Tree Fencing

[H20fwler]

I've noticed looking through everyone's tree pics that a variety of fencing is used caging your trees.

What kind of fencing do you guys prefer and why?

 

[buckvelvet]

I've noticed looking through everyone's tree pics that a variety of fencing is used caging your trees.

What kind of fencing do you guys prefer and why?

http://www.lowes.com/pd/Grip-Rite-S...t-x-150-ft-Actual-4-96-ft-x-149-92-ft/3369078

I normally wait for this to go on sale for around $75-$90 and buy it. Best to use for my area, sturdy, easy to put my hands in to mess around trees, tall nuff to keep naught deer out when winter brings ground level up.

 

[greyphase]

http://www.lowes.com/pd/Grip-Rite-S...t-x-150-ft-Actual-4-96-ft-x-149-92-ft/3369078

I normally wait for this to go on sale for around $75-$90 and buy it. Best to use for my area, sturdy, easy to put my hands in to mess around trees, tall nuff to keep naught deer out when winter brings ground level up.

+1

 

[H20fwler]

Thanks, I have a bunch of trees to fence in this fall and this is a way better deal than the field fence from Menards I've been using. And at Lowes I can get a 10% discount.

 

[yoderjac]

I've noticed looking through everyone's tree pics that a variety of fencing is used caging your trees.

What kind of fencing do you guys prefer and why?

I try to match my protection to the tree and how our deer relate to them. For some trees, I can get away with no protection like persimmons. For other trees that I'm planting in volume that need some protection, I use tubes. For more highly attractive trees like fruit trees, I use cages. I've tried several approaches over the years. The one I like best is remesh (cement wire). It is 5' tall and so stiff that it will stand on its own. So, rather than needing 3 heavy duty t-posts like I need for wire fencing that bends, I can use a single light duty fence post to simply hold the cage in place. Another thing I do is to string inexpensive rope from Harbor Freight in both directions horizontally forming a square in the center of the cage. This allows the tree to blow in the wind and strengthen, but it can only blow so far before being restrained by the rope. Keeping the tree fairly straight keep the central leader from bending over so far that it gets nipped off by deer. I don't worry about deer munching on lateral branches. For wildlife trees, I don't want low branching. The fencing itself is a little more expensive but the overall cost is about the same but I get a cage that lasts for multiple uses over many years.

Thanks,

Jack

 

[silver_yummies]

Menards has this on sale until tomorrow I think for $75 a roll. I just bought 5 today myself for next springs plantings.

 

[H20fwler]

Menards has this on sale until tomorrow I think for $75 a roll. I just bought 5 today myself for next springs plantings.

I checked online and it is $85 a roll at my local Menards through tomorrow. Great tip thanks!

 

[Mahindra3016]

For stakes i use metal conduit, you can get a bundle of 10 10' pieces at lowes, then cut them in thirds or in half depending on the cage. I often have access to conduit scraps on job sites as well.

 

[Bowsnbucks]

5 ft. tall concrete mesh, like in post #2 & #3. Once and done.

 

[MoBuckChaser]

16' cattle panels that are 50" tall. On sale they are $17-20 each. You need no posts to hold them in place, and you flatten them back out and resell them when you are done with them. Can't do that with cut up wire mesh. They also provide easy access if you need to work on the tree.