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[david liezen <chandos49@hotmail.com>]

I've bought these from HOS and used them the past two years. To apply each to 
an applet takes time, but then I don't need to spray for insect damage at 
all. I do that while thinning the fruit - needful with Liberty! To remove 
them a couple weeks before picking requires both hands to smoothly manage 
without pulling off the apple. I push thumbs against the far/calyx end of the 
fruit while pulling the Footie off with finger tips. Even a clutz like myself 
can do it.Excellent results against insect damage.

Dave Liezen Spokane, WA zone5/6


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> Date: Sat, 25 Feb 2012 11:25:35 -0600
> From: nave1@comcast.net
> To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
> Subject: Re: [nafex] Another "bag" for bagging fruit
>
> I don't have direct experience with this but if you follow the urls they 
> mention that "Surround"
> impregnated footies protect against codding moths. Check out this url for 
> the comments and
> directions on how to do it.
>
> <http://www.homeorchardsociety.org/article/50>
>
> "I experimented with Surround® saturated nylon footies on apple fruits. 
> Those apples with Surround®
> soaked footies were pest free, those with plain footies had codling moth 
> but no apple maggot, those
> apple fruits with no protection had both codling moth and apple maggot 
> (100%). The Surround
> protected fruits seemed to be free of earwig damage, unlike the other test 
> fruits. The year before I
> had experimented with other nylon footie combinations, but I was unable to 
> control the codling moth
> infestation until I tried the Kaolin treatment."
>
> (Note that Surround is Kaolin clay which is non toxic. Some people actually 
> eat Kaolin for
> digestive health...)
>
> Sounds like a little bit of messing around to soak and dry the footies with 
> Surround, but nothing
> compared to actually bagging the fruit...
>
> Dan
>
>
>
> On 2/25/2012 10:28 AM, Naomi Counides wrote:
> > I have tried the fruit footies. On apples in Idaho they are ineffective.
> > The codding moths get right through them.
> > Naomi
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org
> > [mailto:nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Dan Nave
> > Sent: Saturday, February 25, 2012 9:15 AM
> > To: North American Fruit Explorers
> > Subject: [nafex] Another "bag" for bagging fruit
> >
> > On another list a person mentioned another method for bagging fruit which
> > might interest some.
> > Apparently, some are using disposable nylon footies, or foot sox. I have
> > never used them but they seem like they might be cost effective and easy 
> > to
> > use. Looks like quantity of 144 sox for $5, which comes to about 3.5 cents
> > per sock.
> >
> > "I have been putting ziplock bags on my apples the last two years to
> > eliminate spraying the trees and the fruit. I recently found a better bag 
> > to
> > use to for covering the apples. Information on the method can be found at
> > this link: http://www.homeorchardsociety.org/fruitsoxs. I found a source
> > for the footies at this link:
> > https://www.storesupply.com/search.aspx?query=footies. "
> >
> > Dan
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