Re: [Organic_Gardening] Something's eating my dogwood trees
I once had rabbits chomp away on many plants. The good thing is that it forced the root growth and they came back spectacularily the next year. I wonder if those rabbits knew something about those plants I didn't? Melanie zone 5
On Apr 20, 2011, at 9:26 AM, patrick mc govern wrote:
> My guess would be rabbits too. Examine the branches as Rabbits make a very distinctive angled cut when chomping.
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> You can lead people to knowledge but you can't make them think
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> --- On Mon, 4/18/11, Ray Bush <c8_h10_n4_o2@yahoo.com> wrote:
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> From: Ray Bush <c8_h10_n4_o2@yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: [Organic_Gardening] Something's eating my dogwood trees
> To: Organic_Gardening@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Monday, April 18, 2011, 10:47 PM
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> my guess is Rabbits ... but it is possible porcupine, possum and skunk to do
> this too
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> --Ray
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> ----- Original Message ----
> From: douglas_hud <douglas@planet-hud.com>
> To: Organic_Gardening@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Mon, April 18, 2011 12:18:35 PM
> Subject: [Organic_Gardening] Something's eating my dogwood trees
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> I planted several dogwood trees last month that were shipped bare root. They are
> approx 3 - 4 ft tall and the buds were developing on the 'green' branches.
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> Something has eaten all the branches right down to the main trunk.
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> I live in a neighborhood and we don't have deer. What could be the culprit? any
> ideas on prevention?
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> thank you,
> Doug
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