Tanglefoot Tangle-Guard Tree Wrap, 3" x 50'

IGNORE the manufactures instructions completely. The proper way to wrap the tree or the smaller upper branches is like this. You need two people. You wrap the paper snugly around the trunk or the upper branches. The 2nd person uses plastic zip ties to secure the wrap. Make sure you wrap the paper in a very wide pattern so that the wrap on the tree is 5 or six inches wide. Not the measly single width they show you. It should be two to three times the width of the paper.Plastic Zip ties may have to be two or three length long to go around the limbs. I had to put two together to go around my trees limbs. You need to secure the wrap near both edges as well as in the middle. They WILL NOT COME OFF. Now--- you are ready to apply the sticky stuff. See my other review. Use latex gloves--- not that stupid metal tool.

I used these wraps along with the Tanglefoot sticky gel to stop the ants in the summertime from going up my umbrella tree. The only advise I would give is to be sure to have the paper wraps secured well before adding the Tanglefoot gel otherwise they will not stay on.

Use this product with Tanglefoot to protect your tree's bark. It's strong and springy. Push hay or straw into the crevices in the bark as you wrap, so that the bugs don't crawl under the tape. It's easier than you might think. As you wrap, be sure to pull it taut and secure it every foot or two with tacks. Wrap it around the tree trunk for two full turns and tape together the wrappings with 1.88" wide tape. (I've always used masking tape, but duck tape might hold better. You'll be applying the Tanglefoot to it, so I would use a matte-finish tape.) It you do these things, it will not sag later. Measure the trunk's circumference first, so you know how much to buy. I only leave it on during winter moth mating season. It may not stay up a whole year.

Wrap this corrugated paper around your tree trunk before applying Tanglefoot and you the let the tree 'breathe' and can remove the GOO at the end of the season easier, I ran short of words so I added the Tanglefoot description to this,you gotta have the GOO to use with the paper anyway.This is some nasty,gooey,sticky,messy stuff ...Squirrels won't be stuck in it in the morning,but they really avoid it after getting it on them on a trip up your fruit tree...or bird feeder. It is NOT POISON or dangerous to pets...but it is squirrel KRYPTONITE and they learn to hate it. No more stolen,nibbled and dropped fruit...wonderful stuff. A bit like handling TAR, I put it on the trunk and lowest limbs(they can jump pretty high) and enjoy the antics as the TREE RATS try to out-wit me. I get fruit and entertainment,what a deal.

Buy some cheap duct tape, wrap it around the tree and use whatever product you like on top of it. this stuff breaks down with rain/water quickly.Ordered this product along with the tanglefoot Insect Barrier to protect some of our mature Oak trees from the Gypsy moth caterpillars that are abundant yet again this year. the essentially cardboard tape isnt inexpensive, and certainly meant for outdoor use by description. after taking a few hours to put the tape up, try to get some cotton/pillow fill behind it in some spots that had heavy crevice/textured bark it looked great and and we expected it to serve it's purpose. It is spring in Western NY, and it happens to rain every once in a while. that was the demise of the wrapping and all the cost and effort of the products. cardboard, when it gets wet, well we all know that it doesn't fair well. thought this had some type of impervious or water repellent or would hold up. see the pictures, it did not. one picture shows the cheapest duct tape i could find wrapped sticky side out, then spread the insect barrier on it...it's still up and seems to be at least working as expected. do not purchase if you expect any rain, it will waste your time, effort and any product that you used alongside (tanglefoot insect barrier, pillow filling, etc. and make a mess of your trees when it fails. heading out to to spend more time picking up the mess, and the trees are no longer protected during an important time period for these rotten little caterpillars.not sure how the company can sell this for this specific purpose, very strange. the barrier sticky stuff seems to be a good product, just do not use the wrap.

I use this for oak trees. does not work with deep furrowed Trees. Also it falls down in the rain. It is best to staple on tree.. My trees are not ornamental and the staples do not hurt the tree.

Before I got this Tanglefoot wrap and the Tanglefoot sticky goo to put on it, the darn squirrels would eat every nut on my large walnut tree. I've been using this for about 6 years now and it really works great! I staple the wrap on my tree trunk after wrapping around it a couple times to hold it on good. Then use a piece of cardboard to smear on the goo. It lasts for 2 years before I need to redo it.

This is a bit of a luxury item if you think about it. The Tanglefoot goop stuff works pretty good at sticking insects, but if you really don't want to just put it directly on your trees you could easily use pieces of paper bag or whatever to do the same job this does. I mean it does what it does just fine and makes clean up easy, but I probably should have save myself the few bucks and just cut up strips of newspaper or paper bag.