Comments on: New Year Greetings http://www.thistlebrook.com.au/new-year-greetings/ Everybody needs beauty as well as bread. Sun, 29 Jan 2012 05:28:46 +1100 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: Justin Russell http://www.thistlebrook.com.au/new-year-greetings/comment-page-1/#comment-162 Justin Russell Wed, 20 Jan 2010 07:55:20 +0000 http://www.thistlebrook.com.au/?p=611#comment-162 It all depends on how bad the damage is, and how high (or low) of the trunk the damage has occurred. Small, superficial areas of rabbit or hare damage will generally recover fine, but deeper gouges can seriously weaken the structure a developing tree. If the damage is extensive, you may need to remove the tree and start again. If the damage is above the graft, you could try cutting the trunk off just above a healthy bud but below the damaged section. It should regrow for you. As a preventative measure against hare damage, I generally put a 600mm tall wire cage around the trunk of all newly planted trees. Even then, the little blighters sometimes chew off the branches, especially during periods of dry weather. Fencing them out altogether is probably the most fool proof strategy. Hope that helps, and best wishes, Justin It all depends on how bad the damage is, and how high (or low) of the trunk the damage has occurred. Small, superficial areas of rabbit or hare damage will generally recover fine, but deeper gouges can seriously weaken the structure a developing tree. If the damage is extensive, you may need to remove the tree and start again. If the damage is above the graft, you could try cutting the trunk off just above a healthy bud but below the damaged section. It should regrow for you.

As a preventative measure against hare damage, I generally put a 600mm tall wire cage around the trunk of all newly planted trees. Even then, the little blighters sometimes chew off the branches, especially during periods of dry weather. Fencing them out altogether is probably the most fool proof strategy.

Hope that helps, and best wishes,

Justin

]]> By: b.oakes http://www.thistlebrook.com.au/new-year-greetings/comment-page-1/#comment-161 b.oakes Wed, 20 Jan 2010 06:53:44 +0000 http://www.thistlebrook.com.au/?p=611#comment-161 we have a small greengage tree that has just been ringbarked by rabbits is there anything we can do to save it? we have a small greengage tree that has just been ringbarked by rabbits is there anything we can do to save it?

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