2 April 2023 | QLD Fruit Fly
QFF success at the community garden! Sustainable Macleod has succeeded in having a summer season with NO infection of fruit and vegetables at the community garden! We are proud of this achievement and inspired to spread the word about how we did this throughout the...
28 January 2023 | Gardening tips, QLD Fruit Fly
Net for success! We are repeating this article written in November 2021 because, now more than ever before, it is urgent to net to protect fruit and vegetables from Queensland Fruit Fly. Without the right kind of net, properly secured at ground level, you can expect...
20 November 2022 | QLD Fruit Fly
Queensland Fruit Fly: a new angle on waste Many people in the gardening fraternity get very upset about wasting water. Often in an attempt to conserve, they will underwater their fruit and vegetables, resulting in undersized and poor quality produce. With the advent...
4 October 2022 | QLD Fruit Fly
Queensland Fruit Fly (QFF) – Take action NOW to protect your fruit and vegies Our long wet, cold winter is likely to have delayed the start of the Queensland Fruit Fly season in Banyule and surrounds. Hopefully, it has also killed the overwintering males which...
2 June 2022 | QLD Fruit Fly
Queensland Fruit Fly blog #8 Now is the perfect time to put out Wild May to attract overwintering male QFF. Place fresh Wild May liquid in QFF containers and position on the east side of the tree, 1.2-2m high within the canopy. Lemon trees are ideal places to hang the...
1 May 2022 | Gardening tips, QLD Fruit Fly
Queensland Fruit Fly Strategy no.7 It is now late April and Queensland Fruit Fly (QFF) is abundant, infesting raspberries, guavas and feijoas in particular. Watch out for infestations also in persimmons and tamarillos as they ripen, and later in citrus. There are...
