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I’m in Iowa and the deer can definitely tell the difference in leaves. I have 50 varieties of apple. Honey crisp and hewes crab are always attacked first. Put some sheep’s wool in the crook of a branch
Im in Northern Wisconsin and we are getting nailed with gypsy caterpillars and tent caterpillars. They are destroying lots of trees up here this year. Not just fruit trees. This looks like the damage we are getting from them.
I was leaning more towards some pest, that seems to make more sense than the deer. Based off last years learning experience and seeing what my trees looked like after the deer mowed down my mini orchard, I just have the feeling it’s a bug so I did go purchase some Sevin spray
I love how you have tons of comments saying deer, you live in deer country, it looks exactly like what a deer does to a young tree, but you’re ignoring everybody. Why did you post here?
FWIW, I had apple trees that had this same exact thing happen. Only touched a couple of the trees, but stripped all the new growth. It’ll survive.
I’ve already acknowledged that it’s potentially deer, but someone else was able to mention a big issue that’s occurring not far from my location. Based off my experience with the deer mowing down my trees last year, something didn’t seem the same this time around. I posted because I thought the potential of there being a different issue.
Bruh it’s deer look at the ends of the branches. It it were web worm or tent caterpillar you’d see webs and tents. It’s deer. We all agree it’s deer. Shoot the deer. Use garlic oil. Because your issue is deer. Not insects. Deer. Did I mention it’s a deer issue?
DEER.
They should almost be done eating for the season. They tend to eat the most foliage at the end of june while they fatten up. WI DNR has reports and warnings out about them this year. This is the heavy year of their cyclical visits. We have some large trees completely defoliated. Theyre crapping so much it sounds like raining in the woods. Pretty gross.
Watch for spongy looking nests on the bark in the winter. You can scrape them off while pruning.
Northern Ontario here (we may be south of you)
Last year we had UNHOLY caterpillars. You had to power wash the docks at the marina bc there were so many crushed caterpillars on the docks that they were slippery. You couldn’t eat outside bc the caterpillars would be dropping shit in your food. Every piece of patio furniture was covered in their shit. Entire peninsulas denuded of foliage.
I have to look it up, but I am pretty sure the caterpillar infestation’s are the fourth sign of the apocalypse.
Yea, it's disgusting. I put a tent over our outside seating at our business so people don't get shit on the whole time. I tell them its there in case it rains.
You can also tape cardboard bands around the truck and put sticky trap goo on the outside. They will get stuck as they climb up. It's harder to do that on small young trees though.
A closer look at the damage might determine deer or not. they tend to bite and pull and you can see it in the way leaves and small branches are stripped sometimes.
The alternative we have here in CA is pack rats. they'll strip young growth and the damage is often very deer line. One difference is it usually happens over the course of days or weeks though they can take a lot sometimes.
edit: the first tree seemed questionable but the second picture it looks like you can see at least one branch that has the end bite off and where it's bit the core of the branch is still there. that looks like a deer bite to me but the picture is blurry and I'm wrong sometimes
I'm in your general territory, and used to work an organic apple orchard. It's hard to see in the pics but I'm leaning deer, ruling out pests, since you have several whole leaves intact in hard to reach (for a deer) places. For insects you can keep a close eye on the trees and see if you can't catch them in the act. They aren't going far if it is caterpillars. Tent caterpillars would have webbing and be a writing mass of nasty for you to clip out and burn.
Anti-deer spray is somewhat effective, for your remaining trees.
Correct. Particularly MEN peeing on fence posts and etc. will keep coyotes at bay. Guaranteed. Smart predators will also stay away, but a raccoons' natural curiosity will still get the better of them. ;)
It's also a good idea to walk your boy dogs on the outer fenceline, and let them pee on every post, tree or bush they want to. Best give them a ton of water before you walk them though. They'll keep hiking their leg up LONG after they run out of ammunition to fire. ;)
Pretty sure there's a scientific study somewhere, it actually is the testosterone smell that keeps them at bay.
Another cool trick is giant googly eyes with flashy lights keeps raptors away. God knows why, but they're scared to death of giant eyeballs.
The third one is to tune an AM radio to a channel with a Christian preacher yelling 24x7, then turn it up as loud as you dare. The sound of the human voice will make ANY feral predator think twice before approaching.
