Vitax Fruit Tree Grease, Easy To Use, Effective Monitoring Trap, Stops Winter Moths Climbing The Trunk - 200G

The media could not be loaded. My poor apple tree suffered last year as ants moved in; they loved it so much, they’ve come back with a vengeance! After researching different things I could try, I settled on this. I read reviews before I purchased so knew what I was getting. Yes the pot is small and seems only half full when you first open it, but I only have one affected tree so it didn’t matter to me. I applied liberally with an old spoon around the whole trunk and have enough left over to keep topping up if needed or to re-do next year. The grease is thick, sticky and went on easy enough. The hardest part of applying was trying to get all the ants out of the way! If you’re using to deter ants and they’re absolutely relentless as in my case and you care about nature as I do, I’d recommend applying at dawn or after dusk when ants are least active. The product was effective immediately, the ants crawling up the trunk were confused and couldn’t go past the grease. It’s been 3 days and there’s just the odd hopeful ant visiting, they realise there’s no way up and they’re gradually moving out. The grease even withstood a whole day of heavy rain yesterday and is still doing its job. Overall I’m really happy and there’s hope for this years apple harvest!

Arrived late but we'll packed. Bigger than expected and plenty in pot for 3 trees and their stakes very sticky easy to use

Great stuff. Spread on my apple tree with some gloves. Hopefully it stays sticky enough to stop the Ants.

Very good. Very sticky. Excellent value. I applied with a stiff sink brush. Works well.

disappointed to find pot was barely half full, makes it very expensive. hopefully it will do the job. rating due to quantity not quality

Used in the past. Easier to apply than grease bands!

Last year we began yo have problems with aphids and fluffy white substance on our apple tree... so I gave this a go.Thick grease easily spread but wear gloves as impossible to wash off!!! Has definitely helped the problem... also jetlagged areas with problems regularly and now almost non existent. So helps stops bugs crawling up for sure... just requires a bit of care also with the tree as wouldn't work alone i don't think given we have other trees near, and bugs will crawl up this yo nest on the apple tree! Good price. Also only used half a tub so plenty left for winter season !

I have cherry blossom tress that were getting destroyed by black aphids causing most of the leaves on the whole tree to curl and die. The ants accelerated the problem by farming the aphids and moving them around the tree. I tried many different ways to stop this including neem oil and other sprays but these alone are pointless.I placed 2 tree bands to have a double defence and then coated the bands in this tree grease. this stopped anything going up and down the truck of the tree. the i periodically used sprays and after 2 weeks i was aphid free (use sprays as sun goes down and the hot sun sill cook the leaves and kill them too).