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At the end of my pole...Picking Lula Avocados in Late January.
Julie:
Your Lula avocadoes look amazing! Normally the Lula I've bought have a lot of avocado scab but yours look very clean.
johnb51:
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--- Quote from: johnb51 on January 25, 2023, 12:56:18 PM ---We need to cut the squirrel population in half around here. >:(
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The tree in the first photo in this thread looks like a good candidate for some kind of squirrel prevention on the trunk, since it's standing alone, away from other trees, so if you can stop the squirrels from getting up the trunk they have no other way to get into tree. Maybe paint it with that super sticky stuff the rodents won't walk over? Or wrap in sheet metal for a few feet so they can't get a handhold or jump past it?
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Thank you. I'm going to work on squirrel deterrence this year. Last year they got more than half the mangos on my neighbor's tree.
Plantinyum:
Those look amazing, thats a beautifful tree. Is the tree in someones yard or do you have problems when you pick fruit from random trees near peoples houses?
Thats a nice picking pole also!
johnb51:
--- Quote from: Plantinyum on February 04, 2023, 03:09:52 PM ---Those look amazing, thats a beautifful tree. Is the tree in someones yard or do you have problems when you pick fruit from random trees near peoples houses?
Thats a nice picking pole also!
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I live in a senior (55+) community so we only own the land up to 4 feet from our houses, and there are no fences. Everything else is community common property, and fruit trees are fair game. I picked at least a half-dozen buckets from that tree, and I never saw anyone else picking the fruit other than the squirrels. The pole came from Amazon.
Plantinyum:
--- Quote from: johnb51 on February 04, 2023, 04:51:07 PM ---
--- Quote from: Plantinyum on February 04, 2023, 03:09:52 PM ---Those look amazing, thats a beautifful tree. Is the tree in someones yard or do you have problems when you pick fruit from random trees near peoples houses?
Thats a nice picking pole also!
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I live in a senior (55+) community so we only own the land up to 4 feet from our houses, and there are no fences. Everything else is community common property, and fruit trees are fair game. I picked at least a half-dozen buckets from that tree, and I never saw anyone else picking the fruit other than the squirrels. The pole came from Amazon.
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wow nice, ive seen such big ones/avocado in the stores here and they are quite pricey. I would also totally harvest all of them ,given the circumstances.
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