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["del stubbs" <pinewoodel@hotmail.com>]

        Michael, I'm not up to speed yet on tree borers yet.....but I guess 
it's a 
reason toward window screen - over say 1/4" 'hardware cloth'  (besides the 
price difference).
        How big are these little buggers?
        It seems to me the joint where the screen edges join would have to be 
nearly perfect, so one should overlap the joint before stapling instead of 
just wrapping the screen around the tree and tying with twine (as i 
suggested). This would make a more open tube, which would avoid the close 
bark contact that Steve just warned against.
        But, how does one seal the top, you mentioned spring staples...I 
don't know 
the term.
        Is burying the screen say 2" deep - enough to keep out any vole, tree 
borer 
or other life forms looking for dessert?
        Is the 3" diameter screen tube a proper choice of size?...that is, is 
a 3" 
dia tree of the age ready to have it taken off and not be instantly devoured 
by the awaiting minnions.....?
        Tree borers...anyone know of a web site with pretty macro pictures of 
the 
little monsters and the fun they have?   Mn Del  (Where it was just 24 below 
and we're not transplanting any pears!)




>From: "Michael Phillips" <mphil@together.net>
>Reply-To: nafex@yahoogroups.com
>To: <nafex@yahoogroups.com>
>Subject: [nafex] Tree guards for borers
>Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2001 09:33:25 -0500
>
>I would second all Del says about using window screening for tree guards 
>and
>add one other virtue. Provided you keep the top fold/opening relatively 
>snug
>with spring-applied staples, the screening keeps out the round-headed borer
>from gouging the bark at the soil line and laying as many as seven eggs. A
>few females will put an egg or two just above the screening in a cut slit
>but this is so rare compared to the doom of borer grubs that burrow in 
>below
>the soil line.
>
>Michael Phillips
>Lost Nation Orchard
>RFD 1  Box 275
>Groveton, NH 03582
>(603) 636-2286
>mphil@together.net

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