[littleorchard]

Can anyone tell me what the band thing is called i need to put on my apple trees? My Mum seems to think i should be putting them on now to stop which ever little critters munch at them.  :cry:

And where can i get them?

We also have pears, damson, plum and cherry - they don't seem to have any problems, the apples do look a bit rubbish this year.  Do i need to put anything on these to stop anything crawling up?

Thanks Guys!

[muntjac]

grease bands ....... make your own .get some cotton ragging( old sheets  )  tear into 4 inch strips about 2 ft long then get  a can of car grease . warm grease up over a radiator smear grease over rags ,take rag and wind round the tree about 8 inches above the ground . smear mre grease over the joint .. jobs a guudun  cost about £4  , grease bands from shop £4 each  werks for me

[richyrich7]

You can get either the sticky bands, grease or pheromone traps for coddling moths, they should be available from all good garden centres.

[littleorchard]

do i need to put it on all of them or just the apples?

[muntjac]

all of them .the bugs can use another tree to climb up n hop over

[littleorchard]

Thank you munty - you are the oracle of all things green!

[Trillium]

yeah, our Munty's a mouldy oldy    

[muntjac]

less of the oldy