Deer Stripped Pear & Fig Trees

countrynaturals 10/17/2019, 1:31 pm

What can I do? The deer stripped one of our little fig trees and our young pear tree. Can I paint them with something or apply dissolving bandages? I will definitely put fencing around them, but is it too late to save them?

MrBooker 10/17/2019, 2:53 pm

countrynaturals wrote:What can I do? The deer stripped one of our little fig trees and our young pear tree. Can I paint them with something or apply dissolving bandages? I will definitely put fencing around them, but is it too late to save them?

Bird netting maybe? Moth balls if you can stand the smell. Pepper spray? If all else fails, maybe a deer slug? Maybe you won't get any fruit this summer but you'd have fresh meat this winter.

countrynaturals 10/17/2019, 4:46 pm

MrBooker wrote:
countrynaturals wrote:What can I do? The deer stripped one of our little fig trees and our young pear tree. Can I paint them with something or apply dissolving bandages? I will definitely put fencing around them, but is it too late to save them?
Bird netting maybe? Moth balls if you can stand the smell. Pepper spray? If all else fails, maybe a deer slug? Maybe you won't get any fruit this summer but you'd have fresh meat this winter.

Sorry, I wasn't clear. I know what to do about the deer, but what about the trees? Can they be saved?

**sanderson** 10/20/2019, 3:23 pm

Hi, Mr. Booker happy hi

MrBooker 10/20/2019, 7:13 pm

Hi Sanderson. It's been a busy summer fighting groundhogs, squirrels and racoons. I guess they all moved into town to get free food. If they keep coming back I'm going to teach them to pull weeds and make them work. .. lol

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