Today I was dealt a crushing blow to my apple harvest. I had noticed that squirrels were slowly stripping my puny dwarf apple trees of apples, but today they totally cleaned one tree off. What’s so maddening is that they pick the fruit, take a few bites, and then leave it on the ground ruined. I feel like they are flipping their little furry finger at me when they do this.
I was able to find 2 apples that didn’t have rodent teeth marks in them. Hopefully they are ripe enough that I can taste them. I don’t know what to put around my second tree to prevent this from happening. Thoughts?
Came across your post while searching for solutions to this same problem! I had over 200 apple buds, and ended up with a mere 3 dozen untouched apples. I’ve read that covering the tree in white netting can work, but I can’t find where to buy white fruit tree netting! If I find a solution next year, I will find your post again and let you know. 🙂