I’m getting them wrapped today. Just curious if people think it’s a lost cause. I had no idea this damage could be done by bunnies.
by Guiee
I’m getting them wrapped today. Just curious if people think it’s a lost cause. I had no idea this damage could be done by bunnies.
by Guiee
37 Comments
Probably not…
If any animal ringbarks a tree it dies.
This one is cooked but try protecting the others
That’s a massive girdle. The graft is 100% dead, the rootstock might push up some new growth from underground.
If the loss of bark goes all the way around the tree, i.e. girdling, then the tree will die. I’m sorry. Remove the tree and plant a new one, this time with a wire cage to protect it.
It might survive, but it will never be healthy and full again. You probably should replant since the tree is still so young.
Good rule of thumb is that a tree can survive a 50% loss to it’s cabrium circumference but that exposed area is dead and will eventually rot away.
I’m in NE and we had a 2ft snowstorm recently. It has provided a huge step ladder for the rabbits in my garden and I’m going to be replacing a bunch of things as the bunnies got above my wire trunk guards. Damn their eyes.
Very possibly not.
Sorry. Think these are gone
Nope.
Put a wire fence around that bunnies can’t do bunny things and wait and hope it won’t die. If you’re extremely lucky it might survive, otherwise plant new and put wire fence around tree immediately.
Looks like porcupines.
The bunnies will be fine.
They make plastic collars that expand as the tree grows you can get and put around the trunk. I had to do that with my redbud in my backyard
The bunnies will be fine, the tree not so much.
If the bark is still going all the way from root and up it can survive, but never if the bark is stripped all the way around.
The bark(the phloem) transports sugar and nutrients from the leaves to the roots and other parts of the tree. If this cycle stops completely the roots die as well as the rest of the tree.
Replant and protect the new trees.
The bunnies will be fine, but your trees are dead
The bunnies will be fine, the tree very much not.
If you have bunnies or other animals roaming your garden, always wrap the stems of young trees with a protector usually wire, but make sure it’s not directly touching the bark, there needs to be space for the tree to breathe and grow.
Bunnies will be fine ….
it’s dead, jim.
Nope. You generally have to put short wire fences around them to stop herbivores from devouring the new trees.
The bunnies will be ok
That tree is dead though it might not know it yet.
Yes. They’ll be OK for kindling.
I remember when I was around 8 or 9 years old. A tree my dad planted a couple years earlier had the bark stripped off. Now for whatever reason my neighbor said it was me taking a knife to it and scrapping the bark. I denied it and was grounded. Wouldn’t be ungrounded untill I confessed. Luckily a couple weeks went by and my aunt had to stop through. When she pulled in the driveway she seen a buck rubbing its antlers against the tree. Happened to have her digital camera and snapped a pick. Even with the pick and my aunt’s word my dad still didn’t want to believe it. Probably because he was so committed to the punishment. Got ungrounded and never got a apology. It became extraordinarily easy to lie to my parents after that because it’s not like they would believe me if I told the truth.
It’s a goner.
*bad bunnies
Yo siento
I’ve had this before on 3 yr old apple trees. I was able to cut the trunk above the graft and the trees grew back again quickly due to established roots (had to re-establish a leader) – so there may be hope.
Replace and get trunk guards!
No
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Nope the bark and underlying phloem is where the life blood of the tree flows. **Key Components of Bark:**
* **Outer Bark (Rhytidome):** Composed of dead tissue, primarily cork (phellem) and older, dead phloem, acting as a shield against weather, pests, and fire.
* **Inner Bark (Phloem):** A living layer of tissue produced by the vascular cambium that transports nutrients.
* [**Vascular Cambium**](https://www.google.com/search?q=Vascular+Cambium&sca_esv=b59fbfbe1fcd72c3&sxsrf=ANbL-n4jwu-SR3TAXtDLuGmaib3ObT12HA%3A1771507914833&ei=yhCXaZLKMuOxqtsPityyqQI&biw=2048&bih=999&ved=2ahUKEwjiz8Ch1eWSAxVYnCYFHbt4IIoQgK4QegQIAxAD&uact=5&oq=the+bark+and+underlying+floam&gs_lp=Egxnd3Mtd2l6LXNlcnAiHXRoZSBiYXJrIGFuZCB1bmRlcmx5aW5nIGZsb2FtMgUQABjvBTIFEAAY7wUyCBAAGIAEGKIESO0KUJkHWI0JcAF4AZABAJgBmgGgAaQCqgEDMC4yuAEDyAEA-AEBmAIDoAKrAsICChAAGEcY1gQYsAOYAwCIBgGQBgiSBwMxLjKgB90DsgcDMC4yuAeoAsIHAzAuM8gHBIAIAQ&sclient=gws-wiz-serp)**:** A thin, delicate layer of dividing cells located just inside the phloem that produces new phloem to the outside and new xylem (wood) to the inside
If the tree is girdled all the way round, the tree is likely to die.
Rabbit stew. mmmm. bay leaf, a bit of carrot and onion, some potatoes and garlic.
It’s dead, Jim.
The bunny? Yes. The tree? Ehhhh…..
You may have to replace it and use a tree guard or cylinder of chicken wire to stave off the rabbits.
No you need to get a little fence for it. The bark is what protects the tree. It’s highly susceptible to disease
The tree as it sits is done, as it’s fully girdled. What you could do is attempt to air layer off the top. Clean up the cut with a razor blade, cover in rooting hormone and wrap with spag moss, keep it wet. It should grow new roots and you can chop it off and have a new (albeit shorter) tree.
Also if the root stock develops a sucker, you could trim back the dead stock and let the sucker become the new tree.