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WHY IS FREIGHT SO EXPENSIVE?

Fuel is taxed to the limit by this Labour-Greens government - over 1/2 of the cost is TAX so that they can employ more back-office bureaucrats for more waste, waffle, wokeness and whatever - like giving $2.75m to the mongrel mob instead of Womens Refuge! With the Greens running the place they'll drive you off the road and onto a bicycle with $10 per litre of fuel to save the planet - which really means more pine trees and bureaucrats in safe cushy Wellington jobs making sure we all use the corre...

What is the best deer repellent to protect trees?

Our FATBANG or GREASEBANG are the most effective repellents on the market...nothing compares! The smell, texture and appearance of the FAT will repulse pests and save your trees. GREASEBANG is mostly animal fat formulated into a grease. FATBANG is emulsified sprayable fat. BOTH are effective repellents. Sure, GREASEBANG needs a bit of work, you need to don an old glove or plastic bag, scoop out a bit of grease and wipe it onto each plant, especially the growth points. For ringbarking protec...

What is the best rabbit repellent?

Rabbit or hare damage can be devastating to the tree seedling. The plant is very vulnerable in its juvenile stage because a chomping pest can usually reach both the growth side tips and the growth point at the top of the plant. One bite and it will distort growth, plus set the plant back a season or two until it can recover. Either that or the tree will die. FAT-BASEDFor a 4-6 month protection shield then our fat-based repellents are ideal. However it depends on whether you have the time an...

GREASEBANG Animal Repellent

GREASEBANG is animal fat formulated into a grease-like consistency for easy application onto trees and seedlings that need protection from herbivore browsing pests.GREASEBANG is supplied in a 1, 2 or 4 litre container and is ready to use with no mixing required. It should be in a soft grease-like state when used to make it easier to spread. Depending on ambient temperature the viscosity of the grease will vary. Coverage rates depend on seedling size - for a 300ml average seedling use about 10 ml...

Do I apply repellent before or after planting trees?

Ok we have had a few angry customers! But it's all to do with possums, deer or hares/rabbits dining out on their nice newly planted seedlings without any form of repellent or fencing or prowling dogs on the job.The solution is to apply protection BEFORE you plant your trees and walk away hoping that a pest will not pay a visit. Don't trust the buggers that they will leave your trees alone. A newly planted row of seedlings is like a beacon, an invitation to have a munch at your expense. Sadly the...

Is the damage from a rabbit, hare or possum?

Where one or more pest species are present, a concerted control programme is recommended immediately prior to planting. Regular follow-up control efforts may be necessary until seedlings exceed one metre in height.  Monitor the planting site regularly for pest damage and be prepared to enact control quickly if new damage is detected. The presence of rabbits, hares or possums can usually be differentiated by the damage they cause. Rabbits generally leave tell tale diggings; hares typically s...

What is the Best Animal Repellent To Protect Trees?

Our animal repellents - FATBANG, GREASEBANG and BANGBANG - are topically applied fear-inducing repellents that are designed to repel the pest before they chew or attack the plant.Repellents generally rely on fear, conditioned avoidance, pain, or taste...or a combination of several.Fear-inducing repellents contain compounds that emit sulfureous odours such as predator urine or faeces, animal proteins, or garlic. The avoidance of these odours can be considered a fear response, suggesting...

How long are these repellents effective?

Animal-protein based repellents like BANGBANG work by slowly oxidising and releasing a sulphurous odour that repels through smell as it decays. They do work, but over time will breakdown in air and sunlight which limits their effectiveness. This applies for any animal protein based repellent. That's just the way nature works...protein will naturally decay and rot away. So a 4-6 week effective protection period is about the most you should expect and it will need to be reapplied, especially ...

FATBANG Deer and Rabbit Repellent

INSTRUCTIONS FOR USEDue to its viscosity FATBANG should be ideally applied via a backpack/knapsack sprayer. A hand-held sprayer would not have the power to propel the fluid.Viscosity can vary slightly due to temperature and storage. If the fluid seems a bit thick through the spray nozzle then add up to 50 mls water per litre of FATBANG then shake well to mix. It should have a nice light creamy consistency.SPRAY A LIGHT COAT ONLY onto the plant at high pressure BEFORE the point of run-off. There ...

BANGBANG Deer and Rabbit Repellent

BANGBANG is a 1:9 part concentrate, so for the 1 litre BANGBANG 500 container just add 9L of water to make 10L of final spray which will protect about 500 seedlings.  Best practice is to NOT spray when plants-trees are stressed, and that goes for the application of any spray. So avoid direct sunlight in hot weather, strong winds and also when the plant has already been sprayed in the last week with any other chemical. Best to spray early morning, evening or in cooler cloudy w...

Are imported repellents better?

As you know kiwis are the worlds most innovative number-8-wire inventors! No-one makes electric fences better than us, and we export to the world. Yet some animal repellent products are still imported - mostly from either the USA or UK...ridiculous! Firstly, the energy and CO2 footprint to make the stuff, package it, transport it across the world then retail it here is ridiculous. Consumers now demand natural alternatives made locally for our conditions, not imports from the other side...

Plant systemic repellents

Systemic sprays (like Grazers which someone imports from the UK) are designed to be absorbed by the target plant...so for systemic repellents the idea is that the plant will be sufficiently saturated with the repellent that when eaten its taste will do its work. Well that's a load of bollocks!Firstly, the animal has to bite and chew the plant to get a taste, but by then it's too late as the plant will be stuffed, especially if they ring-bark or munch the young shoots and juicy growth points.Seco...

Plastic tree guards?

You may have seen thousands of those chinese-made tree guards staked-out alongside state highways, local roads and lifestyle-blocks, etc. The version that is either coir mat or some sort of recycled cardboard-fibre product are ok and do the job, although they can be expensive and cumbersome. However the green plastic ones don't make sense. You may think we're biased and pushing our own product...well of course we are...but why not use a natural repellent instead of plastic? I mean why plant a tr...