I think I do something similar to wine and soap. I fill a small bowl with apple cider vinegar and a drop or two of dish soap to break the surface tension. It works, I catch a few here and there but I don't have a lot of fruitflies.
Try to use a PET soda trap. Make 3 hole in the pet 2x1 cm each on the large part of the pet. Fill 200ml the pet with grape juico or apple vinager. Close the pet. The fruit flyes will drown. Its very efficient.
@flaviopaixao Thanks, I've made quite a few very efficient traps but the shear volume of the flies was overwhelming. With five traps that had to be emptied and refreshed daily I still wasn't keeping the population down. I added the plastic greenhouse so I could confine them and let them out outside in the morning. I finally gave up.
@scotchlouis I gave up...for now. Nice that others are having the problem, too. Misery cloves company. :-) They were infesting the house, on pretty much everything, and even getting into my sprouting, etc. Someone told me to use a bottom watering setup which avoid the soil gnats which I may try. Fruit flies were easier to deal with as they didn't stay on the grass like the gnats.
@VisorBlue Did you try using the red wine/dish soap trap? Not sure if that works or not; haven't tried it, but maybe it's worth a shot. I went back to buying the wheatgrass for now. I don't really have the growing conditions here anyway - too hot and humid in S. Florida. From what I understand, wheatgrass is best grown in cooler temps, around 70 degrees I think. I get a lot of purple mold on mine too, even with good air circulation. Oh well
@scotchlouis Yep, that's what the RIP things are. The volume of fruit flies I had was WAY beyond the traps doing much besides catching a small percentage of them. You can grow wheatgrass indoors. I'm in Phoenix not the coolest either.
@kastnmagic Thanks. I gave up for now. I bought some Perma-Guard food grade diatomaceous earth which farmers use a lot of -- some people consume the stuff for internal "pests". Fruit flies were lessened and finally gone only to be replaced by a large number of soil gnats. :-(
Decided the bugs were more work than I wanted to deal with...for now.
I think I do something similar to wine and soap. I fill a small bowl with apple cider vinegar and a drop or two of dish soap to break the surface tension. It works, I catch a few here and there but I don't have a lot of fruitflies.
JoeCubicle 5 months ago
@JoeCubicle If you give me your address I'll post a note for the fruit flies that want to relocate. :-)
As the weather cools here I'm tempted to try again. Maybe grow the grass outside in the portable greenhouse to keep them out of the house.
VisorBlue 5 months ago
@JoeCubicle If you give me your address I'll post a note for the fruit flies that want to relocate. :-)
As the weather cools here I'm tempted to try again. Maybe grow the grass outside in the portable greenhouse to keep them out of the house.
VisorBlue 5 months ago
@JoeCubicle If you give me your address I'll post a note for the fruit flies that want to relocate. :-)
As the weather cools here I'm tempted to try again. Maybe grow the grass outside in the portable greenhouse to keep them out of the house.
VisorBlue 5 months ago
@JoeCubicle If you give me your address I'll post a note for the fruit flies that want to relocate. :-)
As the weather cools here I'm tempted to try again. Maybe grow the grass outside in the portable greenhouse to keep them out of the house.
VisorBlue 5 months ago
Try to use a PET soda trap. Make 3 hole in the pet 2x1 cm each on the large part of the pet. Fill 200ml the pet with grape juico or apple vinager. Close the pet. The fruit flyes will drown. Its very efficient.
flaviopaixao 11 months ago
@flaviopaixao Thanks, I've made quite a few very efficient traps but the shear volume of the flies was overwhelming. With five traps that had to be emptied and refreshed daily I still wasn't keeping the population down. I added the plastic greenhouse so I could confine them and let them out outside in the morning. I finally gave up.
VisorBlue 11 months ago
Time to live outside lolz
MrMachinimar3spawn 11 months ago
Same problem here, and I use a lot of wheatgrass. Too expensive to buy :(
scotchlouis 1 year ago
@scotchlouis I gave up...for now. Nice that others are having the problem, too. Misery cloves company. :-) They were infesting the house, on pretty much everything, and even getting into my sprouting, etc. Someone told me to use a bottom watering setup which avoid the soil gnats which I may try. Fruit flies were easier to deal with as they didn't stay on the grass like the gnats.
VisorBlue 1 year ago
@VisorBlue Did you try using the red wine/dish soap trap? Not sure if that works or not; haven't tried it, but maybe it's worth a shot. I went back to buying the wheatgrass for now. I don't really have the growing conditions here anyway - too hot and humid in S. Florida. From what I understand, wheatgrass is best grown in cooler temps, around 70 degrees I think. I get a lot of purple mold on mine too, even with good air circulation. Oh well
scotchlouis 1 year ago
@scotchlouis Yep, that's what the RIP things are. The volume of fruit flies I had was WAY beyond the traps doing much besides catching a small percentage of them. You can grow wheatgrass indoors. I'm in Phoenix not the coolest either.
VisorBlue 1 year ago
Cute Vid! I had the same problem with my last batch... I used a hydrogen peroxide spray and seemed to help...
kastnmagic 1 year ago
@kastnmagic Thanks. I gave up for now. I bought some Perma-Guard food grade diatomaceous earth which farmers use a lot of -- some people consume the stuff for internal "pests". Fruit flies were lessened and finally gone only to be replaced by a large number of soil gnats. :-(
Decided the bugs were more work than I wanted to deal with...for now.
VisorBlue 1 year ago