[NAFEX] Ginda's disappearing apples

Haighal at aol.com Haighal at aol.com
Wed Oct 10 08:24:07 EDT 2007


 
Ginda asked about  missing apples over a month ago but I've just joined the 
list so here's my late  answer to her question about what form of wildlife 
filched her apples.  I  believe raccoons are only interested in ripe apples.  If 
the apples were  unripe the culprits are almost certainly squirrels. 
I manage a lot of home  orchards where squirrels are a huge issue and this 
was a moderate squirrel year  where I’m located (a couple hundred miles from 
Ginda).  Squirrels have the ability to vertical  leap about 4 feet and they can 
climb the cylinders of roof flashing I staple on  to the trunks to keep off 
coons and possums.  Someone recently claimed that spraying  the aluminum 
cylinders with the anti-sticking spray used in pan cooking will  stop them from 
climbing.  We’ll  see. 
I had some success spreading paste formula tanglefoot above my cylinders  
over tape so squirrels couldn’t climb without getting that horrible stuff all  
over their bodies.  In some sites it  didn’t matter and the stuff was spread 
around by very hungry squirrels who took  the fruit anyway.  In other sites  
feeding stopped immediately. 
I expect next year I will be experimenting with the plaster of paris x  
peanut butter balls suggested by one contributor.   I am very interested in any 
other  suggestions about squirrel control that aren’t too time consuming.  On 
most sites shooting is not an  option.



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