To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Transplanting Trees and Shrubs
Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2011 12:12:46 -0500
I lost over a 100 nanking cherries to voles 2 years ago. I've since
tubed them & haven't lost a single one.... Hardware cloth also works
if yr worried about greenhouse effect of tubes..
~mIEKAL
On Thu, Aug 18, 2011 at 11:47 AM, David Consolvo <fruitopia@firstva.com>
wrote:
>
> I agree with you Barbara about it being best to plant in late Fall, but if
> it is a
> species tasty to voles, then the voles have all winter to find it. Apples
> are
> particularly susceptible. And voles seem especially hungry in February and
> early
> March.
>