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What time of year does the treatment need to be done and how high up the trunk would they be placed.
QuoteWhat time of year does the treatment need to be done and how high up the trunk would they be placed.The grease treatment time scale start in Autumn until late spring and you would put it 1-2 ft high on the trunk...or where ever you have clearing for the bands (below lowest branch) but don't forget any stakes/supports will need 'greasing' too or they will provide nice 'bridges' to the canopy if the trunks are not accessible.
"Note that sticky barriers give no protection against codling moth, the cause of maggoty apples. That pest has winged females that are active in midsummer. "
Anyway. When it came to the bit about when is best and when not to apply the grease bands, I clicked here: RHS) in an attempt to try to understand the Codling Moths' life-cycle.They say Quote"Note that sticky barriers give no protection against codling moth, the cause of maggoty apples. That pest has winged females that are active in midsummer. "I'm still going to put one on mine though for whatever it is ails mine, just as soon as.