[Apple-Crop] Surround and deer?

[David Kollas]

This week I tried some very light weight quarter-inch open mesh plastic net bags that Amazon.com calls “Yellow net bags”
or something like that.  They don’t catch wind, and might be useful if they could be bought in larger size that could be
pulled down over the whole tree.  Mine are about 10 x 20 inches when flat.  On single one-year-old branches that are making
lateral shoots, they crowd  the leaves over each other, limiting photosynthesis and bending shoot growth.  I’ve not found a source 
of large bags.

David Kollas
Kollas Orchard
Tolland, CT

On Jun 16, 2016, at 2:37 PM, Jon Clements <jon.clements at umass.edu> wrote:

> Anyone ever tried or have any idea if Surround (kaolin clay) repels deer or makes little apple trees less desirable to feed upon?
> 
> Jon
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