What to do if mole starts up in dried apples

Fruits, even dried, are a wholesome and tasty product. In the winter, many housewives prefer to dry the fruits grown on their plots. What is their disappointment and resentment when they realize that a mole started up in dried apples, because using such a product as food is unpleasant and dangerous.

How to understand that mole appeared in dried fruit

Detect insects in dried apples is a snap: at the bottom of the container in which they are stored, you can see white worms, light clumps, remnants of cocoons moth larvae. A mole can reproduce everywhere: not only in dried fruit, therefore it will be quite easy to find traces of its presence inside the cabinets, on the walls of furniture or the room.

Moles in dried apples

How to save dried fruit from moths

In order to feast on winter compote of dried apples or pears, it is necessary to think about how to keep dried apples from moths in the fall. You should use a few simple tips:

• Packages in which it is planned to put drying of apples should be hermetically closed. After storing the harvest of the last year, this dish must be disinfected;
• Dried fruits should not be stored in covenants - the materials from which they are made are not strong enough. It is necessary to appear the slightest hole, so that insects can start. Dried fruits do not "breathe", lose their flavor, wither;
• The best way to store is glass, wooden or metal containers with a tight-fitting lid, dense canvas bags. Inside the containers should be covered with paper. A dry sheet of paper should be put on top of the dried fruit (change it regularly so that it is not wet).

It is much easier to keep dry apples in a container or bag - it is convenient to put them inside wall or floor cabinets and shelves. It is important to monitor the humidity of the air in order to avoid mold. The cabinet must be regularly ventilated, maintaining dry air, and treated with a weak solution of vinegar.

No matter how well the drying is packed, you should regularly inspect it: suddenly the pest was able to get to the stocks.

Important!

It is very important that the dryer is processed after each serving of fruit. In winter, it should be stored separately from food.

Like other insects, the moth is afraid of the smell of some plants: laurel, lavender, oregano and acacia, so the struggle must include the use of this "weakness": put pieces of these plants next to packed apples. Replace their acceptable citrus peel, the smell of which is also unpleasant winged parasites. The basic rule is not to put odorous mixtures in a container with dried apples, otherwise odors will be absorbed.

Moth Remedies in Dried Apples

In the summer to store dried apples at home is somewhat easier, because you can bring them to the balcony.To preserve all taste and protect against damage food moth and other insects are recommended to put dried fruit in wooden boxes, cover with several layers of gauze - so the apples can breathe.

Dried Fruit Protection

If the moth has already laid eggs into pieces of fruit, the product will have to be thrown away. It will be necessary to carefully examine the grain, flour, pasta, cereals standing nearby, because there can also be food moth and its varieties there: flour, fruit, cereal. If worms crawl on parts of these products, all these packages must also be discarded.

If there are few larvae, you can fight for the products. Like all insects, moth afraid of low or high temperatures. Therefore, dried fruits, having carefully selected the spoiled slices, need to be dried in the oven, heated to 70 degrees for half an hour.

You can kill the mole and its larvae with frost: just take the dried fruit to the balcony in winter or leave it in the freezer overnight.

The food moth and its larvae prefer high humidity and heat. Leaving her out of the house, where conditions are suitable for her, is difficult. Ideal way to get rid of moths - thorough ventilation, drying of corners, elimination of damp products.

Sometimes hostess prefer to use chemicals, but this method will save moth for a while.
Knowing how to deal with food moths, you can protect your reserves from voracious pests and cook apple compote for the whole winter.

Knowing how to deal with food moths, you can protect your reserves from voracious pests and cook apple compote for the whole winter.