bagging peaches for squirrel protection
alan haigh
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Can you bag peaches like apples?
Comments (30)Scott, the kaolin definitely works. The reason I am unsure as to its total effectiveness or not is that I am still not sure I bagged at the appropriate time in some places. Believe it or not, there is one area in Seattle surrounded by a heated up parking lot where the codling moth pressure was high and the moths came as early as about May 13th.....and there is another public space I worked with 20 miles north of downtown Seattle where the codling moth pressure was low and did not come until about July 1st. Imagine a 6 week differential depending only upon the specific micro-climate! As to your other point, I will consider the thinning factor. "1Hilton", earwigs are harmless.....they will find their way to any bag or footie you use. They will not eat the fruit. The only thing I noticed is that they leave little tiny excrement droppings near the stem that have to be washed off. "JohnnyRasbrix", interesting idea about the balloons....See MoreSquirrels took apples in bags
Comments (33)If you bait your traps at night and check them first thing in the morning then your kids will not see any squirrel nearly all the time - they tend to show up early and check out whatever is new then. The one thing I have not done right with my Kania traps is I mounted them to fixed trees and I think they are really better on posts you can hammer into the ground near wherever the squirrels are causing trouble. Once I get some time I am going to re-mount two of them as portable traps. I have a pile of havahart traps that I could not get to reliably work. Part of the problem is dogs etc would kick them over to get the crackers and I never built a platform for them out of dogs reach. This is the reason the Kania need to be on a pole, you don't want Fido from next door with a crushed paw whining in your backyard. Scott...See MoreHow do you protect your bananas from squirrels?
Comments (8)They were shredding mine so badly in the early spring that I thought I would never have plants this summer. I went to the pet store and bought the spray that you spray onto furniture to keep dogs from chewing it. There are several different brands, I used the one called "Bitter Apple". It works very well, but you have to reapply it after rain. It did not hurt my plants. I put it on bananas, alocasias, anything they chewed or I thought they were going to chew, LOL. It also worked against rabbits....See MoreBirds & squirrels steal all my nectarines & peaches!
Comments (3)Carol, Birds and squirrels are the last two "enemies" of your peaches. Before peaches get to be big enough for birds to pick and squirrels to steal, you have to deal with the first two "enemies". These are coddling moths (CM) and Oriental Fruit moths (OFM). They get to your young peaches when they are small like a marble size. Are you in Arizona? Check your local extension if these two insects are prevalent in your area. They are in the east coast. If you google, codling moths and oriental fruit moths on peach, you will get an idea. You need to spray to protect your fruitlets very early. Bird nets won't work. These insect can fly through big holes of bird nets. You can use footsies or bread bags with tiny holes to protect the peaches if you don't want to spray....See Morebirdgardner
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