Wash Panty Hose, Save Apples

Here’s an inexpensive way to recycle discarded hose and protect your fruit from apple maggots. This green tip was picked up today from the Seattle Tree Fruit Society booth at the Northwest Flower and Garden Show. After the unpollinated fruit drops in June, slip the panty hose over the remaining fruit. The apple maggot fly won’t lay eggs on the panty hose, saving your crop from maggot infestation. By reusing panty hose, you can quit using pesticides on your apples. You can’t get any greener than that!

If you don’t wear panty hose, visit your favorite shoe store and ask for their stocking discards they give customers to slip over bare feet when trying on shoes. Or you can order 300 Maggot Barriers for $20.00 plus shipping by e-mailing the Seattle Tree Fruit Society.

Comments

[Flora]

Thanks for this informative post. What a great idea! ~Flora

[JeanneK]

These do look easier to put on than paper bags. Of course, I groaned at putting them on all the apples in my full size apple trees. But I WAS reminded that I don't have to put them on every apple. So very true!

I think I need that orchard ladder after all.

[DebbieTT]

Right, you only need to cover however many apples you want to consume or give away.