Garden Pests and Diseases: What the heck chewed up my Pachira?, 1 by DebinSC

DebinSC wrote:
I came home this evening to find that something had taken a virtual chainsaw to the top branches of my potted pachira (Money Tree).
It is a pretty big one, about 6' tall including the approximately 1' of pot. I keep it in a shady spot in the back garden all summer, and have had not problem in past seasons. I just put it out about a week ago.

The photo shows what the nubs of the 3 tallest branches look like now. If you enlarge the photo, I swear you'll see a tooth mark on the one on the right. There were also many leaves on the ground.

What the heck did this? Any ideas? If I can figure out what it is, perhaps I can find a way to keep it from happening again.

Thanks! I'm mystified.

Deb



This message was edited Apr 7, 2010 8:23 PM