a recipe
for making your own (heat sugar and stuff, and dunk strips of
brown paper); there's probably something on the web though the
idea is likely too 'survivalist' for your need. :-)
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where are you?

do you have produce agencies?

maybe an online search and get them by mail order?

On Thu, 28 Oct 2010 07:25:46 +1000, atec77 wrote:
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Matthew 25:13 KJV
"Watch therefore, for ye know neither
the day nor the hour wherein the Son
of man cometh"

Mark 13:33 "Take ye heed, watch and pray:
for ye know not when the time is".

len

With peace and brightest of blessings,

"Be Content With What You Have And
May You Find Serenity and Tranquillity In
A World That You May Not Understand."

http://www.lensgarden.com.au/

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I wrote:
Coles in Sydney have them, Mortein brand IIRC.

Their sticky fly paper is "Rentokil" brand, actually.
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atec77 writes:
Well I made several with the formula I googled and published , basically
it is so sticky the fly can't get away without self destruction and
after several days have captured a lot of flies , the dogs are far less
bothered and no longer foll0wed by a dark cloud

Good recipe. You could have made some toffee apples at the same time!

I declare a success

It's fully degradeable, too. When the fly paper is full up, you can add
it to the compost, or lower it a bit so it becomes a doggie treat! LOL
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