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["Naomi" <dragon-star@cableone.net>]

Same experience however I favor the Glad bags without zippers.  I use the
twist tie type.  Thank you for confirming what I observed. Fortunately we
had a really nasty freeze so I had very little fruit ton the trees anyway.
Coddling moths are looking like 100%
Naomi 

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From: nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org
[mailto:nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of sherwindu
Sent: Sunday, August 19, 2007 6:33 PM
To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: [NAFEX] Report on Footsies, More Comments

I have not figured out how to reply to forum messages, since I have opted to
not

have them automatically delivered to my machine.  So, this is not a new
topic,
but
a comment on the previous posting about footsies.

I tried using footsies this year for the first time.  I feel they offer
limited
protection for
fruit (I used them mainly on apples).  The codling moths and apple maggots
went
right through the nylon and entered the apples.  I had much better
protection
from
zip lock sandwich bags.  Much fewer of these insects were able to penetrate
the
plastic covers, although a few sneaked in  at the stem, where there was not
a
complete
closure.  I now believe that I cannot depend entirely on anyh of these
covers to

shield the apples, so I will have to do some limited spraying, even after
the
fruit is
covered.

I believe in leaving fruit on the tree as long as possible, especially
apples
and peaches.
Much of the sugars enter the fruit at the end of their growth cycle.  They
will
not
sweeten in your house, only become less acidic with the ripening.  There is
a
possibility
that this can be overdone, and some fruit will spoil on the tree.  I find
this
to be continuously variable with the weather conditions.  I am leaving my
William's
Pride apples on the tree until they fall and I think they are getting the
maximum
flavor.  With peaches, I wait until they are soft to the touch.  Picking
them
hard
results in a 'supermarket' peach.

The zip lock bags give better protection than footsies to fallen fruit.
They
are less
likely to be eaten by squirrels and rabbits.  Overall, I think I will stick
with
zip lock
bags, in the future.

                                Sherwin Dubren

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