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  • From: "hector black" <hblack1925@fastmail.fm>
  • To: "North American Fruit Explorers" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [NAFEX] 'Tree Tanglefoot' sticky wax for squirrels
  • Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2006 07:27:11 -0500

I've used the tanglefoot to keep the racoons from my muscadines. Seems to me I've read that there is something toxic in the stuff, so I put a wrap of plastic around the trunk and then painted that. First time in several years that we've been able to harvest those grapes.
We put the wrap about 1 ft up the trunk from the ground and 18" in width.
Hector Black zone 6 middle TN


----- Original Message ----- From: <athagan@atlantic.net>
To: "North American Fruit Explorers" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Monday, September 25, 2006 7:17 PM
Subject: [NAFEX] 'Tree Tanglefoot' sticky wax for squirrels


Tim,

Do you put the sticky wax directly on the tree bark or on something
like paper then wrap that around the tree? This might be the thing
for keeping the bushy tailed rodents out of my pomegranate tree.

.....Alan.

Quoting TIM INMAN <TIM@HISTORICINTERIORS.COM>:

I hope I'm doing this correctly. I'm wanting to respond to message
2 about
squirrels.

I have had great results keeping squirrels out of my peach trees by
using
common 'Tree Tanglefoot' sticky wax. When the peaches begin to
turn color -
which is exactly when my squirrels begin to get interested - I go
on the
attack with sticky wax. I paint it about 30 to 36 inches above
ground all
around the trunk and the first low branches. I go that high so
they won't
be able to just jump over it. My observation is that when they get
one paw
full of this sticky stuff, they immediately loose interest in going
any
farther with my peaches. Keeps 'em out for the duration of the
ripening
season for me. I suggested this to one of our local commercial
orchards and
they tell me it is working for them, too. I'm guessing that it
wouldn't be
necessary to treat every tree in the orchard if you have a lot of
trees. I
think it is nasty enough stuff that 'any' contact would be too much
contact
for them. I like it because it is completely harmless to the
animals. Just
nasty to deal with. Serves 'em right. I get peaches and they get
to clean
off their sticky little paws. Works on cherries, too.

Tim Inman
Randolph, Ia 51649 Zone 4

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> Message: 1
> Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2006 10:42:22 -0400
> From: mangodance <bmn@iglou.com>
> Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Selling pawpaws
> To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
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> Hal Love wrote:
>
>> Our pawpaw crop is probably the worst ever. Wild pawpaws are
probably
>> the most common understory plant around here, and usually start
to drop
>> abundant fruit about this time each year. This year, I have seen
one
>> single fruit among hundreds of trees along our road. Usually,
the fruits
>> drop onto the pavement and splat, often covering sections of
road with
>> pawpaw mush. I noticed large numbers of flowers on the trees
this past
>> spring, so there must have been a problem with pollinators.
Anyone else
>> notice a lack of pawpaws?
>
> Pawpaws are notoriously poor pollinators. However, with a little
help
> from growers, they will bear in good numbers. Siting of plants
also
> will have an impact. Wild pawpaws are an understory tree and
typically
> will not fruit as well as those grown out in the sunlight (like
most
> orchard trees).
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 2
> Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2006 10:51:43 EDT
> From: W3cmp@aol.com
> Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Squirrels
> To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
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> Hello all:
> Squirrels are one of the biggest pains ever invented. I
fight a
> constant battle against them every year. Despite a resident hawk
who
> takes care of
> several every year, I end up using a have a heart trap to capture
them
> (peanut
> butter bait), and a bb gun to dispose of them. I put them down
nearby
> ground
> hog holes to try to encourage the resident groundhogs to
relocate,
> preferably
> away from t he woods that border my orchard. Squirrels can strip
a peach
> or
> apple tree in a couple days. They seem to prefer the peaches
after skin
> color
> changes but before the peaches are ripe. They like sweeter apple

> varieties
> like gala early in the apple ripening cycle, but will go after
just about
> anything.
> I originally tried to relocate the squirrels but was
cautioned against
> doing that-they can travel several miles back to their "home",
i.e., my
> orchard, and moving them just causes someone else a problem.
> I put groundhogs, possums, skunks and raccoons in the same
category as
> squirrels. It's a never ending battle to keep them from
butchering up
> fruit as
> well.
>
> Chris
Patterson Zone 6
> SE
> Pa.
>
>
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> Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2006 10:18:45 -0500
> From: "Brungardt, Sam" <Sam.Brungardt@state.mn.us>
> Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Lingonberries
> To: "North American Fruit Explorers" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
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> Jim, I don't know any lingonberry growers, but I'll bet you could
find
> some if you contacted the folks at the Horticulture Dept. at the
Univ.
> of Wisconsin-Madison. Prof. Eldon Stang worked on this crop for
a
> number of years. He may be retired now, but there is probably
an
> extension fruit specialist who would know the growers in
Wisconsin and
> maybe Minnesota. -- Sam Brungardt, St. Paul, Minn.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org
> [mailto:nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Jim Fruth
> Sent: Monday, September 25, 2006 8:59 AM
> To: NAFEX
> Subject: [NAFEX] Lingonberries
>
>
> Does anyone grow Lingonberries to sell or know of a business
that
> wholesales Lingonberry Jam?
>
> I tried growing them and failed. I'll try again but would
prefer if
> I could buy from someone else.
>
> Jim Fruth
> Brambleberry Farm
> Pequot Lakes, MN 56472
> www.bberryfarm.com
> (218)568-8483 [Store]
> (218)831-7018 [My Cell]
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> Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2006 10:28:35 -0500
> From: Lucky Pittman <lucky.pittman@murraystate.edu>
> Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Selling pawpaws
> To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
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>>Hal Love wrote:
>>
>> > Our pawpaw crop is probably the worst ever.
>>This year, I have seen one single fruit among hundreds of trees
>>along our road.
>
> Same here. I've yet to see a single fruit on any A.triloba
anywhere
> in the county.
> Little grafted A.parviflora in the orchard had its typical good
crop,
> but none on any of the 'wild' pawpaws anywhere I've looked.
>
> Lucky Pittman
> USDA Cold Zone 6
> AHS Heat Zone 7
> Hopkinsville, KY
>
>
>
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>
> Message: 5
> Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2006 11:30:00 -0400
> From: mangodance <bmn@iglou.com>
> Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Squirrels & deer
> To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
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> For those of you who cull them, but don't eat them, don't
overlook local
> wildlife rehab facilities that rehab hawks, eagles, owls, etc. A
friend
> once spent 3 months culling them from his orchard and freezing
them. A
> local rehabber was happy to get the feed.
>
> BTW, many rehabbers and sanctuaries also are in need of deer
meat.
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 6
> Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2006 10:46:09 -0500
> From: Lucky Pittman <lucky.pittman@murraystate.edu>
> Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Squirrels & deer
> To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
> Message-ID: <7.0.0.16.0.20060925104404.031aefb8@murraystate.edu>
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> At 10:30 AM 9/25/2006, Barry wrote:
>>For those of you who cull them, but don't eat them, don't
overlook local
>>wildlife rehab facilities that rehab hawks, eagles, owls, etc. A
friend
>>once spent 3 months culling them from his orchard and freezing
them. A
>>local rehabber was happy to get the feed.
>
> Good point.
> We ran a raptor rehab center here at the lab for years, and I
was
> always on the lookout for roadkill squirrels, rabbits, and even
small
> opossums, to be fed to the birds. Stopping to pick up roadkill
> critters mortified my kids even more than my leaf-hauling forays
> throughout the fall.
>
> Lucky
>
>
>
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