Dealing with fruit flies can be a real headache, especially when they're interrupting your meals at home. Not only is their buzzing a major annoyance, but these irritating insects also have a habit of landing on your food and regurgitating on it, which helps them to digest the meal. However, there's no need to worry - a cleaning expert has come to the rescue.
The TikToker known as Amanda Rose has highlighted some surprising ways we might be unwittingly attracting them. It turns out that our food storage habits and how we manage kitchen waste are essentially inviting fruit flies to dinner. "Tis the season to kill fruit flies demolish them," she said ( @_amanduhh__ ), before zooming in on a sink clogged with food.
"If your garbage disposal looks anything like mine and you have fruit laying around that you haven't thrown away that's getting old, most likely you have fruit flies by now. Today I'm going to show you everything that I'm going to do to get rid of these fruit flies that aren't paying rent." Amanda began her fruit fly battle by tackling her dirty sink, which she suspects is a major draw for the pests.
Armed with white vinegar, baking soda, and boiling water, she set about clearing the blockage. "So, the very first thing, cleaning up the kitchen drain," she explained. "This is the main source, fruit flies can make nests down here and live off of the food in your drain.
So, what I did first was shove a s*** ton of baking soda down there. "I boiled white vinegar and poure.