Non-Chemical Management
- Place tarps beneath bushes by mid-June to prevent larvae from entering soil to pupate.
- Pick and destroy all infested fruit on a daily basis, when practical.
- On new or uninfested plantings, screen plants with a floating row cover or similar barrier before adult flies emerge. For best fruit production, row covers must be placed at petal fall after pollination has occurred. Row covers placed after fruit formation begins may not be completely effective at preventing infestation. This may be ineffective on previously infested plantings unless the infestation has been eradicated.
Select non-chemical management options as your first choice!
