They have broused mine. -----Original Message----- From: nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org [mailto:nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org]On Behalf Of drbeckl Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2007 11:13 PM To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org Subject: [NAFEX] blackberry plants and deer Hi; I have bot 25 blackberry bare-root plants last fall, and have them heeled-in the soil to plant in a new garden area in March or April. They are all thornless varieties: Arapaho, Navaho, Ouichita, Triple crown, Apache, Chester. I am going to plant them in a old hayfield, that is not yet fenced in. [ against deer. ] There are deer around this area that come in and eat at nite. I have noticed that deer here do not seem to eat the wild blackberry plants that grow around here; but the wild b.b.'s have thorns on them. They also mite taste differently to deer than tame b.b.'s. I also have another main garden area fenced in with a electric fence to protect the food crops from the deer; but there is no room in that plot for the blackberries. My question is: Will the deer damage the thornless blackberry plants ? i.e.: Do deer like to eat thornless blackberry plants ? Should I fence in the blackberry patch before I do the planting of the b.b. plants ? I was hoping to postpone fencing in the blackberry plot until fall, 2007; if at all possible. But, if deer do like to eat thornless blackberry plants, then I will have to do the fencing before I set the bare-root plants out. Also; do I have to worry about field mice girdling the b.b. plants lower stems ??? Should I put plastic, or duct tape, around the lower stems to protect them from being girdled by the field mice ?? thanks for any help, dan in WVa, usda zone 6. ____________________________________________________________________________ ________ Do you Yahoo!? Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail beta. http://new.mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ nafex mailing list nafex@lists.ibiblio.org Reproduction of list messages or archives is not allowed. This includes distribution on other email lists or reproduction on web sites. Permission to reproduce is NEVER granted, so don't claim you have permission! **YOU MUST BE SUBSCRIBED TO POST!** Posts from email addresses that are not subscribed are discarded. No exceptions. ---- To subscribe or unsubscribe, go to the bottom of this page (also can be used to change other email options): http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/nafex File attachments are NOT stripped by this list. TAKE STEPS TO PROTECT YOURSELF FROM COMPUTER VIRUSES! Please do not send binary files. Use plain text ONLY in emails! NAFEX web site: http://www.nafex.org/ _______________________________________________ nafex mailing list nafex@lists.ibiblio.org Reproduction of list messages or archives is not allowed. This includes distribution on other email lists or reproduction on web sites. Permission to reproduce is NEVER granted, so don't claim you have permission! **YOU MUST BE SUBSCRIBED TO POST!** Posts from email addresses that are not subscribed are discarded. No exceptions. ---- To subscribe or unsubscribe, go to the bottom of this page (also can be used to change other email options): http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/nafex File attachments are NOT stripped by this list. TAKE STEPS TO PROTECT YOURSELF FROM COMPUTER VIRUSES! Please do not send binary files. Use plain text ONLY in emails! NAFEX web site: http://www.nafex.org/
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