Thanks for watching folks & don't forget to click the subscribe button if you enjoyed the video. 🌱🌱 Share the clip around with family & friends if you think they'll enjoy it too. 👍 Cheers all & have a top one. 😊

And, also the cherry tomatoes are too acidic - that's my guess anyway Rob, because I've seen many signs of stung cherry toms with skins healed over and no maggot development inside. I agree exclusion is really the best way - I love your hoop house mate I have to build one of them one day! Cheers :)

Thanks a lot for this video. I live in Africa and have recently had all my cucumbers and zucchini’s decimated. Found a little red fly injecting the small fruit which look to be very similar to your QLD fruit fly. I recently started exclusion using some cut outs from an old mosquito net. Not had success so far as I think they are injecting when the fruit is teeny. Might have to go down the hand pollinating route with a net over the whole plant. Happy to have come across this video today!

@RobsAquaponics

2 жыл бұрын

I hope you can get them under control African Violet. Happy growing. 😁👍🌱

yep the bags are the only way i have ever stopped them . nice work cheers

@RobsAquaponics

7 жыл бұрын

Hi there. I think they are the cheapest & easiest option for us here. Might be different if we had a large orchard though. Cheers & have a great one.

Informative as usual, thanks

@RobsAquaponics

3 жыл бұрын

Glad I could help some AAHG. 👍 Hope they don't bother your plants too much.

@AAHomeGardening

3 жыл бұрын

@@RobsAquaponics I try not to bother them too much, but I like to touch😁

Thanks share these important info ,I got my problem answer ,in my garden small pumpkin damaged

good information

@RobsAquaponics

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks mate. Hope they don't bother you too much there. Cheers & have a top one. 😁

THANKS .

@RobsAquaponics

7 жыл бұрын

No problem. Have a great one.

Thanks, very informative. I struggled growing kajari melon last year because of fruit fly too 😭.

I'm late starting my garden this year. I ended up planting all small tomatoes, except one. I also have cockatoos or galahs have a nibble last year. There's always something!

Darn those little blighters! Yep, I am sufficiently grossed out now. ;)

@RobsAquaponics

7 жыл бұрын

They do make a mess of the fruit Jeanette. Hope you had a great Christmas & all the best for 2017. Rob.

@jeanettewaverly2590

7 жыл бұрын

I did and I hope you did too. Happy New Year!

Hi Rob, I had the same problem with tomato plants here in Manitoba, Canada, I found that if you plant your tomato in a row with a 2+1 system, two tomatoes and one dill plant, the dill will hide the smell of the tomato and the bugs will stay away from the dill. Plus you will have dill for pickles if you grow them down there, good luck and keep it organic! take care and Merry Christmas too you and your family, Cheer's

We used to have a mango tree but it died due to a lightning strike. Had pests problems too but never identified what it was. Sometimes the larvae are small like the ones you've shown, sometimes as big as your pinkie finger (I'm sure that's some type of beetle). Not to gross out anyone but sometimes the fruits aren't a total write-off, I'd just remove the part where the vermins had ruined and eat the other part of the fruit. Those would taste better that the fruits that are wholly unblemished.

Hahaha...Barry White ! Love it....

@RobsAquaponics

7 жыл бұрын

Got to get them in the mood ;) Cheers.

Glad to see you have a way of dealing with these guys :) What a pain though :)

@RobsAquaponics

7 жыл бұрын

A HUGE pain in the rear :/ Cheers mate & have a great one.

Thank you so much. We, here in Cape Town South Africa has a similar problem. The account you give is a similar problem we have. My thoughts are also to net in the fruits. John Martin

i almost spit out my dinner laughing (apply a little berry white)!!!

@RobsAquaponics

7 жыл бұрын

Your welcome. 😉😃 Hope it was a tasty meal. Cheers & all the best.

Would be very keen to see how those excluders work mate...cheers, Ray & Kerri.

@RobsAquaponics

7 жыл бұрын

They look to be doing a great job thanks Ray & Kerri 👍 Have a few fruit that look like they escaped their attention until their skin hardened up so it will be interesting to see how they go too. All the best to you both for 2017. Rob & the Girls.

I get a shiver when I think about how it would be to bite into fruit and get a mouthful of maggots. You have some creepy insects down under.

