Some cherry growers are still skeptical that the GF-120 bait can control cherry fruit fly as well as other pesticides do. However, the product is now widely used by the Washington State cherry industry, and inspectors didn’t find a single larva in fruit packed by north central Washington packing houses last season, reports Tim Smith, a Washington State University Extension educator. He says bait has been in use for the past four years and is now the most-used cherry fruit fly control product in the state. Most growers use it, and some use only the bait, but there are still […]