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[Caren Kirk <quirky@videotron.ca>]

Hi Richard and Toni,

 

I lost my newly planted Reliance peach tree this spring, but from the rootstock that I left in the ground has sprung a sucker that I am experimenting with.  It's already about 4ft but obviously a very thin whip.  I am a bit like Toni in that I was trying to work out the best way to make sure it has the best chances of surviving our winter.

 

Same goes for 2 2-year-old apple whips I have.  I would be really pissed to lose those this year!

 

I do protect for voles and I do mulch but I am thinking of wraping them tightly to a post as well for additional support. We get a very decent covering of snow (at least 2ft) usually but the wind can be pretty strong.

 

Does anyone have any other suggestions?

 

Caren

St. Jerome, Quebec

----- Original Message -----

From: Richard MURPHY

To: nafex

Sent: Saturday, November 14, 2009 6:30 PM

Subject: [NAFEX] leaves around peach trees

Dear Toni;
 
Mulch is OK for small trees, as long as you do something to prevent Vole damage.
Maybe you don't have voles. I didn't know I had them, until 20 apple trees got girdled, all because I put a nice thick layer of pine bark mulch around each tree in a 4 foot circle. Then, I roto-tilled the field next to this row of trees. All the rodent refugees ran from the tilling, and into my mulch. Expensive lesson. Pissed me off BIG time!!
 
Murph

R A Murphy Jr

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