You can protect your trees from being attacked by using a fruit fly control. There are two Yates product that you can use which will control this pest.
Lebaycid Fruit Fly & Insect Killer will control fruit fly on stone fruit. Once the fruit has formed you can spray the product. Determine when you are going to harvest the fruit and six weeks prior to this date make your first spray. You will then spray 2 weeks later and then spray every week until 1 week before picking. You will then have to wait 3 days after the last spray before picking the fruit.
The other Yates product is called Nature’s Way Fruit Fly Control. This product contains Spinosad, an insecticide derived from naturally occurring beneficial soil bacteria, which kills fruit flies, and a protein and sugar based bait which fruit flies can detect from several metres away. You will need to start spraying as soon as fruit flies are seen. The product is applied as either a band or a spot spray to the trunk and lower foliage of the tree. The product needs to be applied on a weekly basis and re-applied sooner if there has been rain.
To improve the health of your tree and to enhance the fruiting, we would suggest you apply a good fertiliser such as Thrive Granular Citrus Food or Dynamic Lifter Plus Organic Based Fruit Food.
You can protect your trees from being attacked by using a fruit fly control. There are two Yates product that you can use which will control this pest.
Lebaycid Fruit Fly & Insect Killer will control fruit fly on stone fruit. Once the fruit has formed you can spray the product. Determine when you are going to harvest the fruit and six weeks prior to this date make your first spray. You will then spray 2 weeks later and then spray every week until 1 week before picking. You will then have to wait 3 days after the last spray before picking the fruit.
The other Yates product is called Nature’s Way Fruit Fly Control. This product contains Spinosad, an insecticide derived from naturally occurring beneficial soil bacteria, which kills fruit flies, and a protein and sugar based bait which fruit flies can detect from several metres away. You will need to start spraying as soon as fruit flies are seen. The product is applied as either a band or a spot spray to the trunk and lower foliage of the tree. The product needs to be applied on a weekly basis and re-applied sooner if there has been rain.
To improve the health of your tree and to enhance the fruiting, we would suggest you apply a good fertiliser such as Thrive Granular Citrus Food or Dynamic Lifter Plus Organic Based Fruit Food.