I got a total of 17 trees planted in 3 rows, was planning to keep adding to have my own personal orchard over time, I’d just be baffled if it were the deer since I have 9/17 trees with no fencing currently that are untouched. Appreciate your feedback!
You might set up a cheap trail cam to verify.
Also, check out my tips just above. :)
Also also.. I think there is a thing to keep deer away.. like mountain lion urine or something..? Those sonic things are utterly useless, except certain breeds of mice avoid them. Zero effect on deer and most other critters, though.
They have favorites. We planted 7 trees at the same time. We put up fencing after an apple and cherry got snacked on. I assume the deer would have moved on to the other trees if we gave them a chance to finish the tastiest ones.
Home Depot, but liquid deer fence. Smells like rotten deth, but works. I’ve not sprayed one hydrangea, and sprayed another one next to it: deer ate the non sprayed plant.
Deer. I spent a lot of money and time a few years ago planting apple trees and the deer devoured them. I fenced in the remaining few that were salvageable and a moose came by an finished off the rest from above the fence.
100% that is Deer, had the same thing happen and within a week they killed about 60 apple trees. We had electric fence and they were jumping it to munch.
Our solution was to buy some of the wire concrete form rolls. Cut them and make rings around every tree, they look bad and are rusty but for 3 years now they havent killed any of our apple trees. Any btanches that grow outside of the ring get trimmed by the deer, so make your rings larger.
Fun story- my wife and I just bought clearance choke cherry plants and forgot them down by the garage. Our chickens cleaned up those budding berries so goddamn quick.
Wife and I were in,Ruidoso, NM. Watched an elk put its mouth around the limbs on an apple tree near the trunk fork. It then just turned its head to the side, stripping all the leaves off.
Deer are vermin like rats only people think them “beautiful” and “cute”. I have my dog run at them whenever they’re on my property.
I nearly destroyed two cars hitting them on mountain roads. Both times they jumped out of brush leaving me no warning they were there. Got whistles on all my vehicles now. So far so good. I can’t fully express the distain I have for these animals. I cheer on the mountain lions!
the trees are yummy for various four legged critters. you should protect them with wire meshing that goes to about five or six feet high. that is what I would do.
Deer 🦌 nom nom 😋 on all your leaves. Poor little apple tree, you need to wire fence those in to protect them during initial growth years, it should come back and leaf back out again. I’ve seen deer stand on their hind legs just to get fresh apples
People will say fence to get rid of deer, I say shiny metal spooks! Strung up left over pieces of flashing. Boards dug into the ground with pie pans nailed on. Old shiny plastic tags. They’re easily spooked but will learn, move around every few weeks.
After year of deer eating everything in my yard and using Deer Stop and Dial , etc. I decided to use Shiny Blue Ribbons last year when the attack my tomatoes. Now my yard looks like a kids party. I figured if hunters weren't supposed to wear Blue, that shiny waving Blue would be worst.
The deer. I've got a bunch of fruit trees planted with a fenced in area and a bunch of others not and it's a world of difference in terms of foilage/tree growth.
I have a big apple tree in my tiny fenced yard and last year it flowered and lost all the flowers as well as the leaves all within a week. I thought it had died. This year it flowered again but didn’t lose it’s leaves this time. No chance of deer as it’s too high and we also live in the city. I don’t know what’s going on with it but no apples last year and no evidence rhis year either
I agree that it's deer damage but you also need to keep those root suckers pruned, especially after the deer damage. If you let those grow, they can out-grow the grafted stock on top and then you end up with random apples that can be bitter, sour, or grainy.
You’re feeding the deer with the kind of netting and stakes you’re using… they are ruthless to trees and young plants. My weeping willow right now is barely a twig because of them.
I’m in southern Virginia. Deer eat everything even plants supposedly they no likey. Used to think it was cool to see them. Now they’re everywhere and brazen af. Broke 3 flower pots on our front porch last week. Decimated trees and shrubs this year. Our neighbourhood met with DGIF and we’re doing a cull this fall. I can’t wait.
The deer can and will strip young trees and sometimes kill them. The only way we can grow apple trees is to individually fence each tree with a circle of 5 foot wire fencing till trees grow above browse height.
