Handling Fruit Flies: Keep Your Harvest Safe 🍎
Fruit flies can be a nuisance in gardens and homes. Here’s how to manage them:
1. Sanitation: Keep the garden clean and free of overripe or fallen fruit.
2. Traps: Use fruit fly traps to capture and reduce their numbers.
3. Cover Crops: Use row covers to protect fruits from fruit flies.
4. Natural Repellents: Use essential oils like basil or lemongrass to repel fruit flies.
5. Beneficial Insects: Introduce predators like parasitic wasps.
Tips:
- Regularly inspect for and remove infested fruit.
- Use vinegar traps to attract and kill fruit flies.
- Maintain proper garden hygiene to prevent infestations.
