Healthy soil and sustainable growing

["E. E. Mitchamore Jr" <emitch@att.net>]

They don't damage the bark.  They seem to have very agile mouths and eat only the fresh leaves.  Maybe if the Jujube have some protection until they get fairly large, they can stay ahead of the deer and accomplish what you want.

 

E. E. "Mitch" Mitchamore
www.hillcountrynatives.biz

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From: Liz

To: livingontheland@lists.ibiblio.org

Sent: Friday, September 26, 2008 7:53 PM

Subject: Re: [Livingontheland] More on jujube

At 06:35 AM 9/26/2008, you wrote:

One interesting note about Jujube: FWIW - Central Texas' Whitetail Deer seem to like Jujube better than just about any other tree.  If you have deer around, you might want to consider that aspect.

Maybe they'll eat the jujubes and leave everything else alone?

Seriously, I was thinking of the jujubes as a thorny living fence to keep the deer out, so they could have the fruit on one side, and I'd take the other. Of course, if they're eating the bark and not the fruit, the trees might never get big enough to be a good fence.

Thanks for the tip--we'll see how it goes. I can always move them away from the rest of the garden if they turn out to be a problem there.

Liz in SW VA
http://life-as-a-spectator-sport.com

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