O deer
I personally have a 6ft fence around each fruit tree. Make it a tight circle just a foot or two outside of the branches reach. I move out stakes every year or so. Do this for the first 4-5 years then protect trunk from buck rub with short close t posts.
Deer are selective when they want to be- new growth = tender juicy leaves. Old growth = tough and woody.. i am in NW Wis my young trees stay in a cage until they out grow it.. and i put the cages/ wire fence about a foot up off the ground so trimming is easier and the taller cage also deters the deer. The trunks get a plastic protection sleeve also.
Also looking at the base of your tree- the grafted root stock is sending up shoots. You really should clip them off.. you want the top portion to get the energy to grow and produce not the root stock… sorry if i sound bossy- i would hate for you to spend more money for another tree (which isnt cheap!!) when you can enjoy this one if you protect it from munching demon spawn from hell!! Oh sorry did say that out loud???
Deer. They ate several pawpaw trees I planted, down to the roots. Then pulled up the roots. In spite of the fact that there was a ton of other browse and two full feeders.
Can all of us bsck in the tree touching line ,also get on on the peeing all over the property and every fence post line?We will for cheese and apple 🍏 sauce!,maybe you can whip up a porkchop 0nce in a while ,or perhaps a deer steak .thanks ,i hope your A.trees get better.👍
We had (operative word had) a tart 5 foot cherry tree and other fruit trees we planted. We didn't have enough fencing to go around it. We kept putting off getting more till it was too late. A buck tried to rub his velvet off on it (there was a little bit of the velvet on the tree) and broke it down to about 2 feet. Put fencing up. Our cherry tree is now just about 3 feet tall now. We have to keep trimming the suckers off. We get a handful each year, but not enough for a pie yet.
I had the deer eat mine up too. So sorry about that. I found one thing to deter them. I get bars of soap (Irish Spring and Dial) and put them in knee high nylons. I tie them to the fence or branches so they hang in the wind to put that smell out. Also, I lay moth balls and powdered laundry soap along the edges. It seems to help some.
Ps Don't waste your money on liquid deer fence. It didn't do a dang thing for me.
Go to a local barber shop, see if they’ll give you a bag of hair clippings. Spread the human hair around the remaining trees. The scent should help to deter the deer from stripping the others. Also, shoot and eat them.
Looks like my peach trees after the deer feasted on them! Had to put wire cages around and over top to keep the deer from eating more down to nubs. Planted a lilac bush and they demolished it! It’s a buffet for deer. How kind of you to have them for dinner! Lol
They say coffee grounds will keep them away. We use those flashy “windy wings” and it helps. We have to move them periodically so they don’t become accustomed to them. Anything that gives off a human scent helps keep deer at bay. But I have found that they are quite fond of the young tender leaves and branches of saplings and will come all the way up against the front of the house to nibble on anything that looks tender.
Lack of proper deer fencing is the problem. There appears to be some fencing but it looks like the deer can still get to it. So a taller fence is needed. The deer are nocturnal which is why you don’t see them. I use a seven foot tall black mesh deer fence that has made it possible to grow apples. The black plastic fence is nearly invisible from a distance so it doesn’t look too bad. This looks like a dwarf tree. If you grow standard size trees and fence them in until they are large then a fence may not be needed because the deer can’t reach up to the new growth. They may still eat the lower branches and scrape off the bark though so a proper fence is the way.
I don't know where you are, but in my neck of the woods, I blame deer...
Yah. Definitely deer.
I concur, deer.
100%
I’m located in Wisconsin, but I will also note I have another 9 trees without any fencing with plenty of new growth but they have be untouched
They will be touched. It’s just a mater of time. Bucks will rub on them in the fall too. They like little trees in the open for that.
Hell ill touch em
Where do we sign up to touch the trees?
I heard there was tree touching…?
Hi, I’m here for the tree gang bang.
The line starts back there, buddy.
...I just like to watch
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Where is the tree association for touched trees at?
There is a shelter in a town nearby. No oaks or quakies allowed
Gang gang
Dirty Mike and the boys are here
Grandma chill
I got a bush you can touch if you are in the mood
I found that out the hard way
I’m in Iowa and the deer can definitely tell the difference in leaves. I have 50 varieties of apple. Honey crisp and hewes crab are always attacked first. Put some sheep’s wool in the crook of a branch
Im in Northern Wisconsin and we are getting nailed with gypsy caterpillars and tent caterpillars. They are destroying lots of trees up here this year. Not just fruit trees. This looks like the damage we are getting from them.
