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mullers3acers

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We have a small orchard and we have problems with bugs getting in our apples. Can anyone suggest an organic way to get rid of them?
 

Rosalind

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Red ball traps are good. I've also heard that you can spray apples with a clay slurry so that they are less bright red, therefore less attractive to bugs. The link also talks about putting plastic baggies on the apples, but I would think paper would be better--lets the fruit breathe more, the ethylene can escape and the apple can get bigger.
 
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