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| I am concerned with some of my fruit trees in the south side of Chicago. I am located near a forest preserve so animals have their run. I doubt deer can get in here so what animal is doing this? Even the trees with small fencing around them are getting this. Will wrapping it stop it from recurring? Is too much of the xylem and phloem gone for such young trees? Any exchange is appreciated.
http://i785.photobucket.com/albums/yy136/tjk238/treebase.jpg Thanks in advance. |
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| Here's your picture, so that others can see it easily:
I can't tell much about the damage from only that picture, but maybe others will provide guesses or more info. From what I think I can tell, the damage does look fairly low on the tree. I would think a wire cage, especially if you use reasonably fine mesh along the bottom, should deter most animal damage of this nature. "Rover" might also be of use. |
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| If you are near an wooded area even if it is wooded area between houses, I would not rule out deer. 60 years ago people never saw deer, today they are everywhere. We lived inside the I-465 beltway around Indianapolis. We had a Walmart within a quarter mile, and a Lowes within a half mile. There were hotels, and restaurants. We had deer in our yard. It was fun watching them around the bird feeder. |
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- Posted by ken_adrian z5 (My Page) on Sat, Jan 28, 12 at 10:05
| i cant tell from that pic either... as i cant really focus on the bark damage itself.. do not rule out cat ... in PBucket .. copy the HTML code.. and paste it where you type ... and on preview.. if you see it we see it .. much easier for me.. and what else matters.. lol ... why is the one behind caged and protected.. and not this one???? ken |
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- Posted by AspenAcres 5b BC (My Page) on Sun, Jan 29, 12 at 23:01
| Looks like rabbit damage to me. I've lost several trees to rabbits. |
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- Posted by ken_adrian z5 (My Page) on Mon, Jan 30, 12 at 7:54
| yeah.. aspen.. i forgot that ... lol ... i had some damage.. though i still cant tell here with the pic provided ... that seemed to be too high for rabbit ... only to realize.. that with 2 foot snow cover the winter prior.. rabbits were making rabbit damage... 2 foot higher than expected ... though it is fun to contemplate .. they do not walk around on their back 2 feet ravaging trees .. but if the snow lifts them.. what the heck ... still need better pix.. and i am still curious why the one behind is protected .. ken |
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| Can't say from the pic provided. Too far away, too blurry, and too bright. In addition to possible animals issues stated by others, don't overlook the possibility of a canker disease. Better pic (winter pictures are just fine for this) could help allot. Arktrees |
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