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| About the Author JOGY1 WISHART,4122,QLD 15th March 2018 11:39am #UserID: 17879 Posts: 1 View All JOGY1's Edible Fruit Trees |
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David01 says... Hi JOGY1, Sounds like your guava got fruit fly. More info from the websites below: http://www.agriculture.gov.au/pests-diseases-weeds/plant/fruit-flies https://www.plantwise.org/KnowledgeBank/Datasheet.aspx?dsid=8703 | About the Author David01 CRAIGIEBURN,3064,VIC 15th March 2018 2:22pm #UserID: 16671 Posts: 467 View All David01's Edible Fruit Trees |
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MintPlntRmantic1 says... Hey Jogy1! It's a little difficult to give you a thorough answer without a little more detail. Pics or something similar would definitely help! I've attahced one I managed to track down online - does this look about right? If so, it sounds like you have fruit flies. Unfortunately I'm not sure there's much you can do to save those that are already affected, but X and Y are both good ways to help prevent this in the future. Try: Pesticides are one option if you're willing, but spraying the underside of the leaves with a protein baait can be an easy way to gather them together in the one spot and take them out. Harvest early. Fruit can still ripen after harvesting, but fruit flies tend to target anything that's reached maturity and is still hanging around. Clean up any fallen / spoiled fruit that may have fallen, as they can attract them. Let us know how you get on, and whether you have any other deets to share that might make it easier for us to send some valuable replies your way :)
| About the Author MintPlntRmantic1 MOUNT ALBERT,3127,VIC 15th March 2018 3:26pm #UserID: 18117 Posts: 1 View All MintPlntRmantic1's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author Julie Roleystone WA 15th March 2018 7:53pm #UserID: 154 Posts: 1842 View All Julie's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Fruitylicious1 says... Hi Jogy1 Fruit flies lay their eggs beneath the guavas skin and the resulting maggots (worms) devour the flesh inside the fruit. You can set a homemade trap for fruit flies. You can use a plastic container with holes in the lid as big as the flies. Pour a cider vinegar or white wine vinegar (about 2 inches) mix two drops of unscented dish washing liquid. Flies will be attracted to it and drown. Set the trap near the tree. Happy gardening :-) | About the Author Fruitylicious1 TAMWORTH,2340,NSW 16th March 2018 6:49am #UserID: 16885 Posts: 709 View All Fruitylicious1's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author Anthony Plainland 16th March 2018 10:36pm #UserID: 9188 Posts: 92 View All Anthony's Edible Fruit Trees |
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durga says... My Guava tree in 3.5 years old. I use to spray essential oil mixed water regularly with a fruit fly trap in which case i use to get a part of yield fruit fly and bug free. But this season i didnt do it regularly and ended up with all of my yield infected. I am guessing its two things causing this problem. One is fruit fly and the other is blank any like insect. See attached photos. I am not sure if those black ones are really ants as normal ant control like stiky traps etc is not working. Any body having similar problem? If so, waiting for your valuable inputs to get rid of these black things or control it somehow so that i can taste these lovely fruits at least in next yield. Thanks in advance.
| About the Author durga Mansfield, QLD 22nd March 2018 12:28pm #UserID: 18165 Posts: 1 View All durga's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Scott 10 says... Hi Durga, definitely an ant problem of some type. May be related to the wet weather recently which might have brought them up into the tree or there may be aphids which the ants are after. Ant sticky traps don’t always work at containment unfortunately especially with large amounts of rain. Check for aphids and then go from there, good luck! | About the Author Scott 10 THORNLANDS,4164,QLD 23rd March 2018 10:34pm #UserID: 13199 Posts: 30 View All Scott 10's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Bangkokii says... My guava also had worms, now i pack each fruit in a fabric white bag (it's cotton i guess) and that works well. Problem is that i can't see them change color but i just pick them when large and they taste sweet/sour and are crispy...perfect. The bags i bought on a fruittree market. they are easy to close with a small piece of rubber, the rope goes through the rubber. | About the Author Bangkokii nonthaburi 26th March 2018 2:06am #UserID: 16893 Posts: 74 View All Bangkokii's Edible Fruit Trees |
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