A OK #1 Fruit Fly Capture
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Gerris2 (Joseph Delaware Zone 7a)
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Comments (8)Ok. Now you'll want to be extra careful of citrus coming from Florida. Briteleaf is in Balm which is in a quarantine area (Hillsborough County) for citrus canker. They ARE one of the best mail order citrus places around, so I would just ask if their trees have been tested as canker free, etc etc etc... Here is a link that might be useful: Citrus Canker Quarantine Map...See MoreDriving thru OK tomorrow, any place to get trifoliate seed/fruit?
Comments (7)I have to ask, why the straight species? Are you looking for a plant that has naturalized to your area for breeding purposes? Impenetrable hedge for livestock? There's plenty of other "cold hardy" poncirus hybrids available to choose from. Anyway, if this is something in that you're truly looking for genetic variability within the species (as the 'Flying Dragon' type is commonly available), I have fruit on the ground from a "wild" type (found in the woods in tree form with thousands of seedlings beneath it) from here in the foothills of Tennessee. In a way they make an OK ornamental in that they have pretty, orange blossom scented flowers (but those spines are deadly). Fruit smells like strong turpentine. Anyway, shoot me a message and I'll see about mailing you some seed....See MoreHouse Flys - Help, I've searched
Comments (18)This post gets spurts of activity. I guess it is a semi common problem. First off, my original intent was to find alternatives to the sticky traps, tapes etc. Second, as I mentioned in my secondary response/follow up, I realized the root of my problem, and that was the fly's laying eggs in the litter box, prior to being added to the bin. Solved that problem, smaller box, empty more often. But that did not entirely elminate the problem. Although I HAVE elminated the problem, no more flies for me and no sticky tape. Here are the steps that it took to elminate the flys, house fly or fruit fly. 1) Empty rabbit box more often 2) Freeze food scraps prior to adding to bin (But I had been doing this all along, which had already elminated the fruit flies) 3) Feed less, I was, as alot of us do in the begining, was over feeding my system, which was inviting unwanted mouths to the feast. Less is more, all feed should be eaten in a matter of days or you are asking for problems. 4) Less moisture, my system was too wet. 5) Create a "dry" layer on the very top. This, I think, is one of the biggest deterents for house flies. They want to lay their eggs in the moist goodness of your worm material, not a dry layer, and they can not "dig" to get to the moist layer. I use a piece of cardboard or a burlap sack. It has in no way been effected my bin by having this layer on the top. In fact it has help keep it from drying out. Since the bin that I use inside is almost entirely fed with rabbit manure it wasn't getting the moisture that most get from their organic material breaking down, so I would have to add water more frequently then most systems would, the layer on top helped conserve the moisture I barely have to water at all now. 6) Beneficial Nematodes. Now we get into a grey area, some will accept these, others will not. Prior to treating my bin with these I had the problem "under control" but in no way eliminated. I think this is what made the final difference. That said I am not sure I would do this on a regular basis. Due mostly to the cost. Ideally I would like my worm bins to be a free of charge addition to my garden game plan, so dislike the idea of purchasing these. However, I will be getting more this spring to treat my front lawn, so would treat the bins at the same time. I just don't know if I would purchase for the sole purpose of treating the bins. They do not ship the nematodes in winter, so in the end it would not be a year round solution anyway. Since I have my bins out side in the spring/summer and will on bring it back inside for winter, this option looses viability. So for what it's worth, that has been the solution to my fly problem. Good luck. Kat...See MoreWorm Capture Experiment
Comments (10)Hi Pablo! It sounds like your cardboard box idea is starting to work. I think I'll toss some torn-up currogated cardboard into my makeshift "wormtrap". Take a CAREFUL, close look at your nightcrawler's heads (worm heads are different than snake heads). If they have "beedy little eyes"...STAY AWAY FROM THEM! (Those are snakes!). The baby rattlesnakes are more poisonous than adult rattlers! The reason they are is that they inject ALL of their venom, whereas adults ration it somewhat. CAREFUL NOW! It sounds to me like your wife doesn't feed you much in the way of "leftovers". You are truly blessed! Yes, I live in what has been described as "the high desert". There were many western movies filmed near here. A local Landmark Hotel (El Rancho)has walls of autographed photographs from movie stars who have stayed there. (Most particularly, many of John Wayne) The altitude here is 6500 ft. The temperature differential (daily high to low) is typically 40 to 50 degrees almost year-around. (That makes root development slow early in the growing season, which is short anyway...90 days plus a little, if we're lucky.) I start most of my veggie garden in the house on my homemade "seed-starting rack", then transplant to the garden after June 1. I have been able to get free horse manure from a friend of mine who has a few horses at his "weekend ranch". I'm ready to go get some more-perhaps tomorrow. Maybe I should dig up the "wormtrap" and put some fresh "horsepucky" deep underneath the present hole. (Borrowing your idea of "heating things up a bit".) I haven't seen any rattlesnakes here in the yard. (although 40 years ago they were plentiful in this area.) These days there are many roaming dogs and cats. I think that keeps the snake population way down. I HAVE SEEN some Bull Snakes in the garden from time to time. I leave them alone....they also keep rattlesnakes away! I live outside of town on 1/2 acre in an 80+ yr. old cottage. Since my sweetheart passed on, it's just me and my master. (He MUST BE my MASTER....I feed him, but he has yet to feed me!) Ha-Ha! Have a NICE WEEKEND, Pablo (Paul?) Bruce (Junkmanme in the High Desert)...See MoreMaison de Kristine
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