blueKYstream
5 year old buck +
In the Spring of 2018, I planted chestnuts and persimmons with tubes on a farm with cattle and an adjoining farm without. I didn't have many issues at all with the cattle then. They may have taken out a few trees using the tubes as a scratcher or whatnot but nothing too bad. Fast forward to this Spring when I planted some pear trees on said farms. Well, they haven't been rotated to one of the fields yet. The other field they are currently in, they basically tore down the fence and ate all the leaves off the top of the tree. They've left the leaves inside the aluminum screen, except one screen they tossed off the tree (pic 2 & 4). Fortunately, they haven't eaten anything off the leader.
I can't do much about the cattle. It's a farm my dad's owned for 25 years and they are there for the tax write-off. I thought everything was good, so I ordered some pear and apples to plant this Fall. Well, now I know I need to find a fencing solution for not only these but the ones I'll be planting. Until I find a solution and have more time, I had to throw some tubes on. It's not ideal, but it's a stopgap that's worked to keep the cattle from browsing the other trees. Do you think stiffer concrete remesh will keep the cattle out?
I can't do much about the cattle. It's a farm my dad's owned for 25 years and they are there for the tax write-off. I thought everything was good, so I ordered some pear and apples to plant this Fall. Well, now I know I need to find a fencing solution for not only these but the ones I'll be planting. Until I find a solution and have more time, I had to throw some tubes on. It's not ideal, but it's a stopgap that's worked to keep the cattle from browsing the other trees. Do you think stiffer concrete remesh will keep the cattle out?