What is the best recipe for culturing fruit flies ?

[Fishfrogsandfriends]

I was wondering what the best recipe for culturing melonogaster fruit flies is? Also how inexpensive is it to make compared to buying a kit online?

 

[JM29]

Maybe there are as much recipes as users.

My recipe is :
- 1 banana (without the skin)
- 2 large spoons of vinegar
- I add oats flakes until it is no more liquid

 

[Herpin Man]

In my opinion, best is easiest. I don't mix my own. I have used several commercially prepared fruit fly diets, all seem to work.

 

[Fishfrogsandfriends]

Maybe there are as much recipes as users.

My recipe is :
- 1 banana (without the skin)
- 2 large spoons of vinegar
- I add oats flakes until it is no more liquid

How is the smell on this recipe? It wont stink up my whole house will it?

 

[JM29]

How is the smell on this recipe? It wont stink up my whole house will it?

I choosed this recipe among several others because it doesn't stink.
It was very important because I have it in my house. No problem

 

[michael]

I still use carolina biological supply formula 4-24 It works great and their are less failures.

 

[Fishfrogsandfriends]

I still use carolina biological supply formula 4-24 It works great and their are less failures.

How many cultures will it create?

 

[michael]

about 10 1/2 cup cultures per bag or 75 to 85 fruit fly vials per bag.

 

[Fishfrogsandfriends]

I choosed this recipe among several others because it doesn't stink.
It was very important because I have it in my house. No problem

Will “steel cut oats “ work? My wife bought those instead of the flakes on accident?