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banana flies and sprouts
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Anonymous User
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Date: February 18, 2008 11:15AM I have been having problems with my sprouts getting attaced by banana flies. Have any of you experience with that and what to do about it ? I use sprout bags.
I have been thinking about sprouting in the fridge but since most sprouts need a bit of warm it is not posible. What to do ? Im so sad that I loss my beautiful sprouts to a colony of flies :-( Re: banana flies and sprouts
Posted by:
VeganLife
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Date: March 13, 2008 09:38AM What is a banana fly??? Re: banana flies and sprouts
Posted by:
rawnoggin
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Date: March 16, 2008 01:56PM It's like a banana, with wings and six legs.
Just kidding :-) Have you considered using a sprouting (glass) jar with the hard screw-on lid with the tiny holes in it? They seem pretty tough, IMO. Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 03/16/2008 01:56PM by rawnoggin. Re: banana flies and sprouts
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davidzanemason
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Date: March 16, 2008 05:04PM Right. You CAN take precautions. Try sprouting in the bathroom - or some other area away from food prep. Rinse more frequently. Cover your sprout jar or whatever with a fine mesh (which you can get at Walmart or anywhere). Should work fine.
-David Z. Mason WWW.RawFoodFarm.com Re: banana flies and sprouts
Posted by:
mira
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Date: March 16, 2008 07:20PM you can add a couple of drops of apple cider vinegar when you rinse them... I do that, and it keeps mold away Re: banana flies and sprouts
Posted by:
Anonymous User
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Date: March 21, 2008 06:40PM Bananas with wings LOL :-)
Sorry english is not my native language. I gues you call them fruit flyes ? I have been using sprouting bags, but the flyes absoulutely loves my sprouts (they are delisious I know but.... ;-) I just cant eat them thinking they might have layed eggs in there. They can get through really small holes, so I cant figure out what to do. If I move the sprouts to another room they just move too ;-) Well it has been a while since I tried to sprout, so maby I should take advandage that there is no fruit flyes around at the moment :-) Re: banana flies and sprouts
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Anonymous User
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Date: August 15, 2010 01:54AM VeganAngel, you could try spraying the bag with a lemon eucalyptus/water spray. If you don't know already, lemon eucalyptus oil is the most powerful natural bug repellent.
According to Wikipedia it's safe in small doses taken internally [en.wikipedia.org] I'm going to try this because I've been having problems with fruit flies. I understand why you would call them banana flies because they seem to go straight for the bananas (if not the sprouts) Re: banana flies and sprouts
Posted by:
Anonymous User
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Date: August 15, 2010 03:20AM i just thought of something else.
use the sprout bag. put it in a sieve. put a muslin bag on the opening of the hemp sprout bag. done. Sorry, only registered users may post in this forum.
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