Hi to all fellow members
,
Here's way to get rid of them fruit flies organically...this method I learnt from my uncle recently. This method is also used throughout the island, especially people that make their own wine.
*Coke bottles
*Wire to be heated over fire to make the holes .
*12(as many as you want) holes are made...3 on each side and 2 holes below the lid, so that you can hung the bottle on the tree.
*Aged Vinegar(this is home made and left in wooden barrel to age) or normal cheap vinegar.
This aged vinegar has a potent smell...like gasoline
After hanging this on the trees at my orchard in Calheta...I then inspected the bottles before leaving, there was a few flies already dead or in the process of dying....it works like a charm
I also hanged one in the Surinam cherry tree here and After few days, there was a bunch of them flies already dead in the bottle.
I usually hang these bottles at least a month before the fruits start to ripen...this will minimize the damage of the fruit flies.
Hope fellow members give this a shot
Take care,
Steven