[BereanBrain]

I was skeptical.

My sister tried it at her place in New Mexico - i was there.

The flies were actually lighting on the bag.

This is just like the Mexicans you see driving around with a CD hanging from the rear view mirror - they believe it makes their car invisible to police radar!

Sorry, but I have a 2 science degrees + a bit of the "show me".

ya want to get rid of flies? go to the hardware store and get something they call the flybag. Follow the directions. use 2-3. Keep them at least 30 feet from where you want to be...they stink, but they work. after a few days you will have to go cut the bag down and throw it away because it will be FULL of flies.

BTW, got fleas? Put nematodes in your soil....get'em at your feed store.

google around for beneficial nematode and flea

[geopyg]

I dropped by a friend's house and was going to pick up the garbage on his yard (beat-up plastic water bottles). He said "leave them there - they keep the dogs from crapping on the yard". He then went on to explain that the dogs won't "go" near their water supply!? He swears it works - even though the bottles were old and empty (after being run over by parking on the yard).

Who was I to say?! Plus, the house is leased property on an Indian reservation so it helps him fit in too!

[gusopol3]

after a few days you will have to go cut the bag down and throw it away because it will be FULL of flies

that sounds like the same stupid pheromone trick as the Japanese beetle traps that draw all the beetles in the neighborhood to your yard.

[arthurus]

Really good for fleas is diatomaceous earth and it is cheap to buy and use and wholly non-toxic. I sprayed it on my yard some years ago and have not been bothered by our once annual spring siege since. The dog stays in the yard and does not get fleas. It is good for any bugs with segmented shells. It does not wash away with the rain unless you have a pretty severe slope.

[GOPJ]

This is just like the Mexicans you see driving around with a CD hanging from the rear view mirror - they believe it makes their car invisible to police radar!... ya want to get rid of flies? go to the hardware store and get something they call the flybag. Follow the directions. use 2-3. Keep them at least 30 feet from where you want to be...they stink, but they work. after a few days you will have to go cut the bag down and throw it away because it will be FULL of flies. BTW, got fleas? Put nematodes in your soil....get'em at your feed store. google around for beneficial nematode and flea

Good information... thanks.

[proudofthesouth]

The MythBusters busted the CD myth.

If you want to keep fleas out of your yard plant chrysanthemums. There is something in them that fleas don't like.

I vouch for the fly bags stinking. They truly STINK and it doesn't dissipate for a long time!

[yankeedame]

This has absolutely nothing to do with what you were talking about but husband is a car salesman and the dealership had one car that was always getting pooped on by passing birds -- esp. geese. I don't mean a drop here and a drop there. I mean, **PLOP**, **PLOP**, **PLOP** cream-corn-from-the-sky stuff.

Turns out that a certain silvery/white colored car parked right along the birds fly-way. The sun glinted off the car's surface. The birds -- esp. the geese -- got startled en mass and bombs away.

[EverOnward]

bump your post for reference

thank you for the info

[RGSpincich]

Okay you sound like the go to guy on chemical solutions to yard problems. What can I spray on a sandy weed patch to discourage neighborhood cats from using it as a toilet? Thanks in advance :~>