Re: On horizontal pits

In article <hqcld4$slt$2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Cleatarrior <cleatarrior@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Fly control. If it is a real issue, see if you can find the source and
sprinkle a packet of fly parasites on it to hatch. It's quite effective
for people that own livestock and end up with manure piles.

Organic too. ;-)

I had not researched that, thanks for another great tip.

Welcome! I was introduced to those by a friend back in high school. Her
father had horses. Natural insect parasites are a good thing as it's
sustainable.

You should be able to find them on line at the least and some nurseries
carry them too. Fly parasites, beneficial nematodes, ladybird beetles,
lacewing eggs (the larvae are great for scale and mealy bug), some types
of wasps work for tomato hornworm but imho BT works better. Praying
mantis egg cases are also available.

All kinds of great alternatives to pesticides and often works better.

I hope it works as well for you as it did for me! I used to have
chickens and ducks and more than just this one pet emu and no matter how
clean I tried to keep them, they did attract flies. The drowning fly
traps were a godsend.

If they work as well as my yellow jacket bottles I'm aces!

:-)
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