2006-09-02 16:34:49 · 9 answers · asked by R K 7 in Home & Garden ➔ Garden & Landscape
There is a concoction in them to kill insects :)
2006-09-02 16:46:44 · answer #1 · answered by Serious Mandy 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
the bottles are filled with sweet mixture to attract the flies that lay the eggs that put the worms in the fruit. the fly dies in the bottle and can't infect the fruit.
2006-09-02 16:39:30 · answer #2 · answered by freedd 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It fools the tree into thinking there are apples growing on those branches, and allows more sprouts to start in areas that the sun would not get at.
2006-09-02 16:39:33 · answer #3 · answered by Bear 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are also hung in trees to scare off birds that would otherwise peck on the fruit.
2006-09-02 23:56:29 · answer #4 · answered by couchP56 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it is to scare off the birds so they do not eat the fruit on trees
2006-09-04 15:40:56 · answer #5 · answered by djp28215 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
THE BOTTLES ARE USUALLY CUT OUT TO MAKE IT INTO BIRD FEEDER IN SOME TREES .....BUT IN FRUIT TREES ITS PROBABLY A BEETLE TRAP WITH A MIXTURE INSIDE THAT TRAPS THEM.
2006-09-02 16:42:02 · answer #6 · answered by flowerspirit2000 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
people also create their own bird feeders from old plastic bottles and/or cardboard rolls with peanut butter and bird seeds on them. some people are very creative but i'm not one of those people.
2006-09-02 16:40:22 · answer #7 · answered by wilderone74 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a hybrid variety developed by Rutgers university in New Jersey....well, not really. It's the fly thing.
2006-09-02 16:46:36 · answer #8 · answered by straightandstalwart141 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They fill them with a sweet mixture that attract wasp and hornets. these insects are not good for fruit trees.thats what they are for.
2006-09-02 18:08:04 · answer #9 · answered by cin_ann_43 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