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Post by Deleted on Apr 17, 2011 6:57:20 GMT -5
I go to check on my two blueberry bushes yesterday, see how they are transplanting, making sure they've made it through another day in my care. One of them is fine. The other....Something has gnawed off the branches! Its too cold to mow the lawn, so its not my husband. I wasn't out with the kids the day before, so its not my 2 year old being "helpful". The branches, small as they were, were found on the ground next to the bush. I'll take pics and post Hoping when I got out right now, the other bush will be fine. WTH?
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Post by coppice on Apr 17, 2011 8:57:29 GMT -5
Ah, is there a pond nearby? In suprisingly suburban settinigs I've had real problems in the past with beaver. Needed a chicken or hog wire fence. *if* there is a lot of alder nearby, scent marking will work. If not and its beaver they can chew down a whole yard of trees, quicker'n spit. MASS animal control-fish & game, is useless. an' they get real pissy if'n you shoot them. Post Script: Groundhod is equally as likely. Fence is still in order. Everything bad I said about MASS fish 'n' game is still true.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 17, 2011 11:26:49 GMT -5
My backyard, where it is, is fenced in, and the bush is closer to the house (not the fence). Could a squirrel have done it? Going to post pic soon. Here it is:
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Post by coppice on Apr 17, 2011 16:49:51 GMT -5
Check the bottom of your fence for groundhoggian invasion. If there is no space for a ground hog to get under your fence, then its squirrel or voles.
The last two, squirrel-vole can be put off with capsicum. That'd be hot pepper stew, pepper spray, or ground hot chillis applied on and around your shrubs. repeat after it rains.
Mast-foods are low near you right now, they're after the sugars in the shrubs themsleves. This will pass when there is better forage.
Have-a-heart traps work if you transport the offenders far enough away. Vole 2+ mi. Squirrel 10+ Mi.
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