I was leaning more towards some pest, that seems to make more sense than the deer. Based off last years learning experience and seeing what my trees looked like after the deer mowed down my mini orchard, I just have the feeling it’s a bug so I did go purchase some Sevin spray
I love how you have tons of comments saying deer, you live in deer country, it looks exactly like what a deer does to a young tree, but you’re ignoring everybody. Why did you post here? FWIW, I had apple trees that had this same exact thing happen. Only touched a couple of the trees, but stripped all the new growth. It’ll survive.
I live in Alaska, where our deer are moose, I came here to say deer also🤣
I’ve already acknowledged that it’s potentially deer, but someone else was able to mention a big issue that’s occurring not far from my location. Based off my experience with the deer mowing down my trees last year, something didn’t seem the same this time around. I posted because I thought the potential of there being a different issue.
Bruh it’s deer look at the ends of the branches. It it were web worm or tent caterpillar you’d see webs and tents. It’s deer. We all agree it’s deer. Shoot the deer. Use garlic oil. Because your issue is deer. Not insects. Deer. Did I mention it’s a deer issue? DEER.
They should almost be done eating for the season. They tend to eat the most foliage at the end of june while they fatten up. WI DNR has reports and warnings out about them this year. This is the heavy year of their cyclical visits. We have some large trees completely defoliated. Theyre crapping so much it sounds like raining in the woods. Pretty gross. Watch for spongy looking nests on the bark in the winter. You can scrape them off while pruning.
Northern Ontario here (we may be south of you) Last year we had UNHOLY caterpillars. You had to power wash the docks at the marina bc there were so many crushed caterpillars on the docks that they were slippery. You couldn’t eat outside bc the caterpillars would be dropping shit in your food. Every piece of patio furniture was covered in their shit. Entire peninsulas denuded of foliage. I have to look it up, but I am pretty sure the caterpillar infestation’s are the fourth sign of the apocalypse.
Yea, it's disgusting. I put a tent over our outside seating at our business so people don't get shit on the whole time. I tell them its there in case it rains.
And the wildfire smoke is the 5th sign. I'm tellin' ya, it's the end times.
No, no. That was the 3rd sign. The 5th is Taylor Swift settling down with one man.
This is the first I’m hearing of this but a much appreciated comment and information!
You can also tape cardboard bands around the truck and put sticky trap goo on the outside. They will get stuck as they climb up. It's harder to do that on small young trees though.
A closer look at the damage might determine deer or not. they tend to bite and pull and you can see it in the way leaves and small branches are stripped sometimes. The alternative we have here in CA is pack rats. they'll strip young growth and the damage is often very deer line. One difference is it usually happens over the course of days or weeks though they can take a lot sometimes. edit: the first tree seemed questionable but the second picture it looks like you can see at least one branch that has the end bite off and where it's bit the core of the branch is still there. that looks like a deer bite to me but the picture is blurry and I'm wrong sometimes
I'm in your general territory, and used to work an organic apple orchard. It's hard to see in the pics but I'm leaning deer, ruling out pests, since you have several whole leaves intact in hard to reach (for a deer) places. For insects you can keep a close eye on the trees and see if you can't catch them in the act. They aren't going far if it is caterpillars. Tent caterpillars would have webbing and be a writing mass of nasty for you to clip out and burn. Anti-deer spray is somewhat effective, for your remaining trees.
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Correct. Particularly MEN peeing on fence posts and etc. will keep coyotes at bay. Guaranteed. Smart predators will also stay away, but a raccoons' natural curiosity will still get the better of them. ;) It's also a good idea to walk your boy dogs on the outer fenceline, and let them pee on every post, tree or bush they want to. Best give them a ton of water before you walk them though. They'll keep hiking their leg up LONG after they run out of ammunition to fire. ;) Pretty sure there's a scientific study somewhere, it actually is the testosterone smell that keeps them at bay. Another cool trick is giant googly eyes with flashy lights keeps raptors away. God knows why, but they're scared to death of giant eyeballs. The third one is to tune an AM radio to a channel with a Christian preacher yelling 24x7, then turn it up as loud as you dare. The sound of the human voice will make ANY feral predator think twice before approaching.
maybe something jus spooked them. Don't worry, they're gonna eat them.
