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SoDakarcher

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Any suggestions for getting American plumbs to grow in any numbers..the deer are eating mine as fast as I plant them..I assume tubing each tree is the only answer??
 
I’ve had some luck with planting 3-4 plum seedlings in a bigger 4 to 5 foot cage. Let em grow up and you’ll have a plum thicket eventually.

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You using some kind of extra long t posts? Or just setting bomb proof corners and stretching? How does that all work?


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weve moved all our electric fencing to a single line in lieu of the 3d fence. We use 8' t posts. Much easier to maintain and just as affective it seems.
 
Are they eating them or did they rub them? I never had any trouble with them bothering my americans or chickisaw plums
 
rabbits and deer eat everything..High numbers.. I was thinking I could use 6ft posts with 8 foot fence.,,.and a few supports up high??
 
Are those american or chickisaw?My americans have trunks like trees is why I'm asking.I didn't figure thats what was referred to when talking about planting as thickets.My chickisaws form great thickets as I have planted thousands of those and they spread really well also.
 
I’ve been thinking about doing something like this but the only place would be in my sanctuary areas and my question is are you watering them ? Would they survive if I didn’t? I don’t want to do something that’s going to require me to be intruding on my sanctuary with any kind of regularity
 
DB Deer said:
I’ve been thinking about doing something like this but the only place would be in my sanctuary areas and my question is are you watering them ? Would they survive if I didn’t? I don’t want to do something that’s going to require me to be intruding on my sanctuary with any kind of regularity
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FWIW, I have lost young trees in years past during droughts and not watering them. My farm is in southern Iowa though, if you are in northern Iowa those few degrees of temps might make a difference.

But my advice would be to plan on watering them in the summer.
 
Habitat1 said:
How does this stuff hold up, multi year use?
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I’m hearing iffy stuff. But in my situation…. I need it to last 3-4 years. Which I’ll just check it every few months. If any issues - I’ll patch it or fix. If someone wants something that will last say, a decade or more…. Run 8’ woven wire. That’s what i did on my tree nursery 10 years ago. Still like new.
**on that poly fence…. I got some garden staples for landscape fabric…. I’m gonna secure the bottom of fence & I’ll bet it keeps a lot of rabbits out of there. Maybe not all of em but way less.
 
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