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Apples
The Invalid wrote: Picked some apples from our tree yesterday and most of them had maggots in. All seemed to have got in from the base of the apple in the middle. Will I need to put a tar band round the tree or are the eggs injected in by flying bugs ? I'm going to get rid of my apple tree this winter - I'll try to transplant it to the lotty but I fear it might be too big even to do this. I've battled with moths for 6 years now. I've ringed it every year and used a trap with pheromones to attract the males moths - lots were in there but still got very few apples even though we had a spectacular show of flowers each spring. I have however discovered that hawthorns are bad in the vacinity of apple trees. I have two hawthorns within 5 metres of the tree! So it's goodbye to my apple tree ( |
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