@Rainsley63

7 жыл бұрын

God forbid I had gross experience with Burger rings at the drive Inn many years ago half way thru to my horror I discovered weavels ,I have never eaten them since.lol

Grateful. Florida hit bad.

@RobsAquaponics

Жыл бұрын

Sorry to hear that WC. What variety do you have there?

Hi Rob, love your work! We have plagues of fungus gnats down here (NSW), any tips?

@RobsAquaponics

7 жыл бұрын

Hi David. I use cider vinegar or red wine baits in our kitchen. A few cm in a shallow bowl & mix in a few drips of dish washing liquid to help break the surface tension. Normally cleans them up really well here. Also helps not to have any ripe fruit laying around. Hope that helps a bit David. Cheers & all the best.

We have some kind of fruit fly here, it is only hit and miss but they can do a lot of damage, I normally see them on my mango's and eggplant.

@RobsAquaponics

7 жыл бұрын

I wish ours weren't so good at their job. Normally if one fruit ids hit they all get stung :/ Cheers mate.

Yuckie!!

@RobsAquaponics

7 жыл бұрын

Yep 😠 I think they're the worst pest we have here Harry. Hope all's well with you & all the best for the coming new year. Cheers, Rob.

We have one that took out half my plumbs two years ago. last year the late frost killed all the blooms on the plumb... But that might have knocked the fly population for six I hope ,-)

That was disgusting to watch at the end there, lol! Thanks for sharing!! Very interesting.

@RobsAquaponics

7 жыл бұрын

They do like to make a mess of the fruit. At least they leave us a bit to use unlike the bats & possums. Cheers & have a great one. Rob.

Glad the fruit flies where I live only bother with rotting fruit.

@RobsAquaponics

7 жыл бұрын

You're very lucky indeed. ;) Cheers & all the best. Rob.

Lost a lot of peaches and manderines last year. Fruit fly stung the mandies through the mesh bag. Those bags you show for small crops look like the go. Gone all out this year. Caught most of the early first hatched females on the sticky oranges available online and on the yellow sticky traps. Also made torula yeast sugar and ammonia traps. One of the yeast traps had fruit flies in and hanging around it but not sure about qld ff. Have pybo pyrethrum for backup. One of the sticky oranges has 12 female fruit flies on it. Counting how many eggs they could have layed means some success. Early in the season yet, so will see what happens.

@GIANTSECRETS

Жыл бұрын

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@GIANTSECRETS

Жыл бұрын

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I picked up a great tip which repels white cabbage moth using mothballs suspended in a sock nailed to the top of a wooden steak under an inverted plastic cup to keep the rain off. Works a treat. I wonder if the same stuff would repel fruit fly?

@RobsAquaponics

2 жыл бұрын

It doesn't unfortunately. 😓

2:52 there are couple of theories i seen: cherry tomato skin is too shiny for the fruit fly to get a firm grip. another theory is cherry tomato is too acidic for its liking so it tastes and dont like it and fly away. i will not go with skin is too tough theory. fruit fly can pierce thru pomegranate skin 😲

@RobsAquaponics

5 жыл бұрын

From what I've seen I think its just the tough skin of the cherries. They try their hardest but just can't pierce the skin.

Thanks for giving me an idea of what my microbiology cousin used for a thesis looking at their wing proteins. Are these any different from the Victorian fruit fly?

@RobsAquaponics

2 жыл бұрын

I think they have the Mediterranean or "Med" fly variety down there Kath, not so much the QLD ones.

hi bob .my gova trees fruit have same problen ,pls advice me what orginic spray i do thx

@RobsAquaponics

5 жыл бұрын

As far as I know there's no organic spray that we can use on the Queensland fruit flies Hussain. It may be a different case for the variety that you have there. I'Ve found excluding them with netting or bags to be the best way to keep them from damaging the fruit. Hope you can find a solution that works for you mate. 👍

What are the little ones that buzz around your fruit bowl then? As they are tiny and can surely get thru the net holes?

@RobsAquaponics

3 жыл бұрын

We call them fruit gnats here & are not really an issue with fruit out in the patch. 👍 We control them with a dish with some wine or vinegar & a few drops of dish washing soap in it to control the gnats in the kitchen if that helps any. Cheers.

Look on the bright side, at least you get some protein intake when you eat your fruit now.

@RobsAquaponics

7 жыл бұрын

:D If only the girls knew what was in the mulberry jam ;) Cheers & all the best. Rob.

