On 2013-05-10 09:41:43 +0100, Martin said:

On Fri, 10 May 2013 08:53:25 +0100, Stephen Wolstenholme
wrote:

On Thu, 9 May 2013 21:30:29 +0100, (Larry Stoter) wrote:

We have a Concord (?) pear, which can produce very tasty, juicy fruit
and it is currently covered in blossom.

The last 3-4 years, as the fruit begins to ripen, wasps start eating the
fruit just at the base of the stem - fruit then rots and/or drops off.

Any suggestions for preventing the little black and yellow ^&%*£!! from
doing this.

Larry

Spraying the fruit with a very dilute carbolic soap mix keeps wasps
away.

Can you still buy carbolic soap? The soap that I bought thinking it
was carbolic wasn't. It used chemicals to give it the smell.

Swish a bit of Coal Tar soap around in a bucket?
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Sacha
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