Defenders Fruit Tree Grease Band – 1.7 m, Poison-Free Insect Protection, Suitable for Organic Gardening

Works great, I've two fruit trees and there was enough tape and string to do probably atleast 5 trees (maybe more) The string is actually reinforced with a thin metal wire making it very easy to twist tight around the trunk and form a tight seal. Very easy to put on and the stickiness really lasts as I've even accidentally splashed them when watering the garden and grease is still doing its job. Would definitely buy again but this one pack might last a few years with only the two trees.

With the range of views being expressed in reviews I was a little hesitant tk buy this product, but very glad I did. I thought it would be valuable to others to address a few of the recurring themes in other reviews. Stickiness and ease of application: This product is extraordinarily sticky and this will get all over your hands during application. Gloves are absolutely essential and a second pair of (gloves) hands is extremely helpful. We found one person unfolding the band and wrapping around the tree, with another person cutting to length and securing to be the best process. Included twine The included twine might be usable on large trees, but on my small saplings it was absolutely useless. Chuck it before you start and grab a roll of decent electrical tape. This also helps with knobbly trunks as you can bend the band over the bump and secure it top and bottom. This has closed up all of the little gaps allowing ants under the band. Ants crossing the grease: Yes the ants can still cross the grease, it slows them down a fair bit but they make it across. Regardless of this fact the number of ants above the band has reduced from several dozen per day, to a singular ant in the week since. It is definitely discouraging them from crossing, so serves its purpose quite well. I'd be happy to recommend this product to others with ant problems in fruit trees to be used in conjuction with other pest control measures such as water jetting and manual removal of ants (the sticky gloves after applying are brilliant for picking ants off of the leaves)

Brilliant. No sticky mess on hands Easy to put on tree. Even has string to help secure to tree.

We have a lot of black ant nests under the patio and they keep coming back to farm aphids on my potted fruit trees. Neem oil didn’t do much and as many nymphs as I’d wipe off the leaves were quickly replaced by the relentless ants, so I got these to stop the ants coming back. They were fiddly and sticky to tie on (Lakeland sticky stuff remover to the rescue) and I needed more than one barrier per trunk, but I liked that the ants stopped climbing. Unfortunately the relief was fairly short lived. They lasted only one week and I noticed more bumblebees feeding which meant the aphids (and ants!) were back - the grease had dried out in the sun. I’ve put more on but the grease isn’t very evenly distributed so I may need to keep a close eye on it.

Great for keeping them creepy crawlies getting up the tree trunk and eating the fruit have used these for years.

Ok I prefer to biy actual grease next time

Exactly as described. Easy to use and comes with instructions.

Simple to follow instructions but make sure you wear rubber protective gloves to avoid coming into contact with the sticky surface

Buon prodotto, effettivamente le formiche sono diminuite. Ho messo prima un giro di vasellina attorno all'albero e poi la striscia in modo che le formiche non trovino spazi aperti al di sotto dell'oggetto.

Once installed my plum trees completely turned around. The ants that were farming aphids could no longer access the tree. It took 5 minutes to install.

Hasta que pusimos esta cinta mi cerezo era una autopista de hormigas hacia los pulgones que eran multiud. Nada mas ponerla las hormigas dejaron de intentar pasar, yo creo que hasta les repelia el aroma que pudiera emitir, eso si en la parte superior de la cinta pusimos un cordon de silicona para evitar que pudieran pasar por debajo de la cinta por cualquier milimetrico agujerito. Un acierto total, lo recomiendo.

Good product!

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