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Year before last the twig girdlers really did a number on one of my
pear trees then hasn't touched them since.  I did notice a couple of
weeks ago though that they had cut a bunch of twigs on the chestnut
oak I planted in the pasture.  Destructive little devils.

.....Alan.

Quoting Lhdavis8@cs.com:

>      To Topgun,
> 
>      The twig girdler is same for hickory and persimmon.  I have
> caught a
> few on persimmon after girdling, looks like a grey click beetle. 
> Had a big wind here a few days ago and knocked down many limbs on
> the hickory that had been girdled.  My persimmons are Jiro and Fuyu
> and they can do
> some damage very quickly, but they usually take a2 or 3 limbs and
> leave
> for another tree.
> 
>                                          Lester H. Davis
>                                          Columbus, GA
>                                          Z8
> 
> 
> 
> >
> > My attempts at creating an original message to Nafex, vs just =
> >    replying to someone's message has not worked for a long time.
> I have =
> >    asked for help but no one responded. How about it Jim Fruth?
> >    The results of your email command are provided below. Attached
> is your
> >The results of your email command are provided below. Attached is
> your
> >original message.
> >
> >- Results:
> >    Ignoring non-text/plain MIME parts
> >
> >- Unprocessed:
> >    persimmons. Is it the same girdler that attacks pecan and
> hickory, i.e.,
> >=
> >    the
> >    hickory twig girdler? One branch clipped had 14 persimmons and
> the other
> >    branch on the same tree about the same number. They are still
> cutting =
> >    limbs
> >    on Nov 1 as the branch still had green leaves and I check most
> every =
> >    day.
> >    Topgun
> >    Zone 7
> >
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