Maggots in the blackberries -- blech

bcday · September 1, 2013

Before I cut the canes down, I took a baggie of blackberries to a local farmers market and did the salt-water demo there (out of sight of their customers) for some folks that were selling quart baskets of red raspberries. They had never heard of the Spotted Wing Drosophila and were not pleased to see that healthy-looking fruit could have a problem like that.

I didn't ask if I could try it with their raspberries, lol. I never went back and asked if they tried it themselves either. But I'm not buying any!

September 1, 2013	#16
bcday Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: NY z5 Posts: 1,205	Before I cut the canes down, I took a baggie of blackberries to a local farmers market and did the salt-water demo there (out of sight of their customers) for some folks that were selling quart baskets of red raspberries. They had never heard of the Spotted Wing Drosophila and were not pleased to see that healthy-looking fruit could have a problem like that. I didn't ask if I could try it with their raspberries, lol. I never went back and asked if they tried it themselves either. But I'm not buying any!