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- Mar 26, 2015
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- Location
- Preston, QLD
- Website
- asmedical.webege.com
- Climate
- Temperate (all seasons)
I have just paid a visit to an acreage I am working on with the weather being pleasant here in early winter. I got a nasty surprise when I saw these scenes on four of my six young apple trees:
According to those who have been living there for the past few years, they know there are wild roos, foxes and hares that frequent the property. A magpie also visits because it gets bread fed to it by them. I cannot identify the offending animal that gnawed at the trunks of the sweet apple variety trees I planted a few weeks ago. They left the grannies pretty much alone, so they obviously had good taste.
Now for the first time I have a greater appreciation for the use of fire arms. Would anyone have an idea which animal would be the most likely culprit to do such a thing? I hadn't considered it before but I now have to source out a decent mesh barrier to protect these unfortunate trees. Do you think they will survive at this point?
According to those who have been living there for the past few years, they know there are wild roos, foxes and hares that frequent the property. A magpie also visits because it gets bread fed to it by them. I cannot identify the offending animal that gnawed at the trunks of the sweet apple variety trees I planted a few weeks ago. They left the grannies pretty much alone, so they obviously had good taste.
Now for the first time I have a greater appreciation for the use of fire arms. Would anyone have an idea which animal would be the most likely culprit to do such a thing? I hadn't considered it before but I now have to source out a decent mesh barrier to protect these unfortunate trees. Do you think they will survive at this point?