by: Charlene Rennick
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Fruit Free From Fruit Flies. Say that five times.
Have you ever wondered where those tiny, flying bugs come from that seem to congregate around your fruit basket? Quite likely, they have arrived inside your house as a hitchhiker on your favourite variety of apple. While washing your fruit gets rid of most of the fruit fly eggs, it can be time-consuming and impractical. How do you wash the bananas without separating the bunch, creating brown spots and reducing the shelf life of the fruit? Seriously. Are you prepared to wash an entire box of clementines?
Fruit flies have an incredible capacity for reproduction. Their entire lifecycle is about 10 days long. That means that in less than two weeks, they hatch, become an adult, chose a breeding partner, and lay about 500 eggs before they peacefully expire on your ripened tomatoes.
Once you invite one fruit fly into your home, an infestation from the whole extended family is almost unavoidable due to their non-preferential breeding habits. If they cannot find a fruit or a vegetable to use as a fruit fly motel, they will accept the soil from your house plants, making them a very stubborn and unwanted house guest.
So how do you avoid these prolific pests? Simply-Hydroponics.com offers gardening solutions that avoid the potential for fruit fly infestations. Since fruit flies require soil and organic material to reproduce, hydroponically grown produce eliminates the conditions they need to be able to breed. Hydroponic gardens use only clean water sources and non-organic material to support the plant’s root system. Fruit flies are often exported in from the outdoor environment on ripened or fermented fruits and on produce that has not been refrigerated. Fruit flies also lay eggs in fruit that is over ripe or that has cracked skin. Tomatoes are especially popular.
Emptying recycle boxes often, rinsing food residue from recyclable containers and cleaning the inside of the blue box with soap and water can prevent insects from inhabiting your garage or nesting close to your front door. Refrigerating fresh fruit and vegetables overnight can kill any eggs that have entered your domain inside a grocery bag. Washing produce as you cook keeps bacteria and larvae from contaminating your food. Switching to a cleaner, healthier hydroponic gardening base inside your home can provide you with a fresh, clean and wholesome alternative to soil-based plants. And hydroponic gardening keeps those fruits flies from feasting on your flowers.
Please consult www.Simply-Hydroponics.com for indoor, pest-free gardening solutions.