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fruit fly maggots...

got a fruit fly infestations here alll my chilli pods are attacked at one section of my garden. lucky not all the parts. my kung pow and kelantan whites are effected.!!

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the maggot eat everything inside and just leave a thin skin.!! the pepper above still had maggots moving round in there.!!!
 
I hate fruit flies. I sell produce so they're my worst enemy this time of year. We've never had much success using apple cider vinager. What works best for me is vacuuming them up. I just sneak up to wherever they congregate and pass the vacuum a few inches above them. They fly right into it. They die on impact when they hit the filter. Another trick is to put a bad tomato in a container with some dime sized holes. After a couple hours most of the fruit flies will go in there. Then just throw a bag over it and dispose of them.
 
get them to eat a bhut jolokia and after they finish collect them and sprinkle on your pizza :) as hot flavour hehehehe :onfire:
 
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