Picked Today

Hi GB, long time no see your avatar I can see that GB, but they are still looks good to me. my father cover our mango with paper bag, so that it won't being attack by bugs. and the fruit still can breathing and he look inside time to time to see when its ripe. Looks funny our mango tree though.. happy posting to you too !!

Awww, so sorry the grandson's could not be there to help you pick apples, I know you said before that you and the boys have a good time doing that together. Sorry I can not be of any help with your apple eating critters.

Oh boy! I will be keeping my eyes on this thread! We had lots more good apples this year.. I threw around a lot more sevin dust around here than I usually did.. and another brown pebbly like bag of something I got from Wal-mart.. But, also there were a lot more apples on the tree, due to it being one of the years of more apples, plus lots of rain this spring.. So maybe that's why we had more good apples..

I don't know what kind of pests you have in your area but here in the UK one of the worst is the Codling Moth. These creatures seem to have funny habits. They will land at the base of the tree and walk up the trunk to where they are going to lay their eggs in the developing apples. Instead of spraying (which is effective, of course, but unorganic) fruit growers used to band the trees with a strip of greaseproof paper smeared with axle grease or syrup. This catches the little buggers (and the ants as well) before they get to the apples. You used to be able to buy the bands ready smeared in long rolls. You would cut off as much as you needed and tie it round the trunk about waist height with a couple of pieces of twine. This was a spring job, when the trees were in bud or even earlier.

When you come Sunday I hope you bring one or two apples for Tyler he was not to happy to miss out on apple picking time. May have to go to a orchard so he can pick his own one of these weekends.

We're having the same problem with the fruit here - apples, peaches, and pears all have a lot of worms and I know we're going to have to spray but I'm not sure what. I know diluted dish soap works on garden plants so am wondering if it would help the fruit trees.

Hi Grandpa B, [i] wow..15-20, gosh! what a lucky bugs! LoL! Anyway, I haven't tried planting apples and I have no idea really what to do about it![/i] http://www.articlesbase.com/gardening-articles/how-to-save-your-apple-tree-from-the-bugs-the-organic-way-393469.html [i]I am learning a little from this site and who knows I will have the chance to plant an apple next time..I hope you can save that Grandpa B, I hate to throw apples..LOL! ENjoy![/i]

You are doing much better than I am. My problems are squirrels and chipmucks. Plus the fact the apples are very small, hardly worth picking.. I hope someone has something for you, maybe something I can use too..