Winesap apple loss
I have a mature, dwarf winesap apple that has produced a great deal of apples over the past 4 or so years. Every one of my apples were removed by animals (not sure if they were squirels or racoons, etc) last year. I decided to place bird netting around the maturing apples approximately 3 weeks ago, however the clever criters still got to all of the apples. There is not a single apple left and no remains of them are seen on the ground beneath the tree. Any suggestions/advice?
My advice is to put up a cone around the tree trunk to prevent something from climbing up the tree,although if any other trees are close to it,something may jump over to get into your apple tree.
Here is one link,although I think a squirrel could fit through the openings,but you could always make them closer together.
https://www.parsonshurdles.co.uk/treeguards.html
Here's another link,there are pictures on page 6 with some tree guards from squirrels.This could possibly protect the tree from a raccoon also.
https://wdfw.wa.gov/wlm/living/treesquirrels.pdf
Just figure out which one you like the best and go from there.Hope it helps.
Here is one link,although I think a squirrel could fit through the openings,but you could always make them closer together.
https://www.parsonshurdles.co.uk/treeguards.html
Here's another link,there are pictures on page 6 with some tree guards from squirrels.This could possibly protect the tree from a raccoon also.
https://wdfw.wa.gov/wlm/living/treesquirrels.pdf
Just figure out which one you like the best and go from there.Hope it helps.