Fruit flies and other things

[LoveFall]

So we have had a serious infestation of fruit flies in our kitchen, hovering around our fruit bowl and the bowl we keep onions and garlic in.

They were becoming a real pest. They seem to like plums the most, and DH doesn't like them cold so they sit out.

Dr. Goggle served up the solution (literally). A bowl of apple cider vinegar with a couple of drops of dish soap in it. The flies flocked to it and promptly drowned. I haven't seen any live ones since.

I was so impressed I thought I'd share. Any other good discoveries out there?

Thanks will. Try this out for fruit flies

I think mushrooms and plums are targets. In the past, I've found that 'fridging' anything they like for a few days gets rid of them.

Ooh thanks, have been thinking of googling a solution every time I see them, but then forget. Will try this out

No discoveries here unfortunately but thank you for sharing yours.

How clean is your kitchen?

Not. A barbed comment.

My kitchen is actually very clean. My husband is a die hard counter wiper. We clean up after every meal and have a cleaner once a week so floors etc are sanitized. It's not dirt that attracts them.

We do keep tomatoes and onions/garlic out in baskets but they are used quickly.

Where we live it seems fruit flies show up every late summer/fall despite all our windows being screened etc. i never see them in winter.

The vinegar worked great. They all disappeared overnight.