Got my flytraps two days ago, been given Ozorka Distelled water, now one trap is turning black, but only one, and the moss is moist, why?
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Traps will turn black (dead) it's normal you will lose some from time to time as for the Distelled water I stopped giving Distelled water to my VFT I try getting as much rain water and water them with that remember that's what they were getting before they were taken from their environment and give them plenty of sun hope this helps
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When I received that I ordered online I soaked the moss for 15mins before putting it in the terrarium jars. The moss is all still alive and growing. It is starting to grow over the decorative rocks and our jars were only planted 1.5months ago. The layer of moss that we put in over the bottom rocks before the charcoal layer was the moss in a plastic wrap from Michaels. We soaked that moss also and it is green and we think it maght be alive...?
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I only had one and its ben a month since I sprayed. A combination of spray and traps should help.
979105
the fly traps I bought where all yellow and you opened the flaps to reveal 2 sides of sticky stuff...I had little success on my hicksi yews..i ended up using malithion and this gave good rusukts if sprayed early in the morning and weekly or bi weekly depending on the problem..yews are notorious for flys..a good dose of a high nitrogen on spring helps and or the evergreen spikes you drive in the ground next to the plant..a strong plant will fight off apgis and flies..also a lot of water just before winter sets in
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This trap after adding water leaves a smell of dead or spoiled meat which flies love. I don't know what the vinegar will do. When you dispose the bag you close the lid so not much will get out..Maybe add the vinegar before you throw away. I am going to try that. Thanks for the tip about the larvae.
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That's an interesting point, not sure about that. I did try to wipe it off between uses. (I was setting it out at night during the winter and I even considered that a rat wouldn't want to step on cold metal?!) I didn't catch anything either; the bait wasn't disturbed so they weren't even entering the trap. If I use it again I'll try leaving the power off and put the bait near the opening for a while- then move it back each time till they get used to it. Then I'll try turning it on.
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You know, I don't really remember how I had to unpack them. Seems to me, though, there was paper between them. I don't think it was supposed to be sticky paper - it just stuck to the traps due to the heat Summer or something. If you think pulling the paper off damages the slickness of the traps, you can repair it by applying talcum powder to the surface of the traps. That much I remember for certain.
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I have the same issue. Comes out "yellow" and thick, but when it hits the water it congeals into a mass of gel, which my fish think is food, and sinks to the bottom. Don't know if it's this but my tank (5 gal) suddenly became cloudy. I can't find an expiration date on the bottle, so I'm calling Tetra. Additives always scare me.
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Mine only got mosqeeters and moths, until I put a smear of over-ripe banana on it. That attracted the flies, and it killed them as well. I used banana, because while most spoiling food smells very bad, bananas just smell like banana while they decompose. Mine is by my pond, which is my refuge, and I dont like excess bugs or bad smells in the area.
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Hi, I bought my original bottle 4 years ago. It did a great job killing the bougainvillea looper caterpillar I was fighting. Now, I have a new plant with the same problem. I'm buying a new bottle because the old one has turned dark brown and I'm sure it's over the hill.
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Three possibilities: IF you place a weight in the bottom during the original preparation (e.g., stainless steel washers/nuts, bolts etc - or just a suitable rock) then you can submerge the ENTIRE trap(?) in a five gallon bucket of water. You can place the entire trap in a plastic bag sealed at the top for a suitable period of time. Finally, just transport the entire trap in a sealed container to a dump area (a vacuckant lot?) and not worry about the few living flies in the trap. BTW, I generally take a bucket of water with me to the dump area for initial rinsing. You will want to wash these traps after dumps. They stink = they're effective!
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That's happened to me in the past and stemmed from the trap components being bent slightly out of alignment. I corrected it by observing where the friction/contact is occurring, and with a pair of pliers bending things very gently until the contact is eliminated.
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Maybe it's a bad batch of formula. Or time: the time it takes for the "stink" to activate at my 6900 elevation is a few days. You probably know a pinch of local dirt is required with the liquid in the bag -- this last time a clod clogged the hole, and I didn't see it until the next day. If your problem happened to me, I would try the manufacturer (go right to the top) and let him/her decide what to do. They want their product to bring happiness to all concerned (except the flies), and want to find solutions to problems like yours.
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Thanks to all - the traps are new (I assume) as I just received them from Amazon. It may have been stored in the heat during the shipping process. I will try steaming it apart.
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Well vented but don't let The bins get to thick with debris. Nothing bothering mine other than worms and a little smell. Maybe you're putting to much compost debris in the bin at one time? it's taking too long for the worms to eat it so therefore the flies have something to deposit their eggs upon. I wouldn't hesitate to call the worm farm and ask him any questions, if you haven't done so yet.
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According to the paper that comes with the plant, it is normal if a leaf and trap or two turns black.
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I do not believe I ever have had the little Flowtron poison boxes, so my opinion is null. My Dynatrap is currently sitting on a shelve as something went wrong with the electric motor and no one ever contacted me from Dynatrap with a solution!!!