It can be very frustrating like when i see a good looking pumpkin or cucumber only to turn it over & the darn fruit fly got to it! I think I'm gonna have to use those covers!😟TFS! Happy Holidays!🎄

@RobsAquaponics

7 жыл бұрын

Hi Cheryl & no problem. Hope you get some grub free fruit there. I have noticed that these melons look to be OK if the skin gets a chance to toughen up before the flies find them Have a few uncovered ones that look to be grub free now. Will be a few weeks before I get to see what they look like on the inside though. Cheers & all the best for 2017. Rob.

I can’t use exclusion bags as I have about 5x fruit trees which produce tons :/ can’t individually bag each one unfortunately

@RobsAquaponics

Жыл бұрын

😓 We have the same issue with the mango tree that is taller than our house.

Hi Rob Do you know if you can buy exclusion netting? I cover my veggies with bird netting when their young and wonder if you could do the same for the fly

@RobsAquaponics

6 жыл бұрын

Hi Bob. All the white netting we use is exclusion netting we've bought from NetPro out at Stanthorpe. www.netprocanopies.com Hope that helps.

@nblade3913

3 жыл бұрын

@@RobsAquaponics I use NetPro as well, very good

Hi Rob, A little off-topic, but do you ever run into pythium/root rot in your aquaponics? If so, how do you combat it?

@RobsAquaponics

7 жыл бұрын

Hi there. From my understanding it is very rare for it to occur in aquaponics as the micro organisms in the system tend to keep it at bay. I have had a few plants get rot in their roots towards the end of their lives but I'd only be guessing as to what the cause was. Cheers 👍

I live in South Africa and I have the same problem

@RobsAquaponics

4 жыл бұрын

😣 Do you get the Mediterranean fruit flies over there?

Pests suck! My biggest problems are white fly, aphids, spider mites, squash bugs, and squash vine borers! Brent

@RobsAquaponics

7 жыл бұрын

Just found an outbreak of aphids on our Brukale Brent. Will be wandering down there at sunset to give them a spray I think. Cheers mate & all the best for 2017

These flies have hut my water melon garden so bad..I lost over 309 water melons already.. Thank you for sharing

@RobsAquaponics

3 жыл бұрын

Sorry to hear that. Hope you got to save a few for yourself.

Mason jar with 1 cup of apple cider vinegar to 3 cups of water with a couple drops of dish soap. The apple cider vinegar smells like over ripe fruit.

@RobsAquaponics

7 жыл бұрын

Hi there. Doesn't work with these ones unfortunately. Great for the fruit gnats you get buzzing around the fruit in the kitchen we've found. Cheers & have a great one.

Little buggers are even hitting my cherry toms at the moment.

@RobsAquaponics

7 жыл бұрын

That's a bugger Andy. Haven't seen any in ours as of yet. Cheers mate.

Can they sting through the exclusion bags?

@RobsAquaponics

2 жыл бұрын

I haven't had any issues with the ones we use MGC. 👍

I just want to see a carnivore plant growing in your patch to see what it catches. One of those big mouth ones would probably do well in your warmer weather potentially. Or something else. I think they might do a better job attracting the fruit fly but perhaps not enough? But Ye... What kind of predators are there around that eats fruit flies? No natural insect that might work?

@RobsAquaponics

6 жыл бұрын

😄 Would need an army of the through summer here. Have seen the small birds take them but that's about it.

@afrikagreen6303

5 жыл бұрын

WASPS are natural predators,,,,of fruit flys,,,and other pests,,DO NOT KILL WASPS,,!!!

Your 'Fruit Flies' look the size of our bees.

@RobsAquaponics

7 жыл бұрын

:D Would you like me to send you some so you can compare. ;) Cheers John & all the best for 2017 mate. Rob.

Hi. Do you know if fruit fly can affect passion fruit?

@RobsAquaponics

5 жыл бұрын

I haven't had issues with them in the past & my parents appear to be fly free Cara but I know others that have had issues. Passion fruit Australia have a page dedicated to them. passionfruitaustralia.org.au/home/grow-fruit/resources/managing-fruit-fly/ Hope they don't hit you too hard.

This sucks i think im getting them on my watermelon it's weird cause my watermelon are just getting female flowers and I'm getting black marks on them... once u see black marks should I just dispose of my watermelon?

