NYLON MAGGOT BARRIERS
Product Description:
Maggot Barriers are a proven alternative to pesticides, traps and paper bags, and will protect fruit from infestations of apple maggot flies and codling moths. Apply barrier when fruitlet is smaller than 1 inch in diameter and they will expand with the growth of the fruit, creating a physical barrier to insect infestations. Maggot Barriers are made from 100% nylon.
Heavy - Heavier weave is double the thickness for larger fruit, or for heavy infestations of codling moths.
Customer Reviews
If you get them on before the codling moths emerge in late May or early June, you’re good. Even then, having them on all my apples by the second week of June prevented the second emergence of moths in the mid-summer from laying eggs on the apples. You get into a rhythm of wrapping an apple and looping the rubber band around, and the time per apple is much less than the time taken later in the year to pare out the worm holes and frass. I’ve had more flawless apples this year than ever, and I’m going to re-deploy these earlier next year. My biggest gripe that out of seven bags, not one had 100 pieces. Some had 99, one had as few as 84, but none had 100 or more. In seven bags I had 677 total. After noting this in four bags, Territorial sent me a free bag and said they would look into it. I tried contacting the company, but their contact information on the bags didn’t work.
Apple maggots ruined all my apples until I discovered these barriers. They really work and are worth the time it takes to apply them.
Good quality product. The sock-like bag is easier to use than paper bag alternatives. Even so, there is some finesse required to secure the bag to the apple stem without inadvertently removing the apple from the tree. Haven't tested the product through the season, so can't speak yet to concerns other have expressed about being an effective barrier. Anticipating its effectiveness, I plan to order again.
I agree with Sandra regarding the Heavy weight material. I’ve been using such maggot barriers for years now. Originally I found only a very light weight nylon material that worked very well. It was easier to attach to fruitlets, stayed in place just fine and let in plenty of sun. The heavy weight material is harder to put on and secure to stem, is very thick and sometimes keeps apples from ripening as well and falls off more readily during growing season. I like to buy from Territorial but have had to order such barriers elsewhere for a few years now.