any gardeners about??? i need help

[lugo35]

hi all , our problem is little black flies, fruit flies??? they are all over our lawn well everywhere. asi walk across the lawn a cloud of them rises up in front of me. there is a plum tree in the nieghbours garden full of fruit they are mostly around here but are also about 20 yds away near my shed. how can we get rid of the bl***y things

andy

 

[Slim]

From your description, it does sound like fruit flies. One of the most used organic methods of getting rid of them is to leave a bowl of vinegar out in your garden. They are attracted by the smell, fall in and drown.

 

[lugo35]

will give it a go jim

 

[Mike.C]

Hi Lugo,

Rose Clear also gets rid of the little buggers.

Good luck.

Mike

 

[motownmartin]

Lugo, be careful with the vinegar, you could get yourself in a right pickle :wink:

Martin

 

[Slim]

Lugo, be careful with the vinegar, you could get yourself in a right pickle :wink:

Martin

:roll: Oh dear...

 

[devonwoody]

I got rid of a colony of black fly off our beans the other week using the garden water hose, blasted them to KC.

 

[JFC]

For H&S issues don't forget to put a sign up by the bowl saying

NO RUNNING

NO DIVING

NO PETTING

 

[lugo35]

well sprayed some ant killer around yesterday black fly must have read the H+S notices that i put up coz they all gone today

 

[Anonymous]

My Gran-dad gave me a good tip a few years ago.
If you have a large lawn and have trouble keeping the grass short, use a watering can of water with a tot of whiskey in it and sprinkle on the lawn.

The grass comes up half cut !!

Koolwabbit

 

[motownmartin]

My Gran-dad gave me a good tip a few years ago.
If you have a large lawn and have trouble keeping the grass short, use a watering can of water with a tot of whiskey in it and sprinkle on the lawn.

The grass comes up half cut !!

Koolwabbit

Very funny :lol:

 

[Rob_H]

We have the same problem in our orchard and they are all around our plum trees - my wife deals with all that sort of thing and I know she has been spraying out there and grumbling that this years crop has been affected due to disease as there are blackfly and fruit flies all over. I will find out what she sprayed them with as it seemed to work - I think it was something organic.....