No more pesky little fruit flies hovering around the fruit bowl in this house.

She joked that she was close to not buying bananas anymore because she was sick and tired of them.

Then her co-host chimed in, saying that he heard a tip somewhere about preventing fruit flies.

bananas

While he had not tried this, I decided to put the theory to the test.

I let the bananas dry on a kitchen towel, and then placed them in my fruit bowl.

Typically, Id see a fruit fly by Wednesday, as the bananas reach prime ripeness.

fruit flies on banana

By Friday evening, I had not one fruit fly in my home.

Was this a fluke?

The answer is no.

bananas in bowl

Rinse your bananas from now on, and say farewell to fruit flies!