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["V. Michael Bove Jr." <vmb@teakettlefarm.com>]

As usual the voles beaverized a number of our Nankings this winter.  A  
big problem is that Nankings tend to grow shrubby and it's not at all  
easy to protect them when they have a half-dozen branches coming off  
within six inches of the ground (and the other problem is that we had  
a foot and a half of snow cover for about six weeks, so the bark got  
stripped much higher than I'd wrapped them!)  I can't help wondering  
whether there is some kind of distasteful goop I could just paint on  
in early winter...

Michael Bove
Teakettle Farm, Z6 (MA/RI border)

On May 23, 2011, at 12:21 PM, mIEKAL aND wrote:

> I'm using Clipper tubes which are typically sold for first year  
> grapes.
> They come in different lengths but I use mostly 24" & 32".  Since  
> they are
> one piece of plastic that wraps, they are easy to take off & put  
> back on,
> you don't have to cut the tubes to get them off.  Plus they end up  
> being a
> lot cheaper than other kinds of tree tubes.  I get mine from here,  
> very good
> prompt service & customer service.
>
> http://www.mdtgrow.com/
>
> I've tubed about 600 trees & vines in the last 3 weeks....
>
>
> ~mIEKAL
>
>
>
> On Mon, May 23, 2011 at 11:12 AM, Sarah Kehler Ewing <skkewing@yahoo.com 
> >wrote:
>
> > Hi mIEKAL,
> >
> > I'm wondering if you would share what you are using for 'tubing'  
> > around
> > your trees???
> >
> > I've been using hardware cloth (1/4" x 1/4") tubes about 18" height  
> > x 6"
> > diameter and it is very effective and a great place to put tree  
> > labels.  But
> > hardware cloth is very expensive and I'm sure it will rust off to
> > ineffectiveness at some point. I've found one tree that had a gap  
> > where the
> > cloth overlapped (sometimes the cloth kinks a bit when I twist it  
> > into the
> > ground and I obviously didn't catch that one) and a mouse moved in,  
> > made a
> > house for the winter and ate my Giant Nanking Cherry from T&T Seeds,
> > Manitoba.  This year with the feet and feet of snow we had, they  
> > got over
> > the tops for the first time ever and ate off a plum and an apple.   
> > I should
> > have been stomping down the snow, but by the time I realized I  
> > needed too,
> > the snow was hip deep and I couldn't!
> >
> > I know that the commercial guys use some kind of plastic tubing,  
> > but I'm
> > not sure what.
> >
> > Sarah
> > zone 3
> > Edmonton, AB
> >
> >
> > --- On Mon, 5/23/11, mIEKAL aND <qazingulaza@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > From: mIEKAL aND <qazingulaza@gmail.com>
> > > Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Sawdust Mulching
> > > To: "North American Fruit Explorers" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
> > > Received: Monday, May 23, 2011, 12:24 PM
> >
> > > I've been spending the last week tubing every last prunus
> > > in the ground.
> >
> > > ~mIEKAL
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