@RobsAquaponics

Жыл бұрын

I would wait just to make sure it's fly strike & possibly not a mildew/mold issue CDT.

we use neem oil

@RobsAquaponics

6 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately neem doesn't work on the Queensland fruit flies. The female deposits the larvae into the fruit where it has no effect on them. If it did the commercial growers would help to make it legal to use on food crops here in Australia.

Does neem oil work to dissuade them?

@RobsAquaponics

7 жыл бұрын

Hi Dawn. Can be very heart breaking. I don't think neem sprayed onto the plants would as it isn't a contact killer. I have been told that it makes a great systemic pesticide after the plants take it up through their roots but am not sure how effective it would be in a fruiting plant like this. Cheers & all the best.

I always put them into boiling water to destroy them

Lost my peppers and tomatoes to these here in Malaysia

I am lucky I don't have fruit fly issue s. Fingers cross tight ...LOL

@RobsAquaponics

7 жыл бұрын

Hope you don't too Mary. Not a pest Id wish on anyone. :/ Have a great one :)

@jinaik9440

5 жыл бұрын

wildchook (Mary) l brought one small bottle it costs me RM12 in Malaysian so expensive I used it less than ten days....finished...

Rob I have the same problem. Can I spray any insect pesticide on the plant?

@RobsAquaponics

4 жыл бұрын

I prefer to use exclusion as I don't like to spray insecticides. They kill off too many of the good insects we need in the garden. You can make up traps that will lure the pest so they can be poisoned away from the good insects. What you use to lure them would depend on the specific pest you're wanting to control. Hope that helps a bit. 👍

@nawaztausif7134

4 жыл бұрын

Sure thing. Thanks mate! Take care and be safe :)

@nawaztausif7134

4 жыл бұрын

I really appreciate that you wrote back, cheers.

@RobsAquaponics

4 жыл бұрын

@@nawaztausif7134 I try to get to all comments sooner or later. Have a top one.

Ugh! What a shame to lose fruit like that!

Buy a Cera fruit fly trap, extremely effective...

@RobsAquaponics

Жыл бұрын

Had no luck with them here. We have so many neighbours that let their fruit drop & rot (mangoes & loquats mainly) that we have had plagues of them some years. Even found them on fruit in the House on year. Now I net or bag all the fruit we want & that works well for us. Cheers James.

those guys suck. I get a bigger fruit flies on my plum tree. and the evil white cabbage butterfly! other than that we're lucky in Tennessee USA. if I have a major pest problem I can't solve I simply grow a different plant with fewer problems. good video Rob

I lost all my tomatoes capsicum this year i had non last year.....

@RobsAquaponics

5 жыл бұрын

They got all our pepinos this season. Did notice a few small flowers on there again the other day so we might get a few yet. Can you grow tom's through the cooler seasons there Justin? Cheers.

@justing6614

5 жыл бұрын

@@RobsAquaponics i have 2 small greenhouses so i can grow in there alot less problems. The pest pressure this year outside is alot worse for me.

Wee bastards, tried everything you have pal, exclusion seems only chance here, got a few beaut Grosse lisse behind a net, will I get a big tom...?

@RobsAquaponics

7 жыл бұрын

Hey Johnnie. If those buggers are kept out you should do mate 👍 Have a few of these melons that look to of dodged the fruit flies. I think the skin got too hard for them to penetrate before they found them. Fingers are crossed anyway. Hope you & yours had a great Christmas mate & all the best for 2017. Cheers.

Looks like a terrible pest. We have recently been afflicted by a fruit destroying fruit fly, Spotted Wing Drosophila, but it seems to limit itself to soft fruit and leaves the vegetables and apples alone, so we're luckier than you I guess?

ewwww

@RobsAquaponics

7 жыл бұрын

Yarp :/

wow what an ugly insect, does it have any natural predators?

@RobsAquaponics

7 жыл бұрын

Howdy :) Only the regular insect eaters as far as I know. If there was a stand out predator I'm sure the fruit industry would be using them. Cheers & all the best for 2017 if we don't chat beforehand. Rob.

I'm glad we don't have them here! And I just noticed your subs are exploding! Nicely done!

@RobsAquaponics

7 жыл бұрын

Hey Colum. Do you get the Med fly their ? Channel growth is happening in fits & starts. Would be nice to see a nice steep continual climb but I'd need to pump out a lot of content for that to happen I think ;) Cheers mate.