Posted by Bob In SD on May 20, 2013 at 10:00:27 from (137.216.208.19):
In Reply to: Re: O.T. Apple trees posted by bud soda on May 20, 2013 at 08:17:50:
I had this problem, and it was voles. I couldn"t fence them out. Current solution is chicken wire staked out a foot or so from the tree (keeps the rabbits out), keep all the weeds down inside the chicken wire (roundup, after making sure there"s no tree leaves down that low, and/or hand weeding). I pull back all of mulch in the fall (the voles were tunnelling in, and hiding in the mulch/grass close to the tree).
I also wrap with that paper tape in the fall. Make sure to remove that tape in the spring -- if it stays on the ants move into the wet tape and they also make a mess. I normally mulch inside of the chicken wire, but stop it an inch or so from the tree (I do not mulch up to the tree, again, the voles seem to hide in the mulch).
Now that everything else is greening up around here I"ll probably pull off the tape and mulch a little, the critters seem to only hit over the winter as somebody else noted. For the longest time I thought it was rabbits climbing over the cage when the snow got deep, but it was voles eating under the snow. Since we"ve only got 5 fruit trees it"s not as much work as it sounds like (and that"s the level of my experience, 5 trees!).
The voles nibble on other trees, but of the trees I"m trying to keep they have only killed fruit trees so far. Regular rabbit proofing works for the rest -- it may be that the fruit trees are pretty far from the barn and the cats keep the voles in control closer to the house?
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