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Re: Suzanne - invasion of fruit flies... indoor trouble!

Buglady@... — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 04:54:48 GMT

just beer... I am sure adding a drop of soap to break the surface tension would also help. Also I hung a yellow sticky card over it and they stuck to that

Re: Suzanne - invasion of fruit flies... indoor trouble!

Ray Jones — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 04:33:36 GMT

... Just beer or beer with detergent (or something else) added? -- Happy Gardening & Birding, Big Ray - Zone 7aVirginia

Re: invasion of fruit flies... indoor trouble!

Doris Faust — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 04:09:08 GMT

I put a mason jar on the kitchen counter with some fruit in it, put a funnel on the jar. The fruit flies go in to eat, but can't figure how to get out. This

Re: Strange Fruit

melissa james — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 02:44:13 GMT

VERY INTERESTING!!! Your right the pears that I remember eating when I was a child that dripped down your chin from start to finish you can't find them

Re: invasion of fruit flies... indoor trouble!

Buglady@... — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 01:30:57 GMT

I made traps with apple cider vinegar and then another with beer.. there was no contest.. the beer trapped way more then with apple cider vinegar. Suzanne in

invasion of fruit flies... indoor trouble!

Garden Girl RI — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 01:17:28 GMT

Hello all. I know that outdoor fruit flies are not a major problem for most gardeners, but they can be a most unwelcome pest indoors. It turns out I selected

Strange Fruit

dont_mourn_organize2000 — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 11:46:33 GMT

http://www.monbiot.com/archives/2008/09/02/strange-fruit/ Strange Fruit A hard commercial logic dictates that the only way to get good fruit today is to grow

Re: Musk melon question

Doris Faust — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 02:18:42 GMT

I know that is true for watermelons, so I guess it would be the same for your mush melon. Doris Faust ... From: native2sfbay

Re: Musk melon question

native2sfbay — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 19:47:31 GMT

Good question Leroy. They are about the size of large softballs. You can see that they are still green. Here's a photo

Re: Musk melon question

leroym33 — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 14:52:11 GMT

You did not mention what size they are. Are they small like baseballs for instance? They don't just keep growing indefinitely. At some point they stop growing

Re: Musk melon question

native2sfbay — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 07:11:02 GMT

I water frequently and the soil is moist. However, I was under the impression that you didn't want to over water though because as the melons grow too much

Forest Gardening

Timothy — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 05:43:45 GMT

By the way, I am very interested in the concept of forest gardening, as first described by Robert Hart, and have begun writing a series about it on my blog.

Re: Unusual Plants

Timothy — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 05:34:22 GMT

Hi All, Thank you to everyone who gave suggestions to my request for ideas for unusual garden plants to try. There were some really good ideas given. Again,

Re: Musk melon question

melissa james — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 00:31:41 GMT

lack of rain. On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 4:22 PM, native2sfbay < ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

Musk melon question

native2sfbay — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 21:22:54 GMT

I'm in Berkeley, CA and have 1 musk melon vine with 3 melons on it. About 3 weeks ago they stopped growing. They look healthy, but all growth seems to have