As apples become rotten as the weather turns, UK households with apple trees risk the threat of RATS.
UK households with apple trees in garden could attract ‘epidemic’ sweeping England
UK households with apple trees in their garden have been warned they could attract an “epidemic” to their gardens this winter. As apples become rotten as the weather turns, UK households with apple trees risk the threat of RATS.
Expert gardener James Lewis from MyBuilder.com said it’s essential to collect and remove fallen fruit as swiftly as possible.
He said: “Gardens can be a lot of work in summer when plants and lawns are growing fast and you’re watering often. So it’s understandable that people may neglect to collect fallen fruit when it seems like an unnecessary job.”
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“However, it’s actually vital to remove rotting fruits. They can attract not only wasps and hornets, but also rats. This could lead to having pest control in – not a cheap job.
“It can also lead to plants self-seeding, and saplings can spring up all over your lawn.” James added: “So don’t neglect this job – pick up daily if you can and dispose of your fruit if you can’t make use of it.”
Kieran Sampler, founder of Yorkshire Rat Pack, said that his team was catching huge rats, adding that the problem had been “getting worse” over the years.
He said his group of pest controllers were catching 19 to 20 inch rodents every day.
“It is going to be a bad winter for rats, and people don’t realise – it is going to be horrendous,” he told The Telegraph.
“There is always going to be a bad winter after a good summer.”
Sampler explained that there is a “lot more waste now than 20 years ago’, with a higher quantity of takeaways, and discarded food”.
“It’s getting beyond a joke,” he said. One resident of Crystal Courts flats filmed over a dozen rats in the bin store, while others describe being kept awake at night by the sound of scratching walls, according to the BBC
“I saw 10 to 15 rats scurrying up the walls, running into a hole in the bin store ceiling,” a resident named Marlon told the BBC.
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