Re: Another new Kombucha brewer - question

[Guest guest]

,

I just checked a certain 2 gal jug and noticed the cloth was wet. OH NO. I took

it off to replace it with a new one and FRUIT FLIES flew out. Now I know what

their larvae looks like!!!

I don't think it is ever possible to get totally rid of these as long as we brew

fermented things that need to breath through a cloth. I have several bated cone

traps around the kitchen and they have caught very few in light of the cause. I

also use the sweeper. But I have had them all summer long. I just can't ever get

all rid of them.

They must be deaf bugs because they should fly when I turn the sweeper on and

they don't. But when I was going after them often, like all day for days, they

soon learned to fly as soon as they saw me coming. :-(

Lyn

>>

> 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 just checked a certain 2 gal jug and noticed the cloth was wet. OH NO. I took

it off to replace it with a new one and FRUIT FLIES flew out. Now I know what

their larvae looks like!!!

I don't think it is ever possible to get totally rid of these as long as we brew

fermented things that need to breath through a cloth. I have several bated cone

traps around the kitchen and they have caught very few in light of the cause. I

also use the sweeper. But I have had them all summer long. I just can't ever get

all rid of them.

They must be deaf bugs because they should fly when I turn the sweeper on and

they don't. But when I was going after them often, like all day for days, they

soon learned to fly as soon as they saw me coming. :-(

Lyn

>>

> 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.

>

>