This is a trick I've learned since I home-brew kombucha- same method of keeping flies out. Get a larger bowl or a pot and put the fruit in gently. Then throw a kitchen towel over the top and secure with a couple tight rubber bands around the top of the pot/bowl. Make sure no fruit are on the fruit when rubber band is secured. This should keep them out, I'd just check the fruit once a day to check on ripeness and when the fruit is ripe, move it to the fridge. I currently have 3 bowls going right now after my husband came home with 2 large crates one of peaches and one of plumbs. I have probably 45 plumbs in one container and 15 in each of the others, and so far all is fine and happy- fly free!

This is a trick I've learned since I home-brew kombucha- same method of keeping flies out. Get a larger bowl or a pot and put the fruit in gently. Then throw a kitchen towel over the top and secure with a couple tight rubber bands around the top of the pot/bowl. Make sure no fruit flies are on the fruit when the rubber band is secured. This should keep them out, I'd just check the fruit once a day to check on ripeness and when the fruit is ripe, move it to the fridge. I currently have 3 bowls going right now after my husband came home with 2 large crates one of peaches and one of plumbs. I have probably 45 plumbs in one container and 15 in each of the others, and so far all is fine and happy- fly free!