Comments on: Carnivorous Plant Fruit Fly Remedy (and Other Fruit Fly Control Ideas) http://thetanglednest.com/2009/09/carnivorous-plant-fruit-fly-remedy-and-other-fruit-fly-control-ideas/ Cultivating an Urban-Earthen Household Tue, 15 May 2012 08:00:57 -0400 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: claire http://thetanglednest.com/2009/09/carnivorous-plant-fruit-fly-remedy-and-other-fruit-fly-control-ideas/comment-page-1/#comment-513 claire Sat, 03 Oct 2009 20:46:15 +0000 http://thetanglednest.com/?p=1296#comment-513 AAAAAAArgh! I'm coming to eat you little buzzers! P.S. That was a very vegetarian thing to say wasn't it? AAAAAAArgh! I’m coming to eat you little buzzers!

P.S. That was a very vegetarian thing to say wasn’t it?

]]> By: shelterrific » Blog Archive » blogwatch: where we were clicking this week http://thetanglednest.com/2009/09/carnivorous-plant-fruit-fly-remedy-and-other-fruit-fly-control-ideas/comment-page-1/#comment-432 shelterrific » Blog Archive » blogwatch: where we were clicking this week Sun, 20 Sep 2009 00:23:42 +0000 http://thetanglednest.com/?p=1296#comment-432 [...] Fruit fly solutions never get old — and this one at The Tangled Nest has the added fun of being green and carnivorous! [...] [...] Fruit fly solutions never get old — and this one at The Tangled Nest has the added fun of being green and carnivorous! [...]

]]> By: lyanda http://thetanglednest.com/2009/09/carnivorous-plant-fruit-fly-remedy-and-other-fruit-fly-control-ideas/comment-page-1/#comment-416 lyanda Tue, 15 Sep 2009 19:17:32 +0000 http://thetanglednest.com/?p=1296#comment-416 Thanks, Nicole, for all the great tips! Even if you don't use them for pest control, carnivorous plants make interesting in-home botany lessons. Thanks, Nicole, for all the great tips! Even if you don’t use them for pest control, carnivorous plants make interesting in-home botany lessons.

]]> By: Nicole http://thetanglednest.com/2009/09/carnivorous-plant-fruit-fly-remedy-and-other-fruit-fly-control-ideas/comment-page-1/#comment-415 Nicole Tue, 15 Sep 2009 18:52:19 +0000 http://thetanglednest.com/?p=1296#comment-415 I grow quite a few carnivorous plants . I would say that sundews and butterworts would be much better for insect control. A couple of cultivation tips: Carnivorous plants are generally sun loving plants so if you keep your fruit in a corner, you plant will likely die. Do NOT use potting soil -- this will kill your plant. Use a 50/50 mixture of peat moss and perlite. Make sure that the peat moss does not have fertilizer added to it. On that note DO NOT fertilize your plant -- fertilizers will kill it. Finally water -- Carnivorous plants need low mineral water. If you only have one or two plants, the easiest thing to do is buy distilled water. These care sheets are published by a nursery that specializes in carnivorous plants http://cobraplant.com/index.php?main_page=page&id=7&chapter=1&zenid=4bad0c67d9706d946416a1b98c7a4f4e I grow quite a few carnivorous plants . I would say that sundews and butterworts would be much better for insect control.

A couple of cultivation tips: Carnivorous plants are generally sun loving plants so if you keep your fruit in a corner, you plant will likely die. Do NOT use potting soil — this will kill your plant. Use a 50/50 mixture of peat moss and perlite. Make sure that the peat moss does not have fertilizer added to it. On that note DO NOT fertilize your plant — fertilizers will kill it. Finally water — Carnivorous plants need low mineral water. If you only have one or two plants, the easiest thing to do is buy distilled water.

These care sheets are published by a nursery that specializes in carnivorous plants
http://cobraplant.com/index.php?main_page=page&id=7&chapter=1&zenid=4bad0c67d9706d946416a1b98c7a4f4e

]]> By: Eric Gyllenhaal http://thetanglednest.com/2009/09/carnivorous-plant-fruit-fly-remedy-and-other-fruit-fly-control-ideas/comment-page-1/#comment-414 Eric Gyllenhaal Tue, 15 Sep 2009 15:28:12 +0000 http://thetanglednest.com/?p=1296#comment-414 Cool idea, but I'd be worried (for the plant's sake) about the low humidity. If I had my way, I'd let House Spiders build their webs near the tomato bowl. I'd maybe even build them attractive framework that sits above the bowl. Of course, when it comes to spiders, I rarely get my own way, even at home. By the way, I'm really enjoying Crow Planet! However, it also makes me sad, because West Nile Virus wiped out most of the crows in our area (Chicago). Eric Cool idea, but I’d be worried (for the plant’s sake) about the low humidity. If I had my way, I’d let House Spiders build their webs near the tomato bowl. I’d maybe even build them attractive framework that sits above the bowl.
Of course, when it comes to spiders, I rarely get my own way, even at home.
By the way, I’m really enjoying Crow Planet! However, it also makes me sad, because West Nile Virus wiped out most of the crows in our area (Chicago).
Eric

]]> By: June http://thetanglednest.com/2009/09/carnivorous-plant-fruit-fly-remedy-and-other-fruit-fly-control-ideas/comment-page-1/#comment-413 June Tue, 15 Sep 2009 15:02:40 +0000 http://thetanglednest.com/?p=1296#comment-413 Tis the season for fruit flies! And now that I know their eyes are red...eww. I'm even more disgusted. Thanks for the great tips. Tis the season for fruit flies! And now that I know their eyes are red…eww. I’m even more disgusted. Thanks for the great tips.

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