Episode: 4
Title: Yates Nature’s Way Fruit Fly Control
Broadcast: 26th September 2015
Presenter: Nigel Ruck

Every fruit and vegetable grower has to battle with the dreaded fruit fly at some point and how to deal with this annoying pest is a question that comes up on Yates’ website. What fruit and vegie growers need is Yates Nature’s Way Fruit Fly Control.

• Fruit fly can destroy your crops and that includes stone fruits like peaches, plums and apricots.
• It’s the female flies that lay their eggs into the developing fruit and when the eggs hatch, larvae or maggots burrow through making it inedible.
• Early prevention is the key as soon as you see the fruit, start spraying and repeat weekly for further protection.
• Yates Nature’s Way Fruit Fly Control is low-toxic and works by tricking the insect into absorbing the spinosad, an insecticide derived from naturally occurring beneficial soil bacteria which kills fruit flies.
• Mix 40ml of Yates Nature’s Way Fruit Fly Control with 260ml of water in a trigger bottle. This is enough to treat 6 trees or plants, perfect for organic gardens.
• When the female fly emerges from a pupil case in the soil, she looks to feed on a source of protein before she lays her eggs. When she eats the protein and sugar bait in Yates Nature’s Way Fruit Fly Control, she also ingest a dose of insecticide which means she never makes it to lay her eggs.
• For more tips and advice, head to the Yates website which now has a Live Chat function manned by horticulturalists from 8.30am – 4.30pm AEST weekdays.

Yates Nature’s Way Fruit Fly Control: Contact - 1300 369 074
Website - http://www.yates.com.au/products/pest-control/insects-concentrates/natures-way-fruit-fly-control/