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wots eating me apples

Started by GRACELAND, September 06, 2016, 15:17:50

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GRACELAND

ok   experts   i have some cordon apple trees the grow on a fence type ,  some thing is eatting the skins off the apples any idea  picture on way
i don't belive death is the end

GRACELAND

i don't belive death is the end

GRACELAND

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i don't belive death is the end

johhnyco15

slugs and snails i would say :sunny: :sunny: :sunny: :sunny: :sunny:
johhnyc015  may the plot be with you

Palustris

Lots of choices, Blackbirds, molluscs, wasps, all will chew them.
Gardening is the great leveller.

johhnyco15

Quote from: Palustris on September 06, 2016, 16:11:53
Lots of choices, Blackbirds, molluscs, wasps, all will chew them.
not sure about the blackbirds they tend to stab the fruit however it could be wasps but my money is still on the molluscs
johhnyc015  may the plot be with you

ancellsfarmer

 Any evidence of silvery trails?, mouse droppings? Are these being damaged on the cordon or on the ground? Might it be woodlice or earwigs?
Freelance cultivator qualified within the University of Life.

saddad

Rodents, mice, rats or possibly squirrels. Looking at the grooves.

Digeroo

I would also go for the molluscs.  We have rodents and squirrels here but they do not seem to go for the apples.


gazza1960

cant offer an opinion on the culprits ...but can I order a dozen once they have skinned them as me poor ol mum don't do skin
with her dentures but can gum a skinned and cored apple fast as lighting........ :tongue3:

Gazza

strawberry1

I found a few like that, double tracks and big apples on the ground. I didn`t rescue them to eat as I think they were eaten by rats, the two lines of teeth. I soon picked the apples off that tree, before they fell off

squeezyjohn

If you can see double grooves in the flesh of the apple it's some sort of rodent - probably mice or rats - the grooves are from their rodent incisors scraping at the flesh.  If there are no obvious toothmarks (I can't see any on your pics) then it's probably slugs and snails - although woodlice are often quick on the act with apples too - but they tend to dig deep narrow holes in the fruit.

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