How do you avoid fruit flies in citrus fruit trees?

We're just about to rent a property in Spain with an orchard of orange, lemon %26amp; grapefruit trees and I'm worried about fruit fly maggots infesting the lovely fruit. I've almost ended up drinking the little blighters once before - having juiced infected fruit before I knew of their existence - and I need to know how to ensure my own fruit is worry free, as I don't want to waste it but also don't want a repeat performance of my juiced nightmare! Please help! Thanks

How do you avoid fruit flies in citrus fruit trees?
The farmers of Gozo put up into each tree these yellow plastic bottles from sunflower oil filled with about 20 ml of acetico balsamico mixed with about 50 ml orange juice and coated with a stripe of glue. The fruit flies and some other insects are attracted from yellow color and either are drowned in the liquid or stick to the glue.


Its a cheap and effective trap.





Inside you can pour the same mixture of juice and vinegar in a jar covered with perforated saran wrap or a clove-larded lemon and place near to your fruits.


The best method is to cover all fruits inside, the fruit flies will starve in one day.
Reply:well i have a green grocer shop and in in the summer i get the same problem. i spray a mist or water on the fruit as the fruit flies seem not to like this. good luck
Reply:You need to trap as many of the blighters as you can early in the season with bait, before they breed.





Most types of fruit flies prefer over-ripe fruit, so be careful not to leave rotting fruit around if you can.