How to keep insects and midges away from fruit

    We suggest some tricks to naturally remove insects from ripe fruit, without causing them any harm.

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    In summer, there is nothing healthier and more cheerful than keeping a table or kitchen counter close at hand basket of fresh and ripe fruit. Fruit, with its own scents and colors, is able to immediately attract everyone's gaze, including insects. For those who, for reasons of hygiene, prefer not even a fly to land on the fruit they will eat, we suggest some tricks to naturally remove insects from ripe fruit, without causing them any harm.





    For example, it is possible cover your fruit basket with a tightly woven net, similar to the one used for mosquito nets, so that insects cannot overcome the protective barrier you use. There are also on the market mesh umbrellas, which are perfect for protecting fruit placed on a plate or tray. In the summer, we tend to leave the windows open longer. If you really don't like the presence of insects in your home, but don't want to use harmful insecticides, consider install mosquito nets.

    If yours fruit bowl were to be invaded by fruit flies, whose larvae develop right inside the pulp, getting rid of their presence may be more complicated. However, you might think that you only have to hand in your basket or tray fruit you plan to consume today, and transfer most of it to the refrigerator or pantry, inside paper bags that can protect it.

    Insects are particularly attracted to very ripe fruit, and a single fruit may be able to attract dozens of them. Therefore, check your fruit basket often in order to select which one to consume by the end of the day, so that it is not too ripe and above all it does not rot. It is also the ideal solution to reduce food waste as much as possible.

    A possible natural remedy to keep insects away from your fruit basket consists in placing a glass filled with vinegar or a cloth soaked with it near it. Insects usually can't stand the smell of vinegar, so they'll prefer not to go near your fruit basket or move away from it if it's already there. A similar remedy can be put into practice during the night, to realize, upon awakening, how insects have preferred to move away from your fruit.



    Another simple solution is to place a glass jar on the bottom of which you will have placed some sugar. It is to be expected that they are more attracted to pure sugar than to fruit. Whenever you notice the presence of insects in the jar, you can free them in the open air, outside the house, without having to kill them.

    The same method can be put into practice using a piece of overripe fruit instead of sugar. The jar will have to be placed next to the fruit basket and kept under control often, so as to be able to gradually release the insects outside. The procedure can be facilitated by inserting a paper cone into the jar on which the insects will land without reaching the fruit or sugar, so that you can later release them more easily by extracting only the paper cone from the jar.

    How to keep insects and midges away from fruit

    Others possible natural remedies to keep insects away from fruit consist of placing next to your basket of gods sprigs of dried lavender or delle bowls containing dried oregano.

    You may also want to consider using at certain times of the day natural essence diffusers, such as'essential oil of eucalyptus, of geranium or lemongrass, which, with their scent, in addition to discouraging the arrival of insects attracted to fruit, can help you keep mosquitoes away. In this case it is very important DO NOT use fruit essential oils, like the essential oil of orange or tangerine, because their scent can only produce the opposite effect to the desired one.



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