[Community_garden] Fruit Flies in Worm Bins

I've been plagued by fruit flies in my worm bins for a couple of years. Have twice completely cleaned them out and started over. Finally, this winter, I think I may have found a remedy. I have a programmable thermostat and I set it to 55 degrees down from 60 degrees at night. Now, I no longe

[Community_garden] Fruit Flies in Worm Bins

Here's a wild idea. I have compost bins, not worm bins. If I notice a bunch of flying insects when I open the bin (in warmer months), I add a layer of coffee grounds or shredded newspaper, and I no longer see them. Since coffee grounds are free for the asking from coffee shops, I tend to use c

[Community_garden] Fruit Flies in Worm Bins

gathered, i hang a fly paper strip above the bins, become more careful about keeping the garbage covered and am able to get rid of them that way. Good luck, Judy from Detroit >From: yarrow at sfo.com >To: community_garden at list.communitygarden.org >Subject: Re: [Community_garden] Fruit

[Community_garden] Fruit Flies in Worm Bins

Hi, Folks! I've found that the easiest way to prevent fruit flies in the worm bin is to NEVER put banana peels in the worm bin. No matter how "clean" they look, banana peels seems to be loaded with fruit fly eggs -- there's always an explosion of fruit flies after adding a banana peel to the wor

[Community_garden] Fruit Flies in Worm Bins

Hi, Folks! I'm getting lots of direct e-mails suggesting that I either freeze or nuke the banana peels before putting them in the worm bin. I suspect those fruit fly eggs can handle cold, so I may try the suggestion that I nuke the banana peels in the microwave on HIGH for 15 seconds. The ho

[Community_garden] Fruit Flies in Worm Bins

list.communitygarden.org Subject: Re: [Community_garden] Fruit Flies in Worm Bins Hi, Folks! I'm getting lots of direct e-mails suggesting that I either freeze or nuke the banana peels before putting them in the worm bin. I suspect those fruit fly eggs can handle cold, so I may tr