Add a slug of drywall mud to the mixture and you'll have borers covered too! This is John Bunker's recipe at Fedco Trees in Maine and was effective last year in reducing borer damage here.
Kevn Hauser Kuffel Creek Apple Nursery Riverside, California On Tue, 6 Mar 2012 03:48:36 -0600, Nick Lucking <[email protected]> wrote: > Randy, > > I've noticed on mature trees where I had yellow belly sapsucker > (woodpecker) damage and I've painted them, the birds do not return to > peck. I had quite a bit of vole damage last year where I had painted > trunks but no guards. I have started to add hot pepper sauce to the > latex paint should the critters make it though the guard. > > Nick Lucking > Cannon Valley Orchard > > _______________________________________________ > apple-crop mailing list > [email protected] > http://virtualorchard.net/mailman/listinfo/apple-crop _______________________________________________ apple-crop mailing list [email protected] http://virtualorchard.net/mailman/listinfo/apple-crop
