Trees, Shrubs and Conifers: Deer damage, 2 by Weerobin

Weerobin wrote:
I found better pictures of the trunk protectors in action.
They work pretty well, but as the 2nd and 3rd pic show, not foolproof.
You can see these are just stumps left of Japanese maples,
with the trunk protectors laying on the ground.
I learned the hard way that you have to use multiple cable ties to keep them in position,
otherwise the deer rubbing just breaks the cable ties.
The final picture shows previously heavily damaged trunks with the lone healthy trunk covered with a trunk protector (edited to note this one is a star magnolia, not a JM).
I lost these Japanese maples this past November.
Fall is deer rubbing season around here.

This message was edited Jan 4, 2014 12:34 PM