It is the start of the fruit fly season and this year I am determined to pick some tree ripened maggot free nectarines. I have a fruit fly trap in my nectarine with the organic fruit fly attractant called Wild May in it; this traps the male flies and is an indication of how active the flies are. I have been trapping flies for the past few weeks. Now that my flowers are forming fruits I have been bagging the fruits with fruit fly exclusion bags, these are made from waxed paper and are available in different sizes for different fruits. See Green Harvest web page http://www.greenharvest.com.au/ for more information. It is also the time to begin spraying the other organic product eco-naturalure this attracts and kills both the male and female flies. All I have to hope for now is that the birds realize that the big fat juicy ripe nectarines are for me and not them.
Why not try a Dakpot next to the Wild May and see which does better.
ReplyDeleteI have same problem in Dragon Fruit.Fruit fly inject the eggs .After 3-4 daya the larva expell
ReplyDeleteWhich state/city are you in ?
ReplyDeletePlease keep us up-to-date with how the bags go - I have a few nectarines & peaches here in Brisbane I would like to save as well and am very interested in getting some feedback on the waxed bags.
We are in country NSW, not far from the Qld border, so far the bags are looking good, they have had lots of rain on them with no problems and I have only had to put about 7 back on after very strong winds blew them off. I am now watching a stunning pair of king parrots devour the uncovered fruits and am wondering if they will realise there are bigger juicer fruits inside the bags. As yet they have not touched them.
ReplyDeleteI'm from WA and can't wait to find out if the parrots do figure it out. We not only have problems with parrots but also med fruit fly.
ReplyDeleteI think it might be too late for my nectarine tree, I didn't realise you had to kill the larva in the ground. If I put the bags on now would it be too late? The fruit is just starting to grow,still very small at present though?
ReplyDeleteHelp! We're new at this fuit tree idea and new to WA. We have a garden full of apple trees and nectarine trees. Some of the fruit is already ripe and we've begun picking them only to find many are infested with maggots. I've read about Med and QLD fruit fly organic treatments but fear we are too late to save our fruit this year. Does anyone have info on what we could do at this late stage?
ReplyDeleteI am just learning myself about the fruit fly but I read that you collect and put all the fruit in a garbage bag and leave it in the sun to kill the maggots.
ReplyDeleteI was just thinking about Fruit Fly Control and you’ve really helped out. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteI am in Gundagai and there is a mass of fruit fly here.
ReplyDeleteI just use plain brown luch type bags. They are great. Have lovely juicy peaches at the moment about 20 feet from my neighbours fly infested apricot tree. My peaches are fine.
So were his apricots till a week before Xmas. I stole about 12 of his apricots and thoroughly enjoyed them then the fly found his tree. Then the tree owner remembered the tree.
BROWN PAPER LUNCH BAGS. You can buy them at your supermarket and I just tie with string. One piece of fruit to each bag I reckon is best. Maybe an old cotton pillowcase on a bunch of fruit.
Less fly one year = less each year till they disappear though garden shops and supermarkets make big money selling sprays and imported fruit if fly remains in different areas around Oz.
JJones