Post by kooch on Jan 7, 2022 21:21:31 GMT -6
I'm researching information about planting my windbreak/screen. I came across an interesting website, www.windbreaktrees.com. They are not fans of deer, not at all. In fact they advocate killing them mostly, with links to www.stopdeerdamage.com. That said, there's a lot of information on this site. They can have their opinion about deer and still have useful knowldedge.
Here's a bit about protecting evergreens from buck rubbing by planting sacrificial hybrid-willows near them.
"We also do like to plant an Austree 6 ft from the last evergreen in our windbreak rows and some in the middle of our newly planted windbreak. The buck deer in the fall (Sep- Dec.) will first come into your windbreak and “attack” with their horns these 8ft tall flexible trees and destroy them instead of your valuable evergreens. The following spring and every spring for 5 years, we cut the Austrees off 1 ft from the ground and they will re-grow and be ready in the fall for the next round of buck deer rubs, do this every year. After the evergreens are 10 ft+ tall you can cut off the Austrees used for deer protection, in the fall at ground level, apply roundup to the stump and remove the above ground part from your windbreak. No reason to remove the roots as they will rot away in just a couple of years."
www.windbreaktrees.com/austree-hybrid-willow
Here's a bit about protecting evergreens from buck rubbing by planting sacrificial hybrid-willows near them.
"We also do like to plant an Austree 6 ft from the last evergreen in our windbreak rows and some in the middle of our newly planted windbreak. The buck deer in the fall (Sep- Dec.) will first come into your windbreak and “attack” with their horns these 8ft tall flexible trees and destroy them instead of your valuable evergreens. The following spring and every spring for 5 years, we cut the Austrees off 1 ft from the ground and they will re-grow and be ready in the fall for the next round of buck deer rubs, do this every year. After the evergreens are 10 ft+ tall you can cut off the Austrees used for deer protection, in the fall at ground level, apply roundup to the stump and remove the above ground part from your windbreak. No reason to remove the roots as they will rot away in just a couple of years."
www.windbreaktrees.com/austree-hybrid-willow