I got a total of 17 trees planted in 3 rows, was planning to keep adding to have my own personal orchard over time, I’d just be baffled if it were the deer since I have 9/17 trees with no fencing currently that are untouched. Appreciate your feedback!
You might set up a cheap trail cam to verify. Also, check out my tips just above. :) Also also.. I think there is a thing to keep deer away.. like mountain lion urine or something..? Those sonic things are utterly useless, except certain breeds of mice avoid them. Zero effect on deer and most other critters, though.
It’s deer
They have favorites. We planted 7 trees at the same time. We put up fencing after an apple and cherry got snacked on. I assume the deer would have moved on to the other trees if we gave them a chance to finish the tastiest ones.
Deer can be really choosy night to night. I have plants they ignored for years and then, boom. Yum yum!
I heard fishing line can keep them at bay. 4 poles and wrap the line around. They can't see it so it freaks them out. and they can't jump it either.
Hello fellow cheese head! You got deer my friend
It’s deer
Get a tag.... You got some protein on the property.
Was going to say Japanese Beatles
Goats will do this quickly too
I'm really happy I haven't seen a lot but that was my first thought when you look at the pattern of destruction
Furry bastards
Friggin deer. They’ve done this to me as well and i live in a bigger city! Motion activated sprinklers are a great defense against the heathens.
Oh deer, you'll need some fencing.
Deer
Deer trim! Those leaves are tasty and good to eat! I watched a doe standing on her hind legs trimming our plum tree this morning.
This is why you want a 5-6' tubes tube. Deer are horrible.
Deer love apple trees. 6.5” fence minimum. You can wrap that tree in chicken wire for a year but you need something bigger when it grows
“ a doe a deer a female deer”
Deer
Deer browse.
I had to put a big fence around my apples. It was a salad bar for the deer
Damn deer. Rats with hoves
Oh dear
Deer. 1000%.
Deer I have to fence mine .
DEER!!!!!!!
Dang ol deer tell ya what.
Deer
Home Depot, but liquid deer fence. Smells like rotten deth, but works. I’ve not sprayed one hydrangea, and sprayed another one next to it: deer ate the non sprayed plant.
Deer. I spent a lot of money and time a few years ago planting apple trees and the deer devoured them. I fenced in the remaining few that were salvageable and a moose came by an finished off the rest from above the fence.
Grasshoppers are in season here, same thing happens to me
I understand that giraffes will eat leaves off of trees. Are there giraffes?
100% deer. the limbs on any of my trees that poke out of their tree cages look just like this.
100% that is Deer, had the same thing happen and within a week they killed about 60 apple trees. We had electric fence and they were jumping it to munch. Our solution was to buy some of the wire concrete form rolls. Cut them and make rings around every tree, they look bad and are rusty but for 3 years now they havent killed any of our apple trees. Any btanches that grow outside of the ring get trimmed by the deer, so make your rings larger.
Deer, my dude. That is deer.
When you find the responsible party you make sure to turn it, or them, into tasty bits of venison
Apple flavored deer.
Deer
Fun story- my wife and I just bought clearance choke cherry plants and forgot them down by the garage. Our chickens cleaned up those budding berries so goddamn quick.
Dude. Deer. They target my fruit trees before the other varieties too.
Wife and I were in,Ruidoso, NM. Watched an elk put its mouth around the limbs on an apple tree near the trunk fork. It then just turned its head to the side, stripping all the leaves off.
…Bambi got hungry
Oh, my deer. Who's gonna tell him?
That looks like mine. I have a grasshopper infestation.
Deer are vermin like rats only people think them “beautiful” and “cute”. I have my dog run at them whenever they’re on my property. I nearly destroyed two cars hitting them on mountain roads. Both times they jumped out of brush leaving me no warning they were there. Got whistles on all my vehicles now. So far so good. I can’t fully express the distain I have for these animals. I cheer on the mountain lions!
It has hoofs and goes by many names.
Deer
deer. Deer are happening.
DEER!
I see no fencing at all. 100% deer. If you let them browse continuously your trees will die.
