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Buy mosquito dunks.
http://www.amazon.com/Summit-111-5-20-Pack-Mosquito-Dunk/dp/B0002568YA/ref=sr_1_1_m?s=lawn-garden&ie=UTF8&qid=1457919868&sr=1-1&keywords=mosquito+dunks+100+pack
Obviously not a 100 pack. A 6-10 pack will do fine.
Finely crush 1/4-1/2 of a tab with your fingers. Add to a gallon of dechlorinated water, and let sit overnight. Then water your plants with this water. Kills them pretty quickly, within a week or so usually.
http://www.amazon.com/Summit-111-5-20-Pack-Mosquito-Dunk/dp/B0002568YA/ref=sr_1_1_m?s=lawn-garden&ie=UTF8&qid=1457919868&sr=1-1&keywords=mosquito+dunks+100+pack
Obviously not a 100 pack. A 6-10 pack will do fine.
Finely crush 1/4-1/2 of a tab with your fingers. Add to a gallon of dechlorinated water, and let sit overnight. Then water your plants with this water. Kills them pretty quickly, within a week or so usually.
After that, cover the top of your soil with about a 1/2 of sand. The sand will dry out very quickly after watering, and make them think the soil is dry. They only like wet soil, so they will leave.
fungus gnats or actual fruit flies?
it matters because fungus gnat larva feed on root tissue, idk if fruit flies do, or perhaps they are the same insect. idk i dont ever get gnats.
imidicloprid will kill gnat larva, so will BT, so will a shit load of other larvacides, but imidicloprid will kill affirmativly anything eating the root tissue that day. if you pl ants are in a bad way ... you might go with the imidicloprid.
if you are just noticing the issue, bt will work fine, just take longer and have very little residual protection.
it matters because fungus gnat larva feed on root tissue, idk if fruit flies do, or perhaps they are the same insect. idk i dont ever get gnats.
imidicloprid will kill gnat larva, so will BT, so will a shit load of other larvacides, but imidicloprid will kill affirmativly anything eating the root tissue that day. if you pl ants are in a bad way ... you might go with the imidicloprid.
if you are just noticing the issue, bt will work fine, just take longer and have very little residual protection.
I have never heard of fruit flies bothering plants either. I am telling how to treat fungus gnats.
mosquito dunks are just BT right? with that in mind, id reccomend a powdered or liquid BT product rather than going through all the work of crushing those tablet things.
guess youve never tried to crush a triturate type tablet.
Pretty sure the fruit flies he's talking about aren't what we call fruit flies over here in the US.
Camz1492, is this the kind of fruit fly you're talking about? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bactrocera_tryoni
Camz1492, is this the kind of fruit fly you're talking about? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bactrocera_tryoni
TNKS said:
cool so soak smush wait soak smush. or.... just buy the liquid shit and get on with your life. why are we discussing this again?
I have 2 x diff fruit fly varieties doing there best to ruin my season. I have both QLD Fruit fly and Mediterranean fruit fly attacking everythhing.
So far the only thing that has worked is exclusion. I ordered little organza bags from ebay and cover each pod as soon as they start to form. Its a PITA.
The CERA trap i bought has caught 1 x whole fly.
I think the Eco Naturelure I am spraying works, but we have had so much rain it is hard to keep it applied.
So far I have picked about 30 pods and thrown away 200+ maggot infested reapers/ts cardi etc.....
I did not realise how bad it could get until growing these. Hit way worse than my tomatoes of season past.
But exclusion works. Plus check your pods every day, as soon as you see a sting mark, pick and dispose in a sealed bag.......
So far the only thing that has worked is exclusion. I ordered little organza bags from ebay and cover each pod as soon as they start to form. Its a PITA.
The CERA trap i bought has caught 1 x whole fly.
I think the Eco Naturelure I am spraying works, but we have had so much rain it is hard to keep it applied.
So far I have picked about 30 pods and thrown away 200+ maggot infested reapers/ts cardi etc.....
I did not realise how bad it could get until growing these. Hit way worse than my tomatoes of season past.
But exclusion works. Plus check your pods every day, as soon as you see a sting mark, pick and dispose in a sealed bag.......
