On Sun, 19 Apr 2009 23:46:04 +0100, "Glenallan"
wrote:


"Bob Hobden" wrote in message
...

The mites are the larvae of a moth that can't fly and that climbs up the
trunk of the tree to lay it's eggs. So you need to put a grease band
around the tree to trap the females by this autumn to protect the buds for
next year, it's already too late for this years crop I'm afraid.
Also make sure you don't let infected apples lay on the ground around the
tree.

My research on toxic fumes from busy roads has shown that it is only a
problem quite close to a motorway and that it washes off.

--
Regards
Bob Hobden
just W. of London

Hi Bob,
Shifting infected apples I can cope with. How about the grease trap.
What kind of grease would you recommend.?? Maybe someone could
give me the detail on this. Thanks.

IMU it's usually done with a purpose-designed grease band :-
https://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profil...ease_bands.asp
so your local garden shop/B+Q/Homebase (or e.g Lows [?] as you seem to
be GMT -5) ought to have them but possibly not this soon before
autumn.

although this firm calls them "glue bands":
http://www.agralan.co.uk/insect.pest.html

and not to be confused with this lot who seem to be named after some
kind of device likely involved in practices currently being discussed
in another thread :-
http://www.angelfire.com/ga2/glennph...reaseband.html

My apples haven't actually burst forth yet. Isn't it possible that in
these Northern climes I can actually save them. ?

You have re-assured me about the 'toxic fumes,