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RE: Gardening Community Forum 1 : Help! My Baby Cherry Trees Are Under Black Aphids' Attack What Should I Do?
@felixxx greasy cloth? but would it not cause mildew? do we have the same weather in Germany? always damp here - oiled? petroleum jelly?
I do pick them by hands - but the ants keep bringing me back I told them I didn't order any - hahah
but if i don't rip the leaves - they would just get back to it the next day but okay I'll try .Thank you!
Petroleum jelly, butter ... whatever you got at hand.
Fat doesn't dissolve in water - rain shouldn't be a problem.
Just a lttle wrap around the trunk - it won't harm the tree.
Only downside to this is, that it does not only keep the ants away but some helpful bugs as well.
They even sell this as a commercial product:
https://picclick.de/175m-Fett-Band-Baum-Insektenschutz-Up-Zeit-401221944862.html