Re: Another new Kombucha brewer - question fruit flies

[Guest guest]

Hi EveryOne,

Be sure to use a fine weave cloth and secure it to your brewing container with a

strong rubber band or other tie.

It seems to help to put a few bay leaves on top of the cloth cover over your KT

fermenting container. Be sure to use a cloth like tea shirt material or similar

not cheese cloth which will allow fruit flies and even ants into your brew.

If you have any over ripe fruit out on your counter, put it away, it attracts

fruit flies too.

If you do get fruit flies or their lava on or in your KT use it for external

uses or chickens or whatever but probably best not to drink it.

Peace, Love and Harmony,

Bev

> >>

> > My first scoby became infested with fruit fly larvae the very first week

> > (and I had it covered!). So I had to throw it out. I gave it to the

> > chickens.

> >

> >

[Guest guest]

Hi EveryOne,

Be sure to use a fine weave cloth and secure it to your brewing container with a

strong rubber band or other tie.

It seems to help to put a few bay leaves on top of the cloth cover over your KT

fermenting container. Be sure to use a cloth like tea shirt material or similar

not cheese cloth which will allow fruit flies and even ants into your brew.

If you have any over ripe fruit out on your counter, put it away, it attracts

fruit flies too.

If you do get fruit flies or their lava on or in your KT use it for external

uses or chickens or whatever but probably best not to drink it.

Peace, Love and Harmony,

Bev

> >>

> > My first scoby became infested with fruit fly larvae the very first week

> > (and I had it covered!). So I had to throw it out. I gave it to the

> > chickens.

> >

> >

[Guest guest]

I had a problem with them this summer. If I see a fruit fly now, I

leave out a glass with a little kt. They go there and eventually

drown. There is a humane way to do it too. Put a piece of banana in a

jar. Then make a funnel with a thick piece of paper. The base of the

funnel is at the bottom. They usually get trapped and then you can let

them free outside.

Holly Skodis

www.thediamondelephant.com