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  • From: "Doreen Howard" <gardendiva@charter.net>
  • To: <ec_pasour@ncsu.edu>, "North American Fruit Explorers" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Squirells
  • Date: Sun, 24 Sep 2006 19:54:25 -0500

I have a small pear tree that had a dozen or so pears this year...I
tried bagging them with lunch bags but the squirells shredded them. Is
there any feasible way to protect the pears from these pests???

Heavier bags. I have the same problem with squirrels, birds and wild turkeys. I use the extra-thick zipper type freezer bags when I bag apples and pears at thinning. There is no damage from disease, insects or critters with these on my nine apple trees and one Asian pear. In fact, I took off all the bags one morning last week before I started picking the apples and Asian pears. Within 15 minutes, a dozen apples had bird pecks in them and I caught a squirrel running off with an apple. Needless-to-say, I started picking immediately.
Doreen Howard




  • [NAFEX] Squirells, E.C. PASOUR, 09/24/2006
    • Re: [NAFEX] Squirells, Doreen Howard, 09/24/2006

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