Fruit Fly
"Chookie" wrote in message
news:ehrebeniuk-E315F7.13481002022003@news... 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 |
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