Our house has recently become infested with fruit flies. Since both of my roommates are vegetarians, they have extraneous amounts of fruit/veggies all over the place. I've convinced them to keep just about everything in the refrigerator except their onions, which I didn't think need to be refrigerated. So, do you keep yours in the pantry at room temperature, or in the refrigerator? Do you think this could be the food source for the flies? Should I kill my roommates now or later?
Onions
- Thread starter CycloWizard
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Never, ever, ever let onions rot indoors. It is absolutely the most putrid smell known to man which has a habit of clinging to anything it encounters. That being said, in a dark pantry or under the stove is :thumbsup:
eplebnista
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Schadenfroh
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Originally posted by: nakedfrog
Kill the roommates now and the problem will solve itself
:thumbsup:
MaxDepth
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Fruit flies inhabit tomatoes, bannanas, and any torn or cut skin of a fruit or vegetable.
Put onions, garlic, ginger, potatoes in a container that has open air circulation. Like a bowl or a box that has grill base (two sides of a cube that has exposure to air).
Cut items are to be bagged or wrapped and refridgerated.
No fruit should be left out longer than 10 days.
If you currently have fruit flies then everthing should be refridgerated or put into a container until the fruit flies die off from lack of food. This also includes washing out soda cans or cups that container fructose. Also bag up vegetable, fruit , and animal product trash into separate baggies (using grocery bags, for instance) before putting them into the trash bin. You don't want any food source open to the flies to feed and lay the eggs.
Fruit flies do inhabit
Put onions, garlic, ginger, potatoes in a container that has open air circulation. Like a bowl or a box that has grill base (two sides of a cube that has exposure to air).
Cut items are to be bagged or wrapped and refridgerated.
No fruit should be left out longer than 10 days.
If you currently have fruit flies then everthing should be refridgerated or put into a container until the fruit flies die off from lack of food. This also includes washing out soda cans or cups that container fructose. Also bag up vegetable, fruit , and animal product trash into separate baggies (using grocery bags, for instance) before putting them into the trash bin. You don't want any food source open to the flies to feed and lay the eggs.
Fruit flies do inhabit
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If you haven't cut it open pantry is fine. If you've cut it open then you should store it in the fridge and a plastic bag.
MikeyIs4Dcats
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temp extremes break down the cell wall of onions. Cold temps will do this more quickly that room temp. Dark cool place is the best place for them.
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Thanks for the input guys. More or less what I was thinking... These guys insist on buying at Aldi, so the onions rarely come home with much skin on them. Those responsible will be sacked. Anyone up for a vegetarian barbeque?
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