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Posted by PeterS1938 uk (My Page) on

Thu, Jul 31, 14 at 16:40

Hi
I have a six year old peach tree which I have nursed along for the last four years battling leaf curl all the way.This year I cracked it with a tiny bit of curl which I could contain,and the tree was full of fruit.You can understand my absolute horror to find that on maturity three quarters of them contained EARWIGS.
Can somebody please advise me how I can stop this for future harvests so that for the first time we can enjoy the fruits that we have waited so long for(I have applied a sticky band on the trunk)
Peter..

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Posted by Bradybb wa8 (My Page) on
Fri, Aug 1, 14 at 10:52

Was the band(Tanglefoot?)put on before the earwigs?That should stop them.
Make sure there are no branches touching the ground or other plants,bridges that they can cross over. Brady

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Posted by PeterS1938 (My Page) on
Sun, Aug 3, 14 at 5:03

Thanks Brady,
I now realize that some branches did actually touch the fence at a later stage.
Regards Peter

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Posted by scottfsmith 6B-7A-MD (My Page) on
Sun, Aug 3, 14 at 12:20

I once had an army of ants coming over to my cherry via an apple next-door that had one small limb barely touching the cherry.

Scott

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