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Fruit Flies!

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Date: 10/05/2006 Topic: Pest Control > Flies  
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This will rid your house of them for good. I use it constantly.

1/4 cup of vinegar
1/4 cup of apple juice
3 drops of clear dishwashing soap

They flies will be attracted to the 'ripening apple scent' dive in and the soap washes the wax coating off their bodies and they drown. A favorite thing for my kids to do is to count how many we catch EVERY DAY. This is a fail safe natural and VERY simple method to rid your house of them. Good luck!

By Moogie from London

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Post By cyndy (Guest Post) (10/01/2008)
I heard that either basil leaves or bay leaves left in a bowl or glass on your counter will keep the fruit flies away can someone tell me if this is true?

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Post By Beatrice (Guest Post) (10/08/2007)
I am trying the apple cider vinegar and hope it works. I don't usually have a problem because I always wash all my fruit as soon as I get home from the grocery store. Unfortunately, I had 2 mangos in a basket on the counter to ripen and didn't realize the bottoms were rotting. I kept seeing all the flies and was wondering where they were coming from until I looked at the fruit. YIKES!!

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Post By stainless (Guest Post) (07/30/2007)
Fantastic: Tried it and got rid of them all. Now I don't have to worry about buying extra fruit and eat it all as it ripens. Thanks a million, they were driving us crazy but did not want to give up the fruit.

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Post By inodak (Guest Post) (07/22/2007)
I have tried the apple cider vinegar and soap. It works GREAT!!! I love to have fruit around, but hate to put it in the fridge all the time. This has cured the situation.

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Post By moogie (Guest Post) (10/13/2006)
its the fruit on the kitchen table! :-) and its not all the time, just in the season that they're most annoying. The colder weather tends to keep them away more. It does work great though. I use it when I see them, not all the time. :-)

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Post by nana6x (50) | (10/09/2006)
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I'm a little confused. I can understand the concept but why do the fruit flies keep coming in your house. Could it be that the formula is attracting them? Just curious.

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Post by Jenns4x4pu (11) | (10/07/2006)
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I do the same but use apple cider vinegar and it saves a step :0) ... Also... I put in small cup with plastic wrap... Keeps the little buggers in there

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Post by lyndagayle62 (119) | (10/07/2006)
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Wow, folks, I do hope this really WORKS! It sounds so wonderful to get rid of them cheaply! I am so disappointed that some variety of mosquito has now developed a resistance to my wild field of Society Garlic, but is repelled when I use old original Listerine on my skin prior to going out to harvest the garlic. For years, we had NO pests/flies, etc., but now they seem to be back!

Thanks for the good advice/formula. I'll likely try it.
God bless you. ":)

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Post by thriftyboo (120) | (10/05/2006)
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Put it in a wine bottle. (You could use any bottle with a long neck.). The fruit flies get in but they can't get out!

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