<< > Ants...you can paint tree trunks with Tanglefoot, and the ants can't
> cross
> that barrier easily...>>
You can use old-fashioned vaseline, too. Smear a circle of it
completely around the limb or trunk generously. Doesn't seem to "kill" anything.
Flora
Except the tree itself. IIRC I was told by an arborist this circle of
vaseline would kill a tree. I think Tree Tanglefoot folks tell you to
smear that product on a wrapper wrapped around a tree, not on the bark
itself. Margaret L
Soaks through and contaminates or kills a section of the cambium,
perhaps. I'll see if I can contact the person who told me this, to
verify. Margaret L
How would it be that a smeared circle of vaseline would kill the tree?
It's not that I don't think you recall correctly, but how would this
interfere with the tree's life-sustaining activities??
--Kathy K
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I don't know why it's so, but I've read the same thing. You should use a
band of duct tape around the trunk first and then smear the Tanglefoot or
Vaseline on that.
Lee Ann
How would it be that a smeared circle of vaseline would kill the tree?
It's not that I don't think you recall correctly, but how would this
interfere with the tree's life-sustaining activities??
--Kathy K
