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Have you ever actually seen wildlife (especially squirrels) eat crabapples? Would you plant a crab hedge?
I keep thinking that apples and crabapples would be better mast for wildlife than berries. After all, how many berries can you eat? I think you could eat a whole lotta apples. Apples make a mess but crabapples seem to make less mess(?). Except does wildlife even eat them really? We have apples and crabs growing up. The apples would get bites out of them but we never noticed anything eating the crabs. (We were not gardeners so maybe we just didn't notice?).
I have a need for a hedge in front and wondered if it would be possible/worthwhile to plant a crabapple hedge for squirrels?
Um, I didn't ask what to FEED them - I already feed them peanuts. I want them to be able to be more independent by giving them their own plants.
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- 7 years agoFavorite Answer
I appreciate that you want to support wildlife, though crapapple trees won't attract the right wildlife. Some wasps and definatley flies love crap apples though I haven't seen anything else even touch them. And they smell absolutely terrible when the little berries aren't raked in into the trash. If you would like to attract squirrels and birds, an oak tree would be appreciated. Squirrels also like corn and birdseed, so really you can just put some peanuts and birdseed in a small tray and leave it in a tree.
Source(s): I have 3 of them in my yard - MardukLv 77 years ago
Crabapples grow on trees and are horrible mess. You can't do anything with them instead of making jelly. Grow corn, squirrels love corn.
