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Squirrels stealing apples Stubby 07-19-2008
Posted by Red on July 20, 2008, 9:02 pm
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> wrote:
>
> >wrote:
> >> The apples (Malus P. Mill.) look =A0very good but squirrels
> >> are climbing up the trees to get them. =A0 Any ideas on preventing thi=
s? =A0How
> >> do the large orchards cope with this problem?
>
> >Large orchards =3D more apples (Malus P. Mill.) than squirrels. One always needs to plant
> >more than the local wildlife can eat. Ever see a crow looking at your
> >garden and going "Caw, caw"? =A0Caw is crow talk for "Half, half!!"
>
> >Red
>
> LOL!
>
> I've got pears, and no squirrels, but the pears (Pyrus L.) (Pyrus L.) taste bad. I enjoy the
> flower blossoms.

I've got 2 pear (Pyrus L.) (Pyrus L.) trees that are loaded with pears (Pyrus L.) (Pyrus L.) I'm also surrounded
by squirrels. They get a lot of what I plant, but won't touch the
pears.

Red

Posted by Oren on July 20, 2008, 3:54 pm
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 On Sat, 19 Jul 2008 15:58:28 -0400, "Stubby"

>I have some small fruit trees. The apples look very good but squirrels
>are climbing up the trees to get them. Any ideas on preventing this? How
>do the large orchards cope with this problem?
>

Nothing but a guess here, but metal flashing around the trunk (old
stove pipe, aluminum foil, grease the trunks :)).

What will you do about the birds? They take a bite and move to the
next fruit...



Posted by z on July 21, 2008, 1:29 pm
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> On Sat, 19 Jul 2008 15:58:28 -0400, "Stubby"
>
> >I have some small fruit trees. =A0 The apples look =A0very good but squi=
rrels
> >are climbing up the trees to get them. =A0 Any ideas on preventing this?=
=A0How
> >do the large orchards cope with this problem?
>
> Nothing but a =A0guess here, but metal flashing around the trunk (old
> stove pipe, aluminum foil, grease the trunks :)).

they can jump 8-10 feet up. i've had a bird feeder hanging from a
metal clotheline pole, high enough that i can't reach it without a
boathook kind of thing to get it down from the hanger for refill. it's
been squirrelproof for a few years, but this summer for the first time
some squirrel got to it, somehow, and now it's a daily raid.

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