tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29834831.post59153618720861496..comments2024-03-27T18:07:43.918-07:00Comments on Daniel's Pacific NW Garden: Winter Project: Apple bags. 12.17.14Daniel Wachenheimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11009166706587141830noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29834831.post-72209532494011664992015-01-03T11:26:49.018-08:002015-01-03T11:26:49.018-08:00I suspect its possum that chew through my double n...I suspect its possum that chew through my double netting I was afraid that it would prevent the fruit from ripening. I netted the blackberry and they didn't ripe well. Having been a farmer there are worse thing that I can do to a racoon. I'm trapping them now, there are 2X as many coons as possums. I'll get one every other week and sometimes more often then that. Take time off from work and drive him to the nature reserves, just 15 min from my house not far enough because they keep breeding; its endless work. here is the last one http://i1288.photobucket.com/albums/b499/lancegreen1/DSCF1421_zps11b45751.jpg<br />here is where I let him go:http://i1288.photobucket.com/albums/b499/lancegreen1/DSCF1425_zps9a94c5c6.jpg lancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03657961543274999017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29834831.post-42440441807555616212014-12-30T19:13:46.492-08:002014-12-30T19:13:46.492-08:00I have heard of some people who trap racoons but t...I have heard of some people who trap racoons but the legality is an issue. The trapping of small children is also illegal - more so than trapping racoons, even if you release them somewhere else. That just moves the problem into someone else's yard.<br /><br />I wonder if you could apply tanglefoot to the branches. It works very well to keep ants out of figs and aphids out of cherries. I wrap with stretchy plastic and apply tanglefoot to the plastic. It might take too much to deter racoons.<br /><br />Daniel Wachenheimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11009166706587141830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29834831.post-75479983555507421962014-12-29T15:21:29.046-08:002014-12-29T15:21:29.046-08:00I think you'll be glad you bag your apples. I...I think you'll be glad you bag your apples. Its a labor intensive practice and pretty much a standard in Asia to bag Asian pears. In LA where I grew up nobody eats the loquats because its full of worms. There are no disease on loquats and apples here in CA but there are lots of apples missing at the moment of ripening. The entire apples was taken off the branches by racoons. At the community garden was much worse we have signs up telling the adults to mind their children but they still climb on the trees breaking branches, take a bite and throw away unripe apples and also didn't let anyone have a taste of any apples. One old lady quit the garden because she wants to eat an Orange-pippen and the brat took all the green apples. A guy was dieing to try his hand on making apples ciders but at last no apple to talk about.lancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03657961543274999017noreply@blogger.com