Fruit Fly Traps for Apple & Pipfruit Orchards
Vinegar flies and fruit flies breed in 7–9 days in warm weather and explode from ripe fruit, soft produce and cull piles. In Apple & Pipfruit, they go from invisible to a swarm in a weekend — and they threaten food safety and grade.
Place a reusable trap near ripening fruit, cull piles and waste — the breeding sources — not where produce is handled or displayed.
Remove overripe and fallen fruit daily; the trap catches adults, but removing breeding material stops the next generation.
Refresh bait weekly in summer; fruit flies breed fast, so a fresh trap keeps the cycle broken.
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Fruit Fly Control for Apple & Pipfruit — your questions answered
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