"Milk Jug" Fly Traps

Milk Jug Fly Traps CROPS Insect Control “Since I started using this idea I’ve never bitten into an apple or other piece of fruit with a worm in it ” says Paul Olson Ogilvie Minn about the way he controls bugs in his orchard without using any chemicals “Whenever I plant a new fruit tree I place a 1-gal milk jug with a solution of 1/3 water 1/3 vinegar and 1/3 sugar – about 2 cups of each – next to it Later as the tree grows I place the jug in the lower crotch of the tree secured with a piece of twine The bugs are attracted to the smell of the solution and can’t get back out of the jug I catch everything from horse flies to deer flies to mosquitoes and all kinds of other bugs that I can’t even identify ” Olson mixes the solution in a 5-gal bucket and uses a funnel to put it into jugs Once a year he tosses the old jugs and puts out new ones He also raises honey bees but they don’t go into the jugs “You’d be surprised at the number and kinds of bugs I find in the jugs Each jug will have a 1-in thick layer of bugs in it by fall “It’s an old trick that I learned from my stepdad I’m 77 years old and he was already using this idea when I was born I grow everything from apples pears plums apricots cherries and Kiwis and try to grow everything as chemical-free as I can After 41 years of growing fruit I haven’t sprayed my orchard yet Of course having a flock of Guinea hens and chicks around doesn’t hurt either ” he says Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Paul C Olson 1278 Delta St Ogilvie Minn 56358 ph 612 390-0672; redbird@genesiswireless us

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