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Hi all! Per suggestions from this list, I now have bolts of tulle (thanks Nate!) and organza bags.  Please help me with the timing of wrapping dwarf cherries and peaches.

 

I know I wrap the whole cherry tree ( dwarf, so ok), but when? We have plum c. here in VA, zone 6b. After petal drop?

 

Peaches--should I wrap the whole tree (again dwarfs) or the individual fruit after thinning? Again, after petal drop? 

 

My biggest peach pests are squirrels (and a dumb rabbit occasionally)--would this affect the wrapping the whole tree or individual fruit decision? The squirrels chewed through the bird netting last year and I even have 2 sacrificial peach trees that I leave untouched for them. Greedy buggers.

 

Thanks for all of your help and wonderful suggestions!! Barbara Harrick

 

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