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["tanis cuff" <tanistanis@hotmail.com>]

In a pinch, you could also wrap trunks with foil.  It's available 
everywhere, and the extra wide heavy-duty is about as much protection as you 
need.  But, a tiresome job on a windy or sunny day.  For best results, 
gently pull soil away from root flair, and gently tuck the foil down, then 
bury the edge with the soil.

Tanis; s.WI


----Original Message Follows----
From: Charles Paradise <machelp@attglobal.net>
Reply-To: machelp@attglobal.net,North American Fruit Explorers 
<nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
To: griffingardens@earthlink.net,North American Fruit Explorers 
<nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] bunnies (furry)
Date: Wed, 06 Aug 2003 08:33:18 -0500

Dave,
My advice is:  wrap every young tree in window screening.  [see Richard
Fahey's article in Pomona a few years back where he compared materials
verdict being window screening is best.]
Last year I lost the one and only tree of my eleagnus #4, and since the
original was bulldozed that was the only example in the whole world.
Was some animal chewed the bark off all the way around.  If you have
chestnuts, they trees WILL be chewed to ground level, inevitably.   If
your trees are worth anything to you at all, always wrap them in October
with window screen.
Charlie Paradise
zone 5 / Massachusetts

Griffin Gardens wrote:

>  Hi Kevin,   How are you doing with rabbit control? I remember you had
> some big problems with them a couple of winters ago. I've never seen
> so many around here as I have this summer. Only a little damage so
> far, but I am worried that this is only because they are saving my
> nursery trees for winter food. Any discoveries that might help me
> bring them through without having to suffer their bad prunning job?
> Anybody else got the answers? Dave

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