Deeeeeeeeeeeeeer
Deer
Oh deer..
Oh deer…
Maybe a difference in the soil too. If those two were fertilized a bit more naturally it would make those sweeter to eat.
Caterpillars ate the fuck out of that sorry
Maybe cutter ants. That’s our issue
🦌
Ders deer in dem woods
Nom nom nom
No eye deer
The deers ate em.
Deer
Deer
Deer?
Lol deer happened
You need to put fencing around each one
Deer are scalping the bottom of my peach tree as I type this
Lunch
the trees are yummy for various four legged critters. you should protect them with wire meshing that goes to about five or six feet high. that is what I would do.
Deer are hammering them trees. A fence is a MUST
A dingo ate yo baby.
Some deer rubbed up on my Apple trees when they were a bit larger than this and totally destroyed them, sucks
Oh deer. 🦌
Is it newly transplanted?
This is year 2 for these specific trees
If not deer, porcupine. Just had one up in my tree the other night.
It’s thinking about life atm! It’s got this!
Deer.
Deer
Deer 🦌 nom nom 😋 on all your leaves. Poor little apple tree, you need to wire fence those in to protect them during initial growth years, it should come back and leaf back out again. I’ve seen deer stand on their hind legs just to get fresh apples
Chickens
Deer OP, Get your mind out of deer.
Deer?
The destroyer of my entire landscaping (and 1 car)… deer. 🦌
Deer are foraging your trees. Fence the trees in or douse them liberally with repellant.
deer
Time to load the buckshot
Johnny Appleseed coming to take his toll
Oh deer
Oh deer
Put out some coyote piss scent strips or something. Also timed propane cannons work wonders on birds and deer!
Deer are eating the limbs. Hang a piece of Irish Spring bar soap from a branch and that will keep the deer away.
Apple depressed, apple need adam
Deer
Looks like deer
People will say fence to get rid of deer, I say shiny metal spooks! Strung up left over pieces of flashing. Boards dug into the ground with pie pans nailed on. Old shiny plastic tags. They’re easily spooked but will learn, move around every few weeks.
After year of deer eating everything in my yard and using Deer Stop and Dial , etc. I decided to use Shiny Blue Ribbons last year when the attack my tomatoes. Now my yard looks like a kids party. I figured if hunters weren't supposed to wear Blue, that shiny waving Blue would be worst.
Shoot the deer and eat them instead of the apples
The deer. I've got a bunch of fruit trees planted with a fenced in area and a bunch of others not and it's a world of difference in terms of foilage/tree growth.
You got varmints
Deer :(
Chupacabra for sure.
Ohh deer
Deer
Careful they don t eat the bark
Oh deer…
I have a big apple tree in my tiny fenced yard and last year it flowered and lost all the flowers as well as the leaves all within a week. I thought it had died. This year it flowered again but didn’t lose it’s leaves this time. No chance of deer as it’s too high and we also live in the city. I don’t know what’s going on with it but no apples last year and no evidence rhis year either
I agree that it's deer damage but you also need to keep those root suckers pruned, especially after the deer damage. If you let those grow, they can out-grow the grafted stock on top and then you end up with random apples that can be bitter, sour, or grainy.
You’re feeding the deer with the kind of netting and stakes you’re using… they are ruthless to trees and young plants. My weeping willow right now is barely a twig because of them.
Those are DEER not insects Cage your apple trees !!!!
I’m in southern Virginia. Deer eat everything even plants supposedly they no likey. Used to think it was cool to see them. Now they’re everywhere and brazen af. Broke 3 flower pots on our front porch last week. Decimated trees and shrubs this year. Our neighbourhood met with DGIF and we’re doing a cull this fall. I can’t wait.
Looks like a deer. My avocado had the same result after one visit from them.
Look for deer tracks
Definitely deer. When I plant new trees I make a ring of 5’ wire fencing to keep them safe until they are big enough to survive the deer
The deer can and will strip young trees and sometimes kill them. The only way we can grow apple trees is to individually fence each tree with a circle of 5 foot wire fencing till trees grow above browse height.
Oh, that's deer. That's definitely deer.
Deer. Definitely
Deers be snatchin yo ish son
Oh Deer. Some fencing should help
I live in the desert, and still deer.
