Greaseband

In the case of young trees with a stake, the support should have its greaseband as well as the stem of the tree.

Tying a greaseband around tree trunks in autumn will trap many wingless moths as they crawl up to lay their eggs.

Her head on one side to catch the best view of it, her palms all sticky, she managed to get the greaseband round the trunk.

Where we have numbers of these insects is it worth while to greaseband ?

“He” was a golden pippin, bearing bushels of fruit sweet and luscious, though rather small; if anybody could have had the heart to scrape the picturesque covering of moss and lichen off the hoary boughs, then whitewash and greaseband the trunk, the apples would have been bigger, though never sweeter.

Greaseband apple and cherry trees on which spraying is not feasible.