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Viva_La_Revolution

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1. you just have to keep at them
Fri Sep 5, 2014, 12:20 AM
Sep 2014

We get them this time of year from all the fruit in the house.

recipe - 1/2 t. sugar dissolved in 2 tbl hot water, add 2 tbl apple cider vinegar (raw works best), 1 drop dishsoap. I use little applesauce cups and hide them around the kitchen where they can't really be seen. the buggers find them though. 3 weeks constant use and removing anything drawing them will do it.

sticky fly traps help too, a little.

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How do i combat fruit flies? [View all] LaydeeBug Sep 2014 OP
you just have to keep at them Viva_La_Revolution Sep 2014 #1
set out a glass of soapy water or beer fizzgig Sep 2014 #2
A dish of apple cider vinegar works for me. nt JaneQPublic Sep 2014 #3
Keep at what you are doing, and Curmudgeoness Sep 2014 #4
My Dad always said that they would nest in the drains, but I didn't believe him. NOW I do japple Sep 2014 #9
I suppose that boiling water works just as well Curmudgeoness Sep 2014 #10
I sometimes clean my drains with baking soda + vinegar, then follow with hot water japple Sep 2014 #11
Yep, I use that Curmudgeoness Sep 2014 #12
Get 2 or 3 empty bottles LiberalEsto Sep 2014 #5
Kinda like this? LaydeeBug Sep 2014 #6
Pretty close LiberalEsto Sep 2014 #7
Flamethrowers. ret5hd Sep 2014 #8
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