Protecting Peaches from Insects with Nylon Pantyhose? Crazy Idea?

[@michelepaccione8806]

Great idea. I use drawstring organza bags. I move them from plant to plant as different fruits develop, then toss them in the wash at the end of the season to reuse.

[@suburbanhomestead]

do they work well for you?

[@michelepaccione8806]

@@suburbanhomestead Yes, pretty well, although the chipmunks figured it out eventually. Still, I manage to get fruit instead if them getting all of it.

[@lorindachristine3291]

Oooh, a teaser! My peach tree is in full blossom at the moment. Going to play Mother Nature today and use a brush to help pollinate. I find that's the biggest issue with mine. We also got 40 mason bees which will hopefully do their part too!

[@suburbanhomestead]

Good luck with the peaches

[@melodyscamman244]

I'm always sad when I have to thin the peach fruit, but I don't have the energy to prop up the limbs. (All but one of my peach trees I started from seed years ago). Check for tiny holes in the trunk at ground level...if any found, poke a wire in (pipe cleaner works), to kill the worm inside.. Seed grown fruit much sweeter 😋😋👍

[@noneofyours16]

I agree with you about the blossoms. I look forward to the peach blossoms every year

[@suburbanhomestead]

They are nice.

[@dragonflybonsaigardens]

Look up MI gardener he taught me how to properly trim the fruit trees for success

[@ShanniM]

You can go online and buy little mesh bags. I live around a lot of asian neighbors with fruit trees and they use brown paper bags or the mesh bags for their mangoes

[@suburbanhomestead]

Thanks for the tip. Maybe I can try paper bags.

[@anapaulacrawford5837]

Yup, you RIGT. I have them and my peachs last year were okay But this I can see the problem. Thank you for the great info!

[@b.rileyjowett6925]

You’re video from a long time ago about seedling fruit trees gave me a somewhat crazy idea and now I have 258 seedling apple trees from apples of every variety I could find from 150 year old orchards in the forest to decorative crabapples the only problem is where I’m going to put 258 apple trees until my family moves.

[@suburbanhomestead]

Wow, you would need a farm to plant them all, or maybe you could graft them several into a tree and see what happens. It is an interesting experiment, but the odds may be against you. I applaud the tenacity though.

[@victorybeginsinthegarden]

I have seen it in videos that in Japan the wrap fruit in parchment paper but that may be expensive

[@suburbanhomestead]

I'll have to see

[@aliceserna614]

@@suburbanhomestead Noal farms in Japan does selective growing of fruits and uses protective covers like net, but does that really work guard against smaller insects? I think pantyhose would work better.

[@aliciav4352]

Blossoms are so beautiful and smell amazing 🌸💮🌸💮

[@v3nnicat]

What an interesting method! I think it would also be viable (and a little easier) if you covered the tree with a large mosquito net (like the ones that hang around beds). I've done it with some fruit trees when I was growing fruit in India. But I'm curious as to how this method works as well. :)

[@suburbanhomestead]

That could be complicated to do in a larger tree.

[@isaaperitief9449]

We have a plum, for quite some years now. In the uneven years it does way better than in even years. Depending in the weather we sometimes have many wasps eating the plums

[@debralpateart8862]

I trained some unidentified vines up cord tied to a tree branch, that turned out to be pumpkins! I used pantyhose to support the weight and it worked very well.

[@suburbanhomestead]

That works well

[@valchris11]

I purchased my garbanza bags on Amazon, which I used to cover my Peaches today. I have never grown Peaches before...Novice here. Good Luck with your Peaches.

[@whiplash6992]

Brilliant I will follow suit Any advice on how to protect strawberries This season was a bust on the account of bugs and birds tips on how to encourage runners on Strawberry’s

[@ShanniM]

Use row covers, lightweight fabric over hoops

[@suburbanhomestead]

Row covers should be good. I have not grow many strawberries yet, only the wild alpine type that I never noticed animals attacking.

[@whiplash6992]

thanks appreciate it You are helping a lot of people Doing gods work 🙏

[@myckee]

Hey Siloe, so I was trying to germinate some passion flower seeds using your plate method, but for some reason was not successful. Any tips?? Great video by the way.

[@suburbanhomestead]

Passion flower seeds can take up to 12 months to germinate if they are older. Use fresh seed if possible. Also the optimum temperature is around 70F with a daytime peak in the mid 80s. I put mine on top of an air vent that is warm. You can also lightly sand the hard seed coat to help moisture get into the seeds

[@myckee]

@@suburbanhomestead Ok, thank you I will give that a try. I had mine on a plate in the window for about a month. It got moldy. Fresh new seeds, just bought them.

[@katherine9492]

Is this video from last year? I have a peach tree hoping this year itll produce. Flowers have form but no no new fruit yet unlike yours. I live near DC

[@suburbanhomestead]

Yes the videos are recorded at least a year ago. fruits for in april-may

[@user-rw9tf4xx5z]

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[@jessiehamilton4246]

Did never tried star fruit

[@suburbanhomestead]

I love star fruit. My grandma had a tree. They only grow in tropical places though

[@jessiehamilton4246]

@@suburbanhomestead did you planted passion fruit before on the videos

[@jessiehamilton4246]

@@suburbanhomestead also it has a taste of vere sweet fver

[@jessiehamilton4246]

In Joy

[@thegardenmuse2398]

I think peaches like to be stars of the show. Maybe if you find a more open place in the yard and plant some new ones? If they aren't planted close to other trees, it might make it harder for insects to eat on it? just an idea though.

[@10xfarmstead85]

I just cut the bugs spots off and eat the peaches. We have ear wigs that eat ours. I don’t think we have a fungal problem though here. We are pretty dry here.

[@jessiehamilton4246]

Ideas way stopped it spreads

[@bearfruitgardening6908]

Nope not crazy at all. I do this with my tomatoes.

[@jessiehamilton4246]

Just asking

[@Shredderofdoom]

Tights pantyhose or stockings have been round for hundreds of years

[@suburbanhomestead]

Not nylon ones. They were made of other natural materials

[@Shredderofdoom]

@@suburbanhomestead aye but so have gardeners brilliant idea I don't think my dad has much the same problem but my mum has a problem with the glut of peaches

[@MotherofBokchoy]

Somehow I feel you will figure it out :) You seem to always do per your videos.

[@suburbanhomestead]

I hope so!

[@jessiehamilton4246]

Thank you for my idea

[@clint4004]

That's just hornets stinging the peaches. We never used to worry about it..we typically peel em anyways for jam..and eat the good looking ones..

[@myckee]

Usually with peach trees, they have to be sprayed when they are blooming.

[@liliaduran359]

sitting at your desk you look like Frederic Basille circa 1800's, I'd like to see more of your recipies

[@suburbanhomestead]

That is awesome! There will be a few more recipes in upcoming videos.

[@nataliakeane7847]

Yeah, I bet you have bumblebees! You should charge them rent! :P

[@suburbanhomestead]

I should be paying them to be around.

[@brucewayne-cn4vd]

Should rename yourself to the Victorian Gardener

[@suburbanhomestead]

A little too late for that now :-)

[@jessiehamilton4246]

Don't planted near trees

[@meganm4877]

That's quite the video thumbnail, very dramatic

[@Celestes_Nest]

🍑🍑🍑

[@suburbanhomestead]

:-)