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  • #1

    Wine flies

    I've been plagued by the usual wine/fruit flies this autumn. A bit more than usual to be quite honest.

    Cleaned the kitchen, emptied and disinfected the bins, even behind the units.

    I'm currently "doing up" the house. The wall cupboards in the kitchen have been taken down and their contents are in large plastic storage boxes.

    Today I was looking for a packet of rice I knew I had and lifted a bag of sugar. OMG. I'd put it on top of a butternut squash I'd forgotten about. Rotten b/nutsquash + sugar=flies .

    The flies are no longer contained (ish) near the container and are looking for another source of food. THEY WILL GO AWAY won't they? Perleease.
    "I prefer rogues to imbeciles as they sometimes take a rest" (Alexander Dumas)
    "It is neccessary to have wished for death in order to know how good it is to live" (also Alexandre Dumas)
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  • #2
    Originally posted by JanieB View Post
    Wine flies...
    No, honestly, it doesn't
    A garden is a lovesome thing, God wot! (Thomas Edward Brown)

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    • #3
      Originally posted by scarey55 View Post
      No, honestly, it doesn't
      Not even if you lose your temper?


      We have the same thing - made tons of damson wine and jam weeks ago and they're still here!!! Getting fewer though...
      I don't roll on Shabbos

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      • #4
        Originally posted by scarey55 View Post
        No, honestly, it doesn't
        Down my throat it does , but not tonight - I'm on scotch .
        "I prefer rogues to imbeciles as they sometimes take a rest" (Alexander Dumas)
        "It is neccessary to have wished for death in order to know how good it is to live" (also Alexandre Dumas)
        Oxfordshire

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        • #5
          Originally posted by JanieB View Post
          Down my throat it does , but not tonight - I'm on scotch .
          Cheers m'dear
          A garden is a lovesome thing, God wot! (Thomas Edward Brown)

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          • #6
            It's flying down my throat tonight....I've had a particularly long week at work. The subject matter I'm dealing with over the next few weeks is very distressing, but even worse I'm reducing it to a 'process' - it feels wrong and I'm glad the first week is over.

            But I digress, what I actually wanted to say was I'm glad your kitchen is on it's way janie!

            Bottoms up!
            Life is too short for drama & petty things!
            So laugh insanely, love truly and forgive quickly!

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            • #7
              Fruit flies will vanish when they have nothing to feed on....... DON'T let any over-ripe bananas lay around. That is the preferred food!!!
              Flowers come in too many colours to see the world in black-and-white.

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              • #8
                Are these those stupid little flies with the rounded wings - make no noise when they fly?

                The same ones that drown themselves in your wine?

                I hate them!
                A simple dude trying to grow veg. http://haywayne.blogspot.com/

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                Practise makes us a little better, it doesn't make us perfect.

                What would Vedder do?

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                • #9
                  Originally posted by HeyWayne View Post
                  Are these those stupid little flies with the rounded wings - make no noise when they fly?

                  The same ones that drown themselves in your wine?

                  I hate them!
                  Fruit flies are tiny. Most people can't really see much of what they look like because they are too small. They DO have an ambition to die happy in wine.....
                  Flowers come in too many colours to see the world in black-and-white.

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                  • #10
                    I soaked a jar full of blackcurrants in brandy this year, I strained the brandy off into a jug last weekend with the aim of serving Kir Royale to friends coming to dinner. I turned my back on the jug and within half an hour about 10 fruit flies were lying dead in it! I had to throw the lot away.

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                    • #11
                      Originally posted by Pompeylottie View Post
                      I soaked a jar full of blackcurrants in brandy this year, I strained the brandy off into a jug last weekend with the aim of serving Kir Royale to friends coming to dinner. I turned my back on the jug and within half an hour about 10 fruit flies were lying dead in it! I had to throw the lot away.
                      without wanting to come across as a total alcoholic.......I'd've strained'm off & drunk it!!!(keeping ever so quiet about it to my guests!!)
                      the fates lead him who will;him who won't they drag.

                      Happiness is not having what you want,but wanting what you have.xx

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                      • #12
                        Originally posted by andi&di View Post
                        without wanting to come across as a total alcoholic.......I'd've strained'm off & drunk it!!!(keeping ever so quiet about it to my guests!!)
                        Me too. Far too nice to throw away for a few fruitflies!
                        Flowers come in too many colours to see the world in black-and-white.

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                        • #13
                          Originally posted by andi&di View Post
                          without wanting to come across as a total alcoholic.......I'd've strained'm off & drunk it!!!(keeping ever so quiet about it to my guests!!)
                          Originally posted by Hilary B View Post
                          Me too. Far too nice to throw away for a few fruitflies!
                          I agree, the flies don't usually drink much of it anyhoo
                          Happy Gardening,
                          Shirley

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                          • #14
                            They might have wee'd in it before they died!!

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                            • #15
                              Originally posted by Pompeylottie View Post
                              They might have wee'd in it before they died!!
                              .....or pooed(sc)~I'd've still drunk it!!
                              the fates lead him who will;him who won't they drag.

                              Happiness is not having what you want,but wanting what you have.xx

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