Cherry Fruit Flies

11 years ago

Hi all,

I lost 10-20 percent of my Evans, Carmine Jewel and Romeo this season. The culprit: a small white larvae in the fruit. Very difficult to spot until you process or cut the fruit open. It looks like this may be the Cherry fruit fly but I cant tell. this is the third season for cherries here and the first occurrence. I have similar occurrence with the red currants and this may be the source as they were planted last year and were heavily infected this season.

My question is this: what is my best bet for dealing with this pest? I believe the fruit fly lays eggs in the fruit thru the fruiting season so I am thinking that covering the trees with a fine mesh fabric to keep out the adult flies is my best bet. For those that have had similar issues please feel free to comment. To U of S that says this is free of any pests....HA!

Dave

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Konrad..just outside of Edmonton Alberta
11 years ago
last modified: 11 years ago
Yeah...free until you've got them. Seems sooner or later most of us will have to face some critters. If you don't have too much then covering up will fix this, I sometimes do it on black currants with the light row cover, starting about 1 week after flowering. I use the same material to cover some berries against birds, [doesn't kill them like some of the bird nettings]. Haven't seen any in my cherries yet but if I would, then covering would be too much of a burden on over 20 trees, then I would spray, possibly with Sevin.

Saskatoon bird coverings..
peeniwali thanked Konrad..just outside of Edmonton Alberta
bluegoat_gw
10 years ago
I noticed these last year. This year I picked the fruit earlier and had fewer damaged cherries. Since the only way to pit these small cherries is by hand, checking for worms and tossing those is easy enough.
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