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  • From: "Bill Russell" <shaman@pennswoods.net>
  • To: "North American Fruit Explorers" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [NAFEX] grow tubes / dormancy
  • Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2003 14:22:59 -0800

Do rabbits bother plum and peach trees?? The bark contains cyanide. A
repellent??

Bill

----- Original Message -----
From: "mIEKAL aND" <dtv@mwt.net>
To: "North American Fruit Explorers" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Monday, October 27, 2003 10:45 AM
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] grow tubes / dormancy


> I have a plague of rabbits in my gardens & if I didnt have tree tubes I
> wouldn't have any trees left. I havent had any problems with leaving
> the tubes on for 2-4 years, tho the tubes are on the older trees mostly
> because I havent had time to cut them away. Ive also noticed on faster
> growing trees like juglan & prunus, the tubes just split down the side
> & fall away. Also many years ago I did some tests with tubes, chicken
> wire & nothing & everything except for blueberries was 2-3 times larger
> in the tubes.
>
> One thing about the 2ft tubes. One winter we had a regular amount of
> snow here, meaning that when the rabbits were running around looking
> for something to eat, the snow put them high enough in the air so they
> could girdle most of the one & 2 year old seedlings. In some ways I
> found this pruning desirable, because the following spring they all put
> out a good flush of new branches.
>
> mIEKAL
>
>
> On Monday, October 27, 2003, at 12:35 PM, del stubbs wrote:
>
> > A generous nafexer donated a couple hundred grow tubes to our tree
> > growing efforts here. Actually they are recycled tubes from some
> > industrial application, heavy wall, translucent plastic 5" x 2'.
> > I have been told it is not a good idea to leave them on even year old
> > whips through the dormanting season, because they will not harden off
> > as well as if they had been fully exposed to the oncoming winter.
> > Snow and low 20'sF is the forcast here this week.
> > However, I have such a vole chewing problem that I am tempted to leave
> > them on. I eventually depend on window screen for vole protection, but
> > doubt I can get a couple hundred screen tubes in place by freeze-up
> > this fall.
> > I'd like some opinions from folk out there on the subject of grow
> > tubes and achieving full dormancy, or other winter concerns, thanks!,
> > Del
> >
> > Del Stubbs www.pinewoodforge.com ag zone2/3
> >
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