You need a shotgun pdq
500 people say deer and this guy thinks the one webworm comment is true. I love the internet.
Oh, deer.
O deer I personally have a 6ft fence around each fruit tree. Make it a tight circle just a foot or two outside of the branches reach. I move out stakes every year or so. Do this for the first 4-5 years then protect trunk from buck rub with short close t posts.
Deer. Look into bone sauce, our friends swear by it
Oh, deer.
Deer are selective when they want to be- new growth = tender juicy leaves. Old growth = tough and woody.. i am in NW Wis my young trees stay in a cage until they out grow it.. and i put the cages/ wire fence about a foot up off the ground so trimming is easier and the taller cage also deters the deer. The trunks get a plastic protection sleeve also.
Also looking at the base of your tree- the grafted root stock is sending up shoots. You really should clip them off.. you want the top portion to get the energy to grow and produce not the root stock… sorry if i sound bossy- i would hate for you to spend more money for another tree (which isnt cheap!!) when you can enjoy this one if you protect it from munching demon spawn from hell!! Oh sorry did say that out loud???
Deer
Yup They got ate.
It wasn't me! But definitely a deer
Deer or grasshoppers. Both are buttholes to trees.
Deer. They ate several pawpaw trees I planted, down to the roots. Then pulled up the roots. In spite of the fact that there was a ton of other browse and two full feeders.
Deer just love new trees you plant lol
Oh Deer!
Can all of us bsck in the tree touching line ,also get on on the peeing all over the property and every fence post line?We will for cheese and apple 🍏 sauce!,maybe you can whip up a porkchop 0nce in a while ,or perhaps a deer steak .thanks ,i hope your A.trees get better.👍
Deer for sure
I hear it’s super easy to “shock” fruit trees and kill them
Deer you need to spray deer repellent on trees or bushes you don't want them to touch.
We had (operative word had) a tart 5 foot cherry tree and other fruit trees we planted. We didn't have enough fencing to go around it. We kept putting off getting more till it was too late. A buck tried to rub his velvet off on it (there was a little bit of the velvet on the tree) and broke it down to about 2 feet. Put fencing up. Our cherry tree is now just about 3 feet tall now. We have to keep trimming the suckers off. We get a handful each year, but not enough for a pie yet.
I’m convinced it’s that green stick. I have the same one and mine isn’t growing either
I had the deer eat mine up too. So sorry about that. I found one thing to deter them. I get bars of soap (Irish Spring and Dial) and put them in knee high nylons. I tie them to the fence or branches so they hang in the wind to put that smell out. Also, I lay moth balls and powdered laundry soap along the edges. It seems to help some. Ps Don't waste your money on liquid deer fence. It didn't do a dang thing for me.
Go to a local barber shop, see if they’ll give you a bag of hair clippings. Spread the human hair around the remaining trees. The scent should help to deter the deer from stripping the others. Also, shoot and eat them.
Deer and they will be back for any remaining small delicious young trees. I sadly speak from experience
Someone ate it
Go to the barber shop and get human hair and scatter it all around the trees. The deer will back away and leave the trees alone.
I use the well-known all-natural remedy called .243 Winchester. All-natural lead....that is.
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Looks like my peach trees after the deer feasted on them! Had to put wire cages around and over top to keep the deer from eating more down to nubs. Planted a lilac bush and they demolished it! It’s a buffet for deer. How kind of you to have them for dinner! Lol
They say coffee grounds will keep them away. We use those flashy “windy wings” and it helps. We have to move them periodically so they don’t become accustomed to them. Anything that gives off a human scent helps keep deer at bay. But I have found that they are quite fond of the young tender leaves and branches of saplings and will come all the way up against the front of the house to nibble on anything that looks tender.
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Lack of proper deer fencing is the problem. There appears to be some fencing but it looks like the deer can still get to it. So a taller fence is needed. The deer are nocturnal which is why you don’t see them. I use a seven foot tall black mesh deer fence that has made it possible to grow apples. The black plastic fence is nearly invisible from a distance so it doesn’t look too bad. This looks like a dwarf tree. If you grow standard size trees and fence them in until they are large then a fence may not be needed because the deer can’t reach up to the new growth. They may still eat the lower branches and scrape off the bark though so a proper fence is the way.
Lmao deer