I had one Willow die from this malady already. I have a second which
has now come down with the same problem. Namely, the bark at the bottom
of the trunk just comes off in hugh chunks about 1 or 2 feet long.

These trees are about 6-7 years old.

I'd hate to lose the second one, which is now about 25 feet in height.

Anyone have any idea as to what causes this?

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I had one Willow die from this malady already. I have a second which
has now come down with the same problem. Namely, the bark at the bottom
of the trunk just comes off in hugh chunks about 1 or 2 feet long.

These trees are about 6-7 years old.

I'd hate to lose the second one, which is now about 25 feet in height.

Anyone have any idea as to what causes this?

It's usually deer, in UK at least.

Mary

On Thu, 24 Apr 2008 20:50:56 +0100, "Mary Fisher"
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I had one Willow die from this malady already. I have a second which
has now come down with the same problem. Namely, the bark at the bottom
of the trunk just comes off in hugh chunks about 1 or 2 feet long.

These trees are about 6-7 years old.

I'd hate to lose the second one, which is now about 25 feet in height.

Anyone have any idea as to what causes this?

It's usually deer, in UK at least.

Mary

Funny, it is usually deer in most areas I know also. Not only trees
but all sorts of flowers and bushes. Once upon a time there was little
food for deer, then the settlers came and planed corn and made it
available to the deer and sure enough they thrived and multiplied, and
then other men with their wisdom, made it against the law to kill the
deer.Then there were those who said, after seeing Bambi, Oh aren't
those little darlings so cute. So there it is in a nutshell. Now you
just have to live with the cute little monsters.

On Thu, 24 Apr 2008 20:26:02 GMT, joevan
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On Thu, 24 Apr 2008 20:50:56 +0100, "Mary Fisher"
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I had one Willow die from this malady already. I have a second which
has now come down with the same problem. Namely, the bark at the bottom
of the trunk just comes off in hugh chunks about 1 or 2 feet long.

These trees are about 6-7 years old.

I'd hate to lose the second one, which is now about 25 feet in height.

Anyone have any idea as to what causes this?

It's usually deer, in UK at least.

Mary

Funny, it is usually deer in most areas I know also. Not only trees
but all sorts of flowers and bushes. Once upon a time there was little
food for deer, then the settlers came and planed corn and made it
available to the deer and sure enough they thrived and multiplied, and
then other men with their wisdom, made it against the law to kill the
deer.Then there were those who said, after seeing Bambi, Oh aren't
those little darlings so cute. So there it is in a nutshell. Now you
just have to live with the cute little monsters.

There are no deer on my property because my little acre is fenced.

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On Thu, 24 Apr 2008 20:26:02 GMT, joevan
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On Thu, 24 Apr 2008 20:50:56 +0100, "Mary Fisher"
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I had one Willow die from this malady already. I have a second
which has now come down with the same problem. Namely, the bark
at the bottom of the trunk just comes off in hugh chunks about 1
or 2 feet long.

These trees are about 6-7 years old.

I'd hate to lose the second one, which is now about 25 feet in
height.

Anyone have any idea as to what causes this?

It's usually deer, in UK at least.

Mary

Funny, it is usually deer in most areas I know also. Not only trees
but all sorts of flowers and bushes. Once upon a time there was
little food for deer, then the settlers came and planed corn and
made it available to the deer and sure enough they thrived and
multiplied, and then other men with their wisdom, made it against
the law to kill the deer.Then there were those who said, after
seeing Bambi, Oh aren't
those little darlings so cute. So there it is in a nutshell. Now you
just have to live with the cute little monsters.

There are no deer on my property because my little acre is fenced.

I'm inclined to believe you, but never forget that although very few can
manage 7 feet, there's many a good-sized whitetail can jump a 6-foot fence.
:-)

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On Thu, 24 Apr 2008 20:50:56 +0100, "Mary Fisher"
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I had one Willow die from this malady already. I have a second which
has now come down with the same problem. Namely, the bark at the bottom
of the trunk just comes off in hugh chunks about 1 or 2 feet long.

These trees are about 6-7 years old.

I'd hate to lose the second one, which is now about 25 feet in height.

Anyone have any idea as to what causes this?

It's usually deer, in UK at least.

Mary

Funny, it is usually deer in most areas I know also. Not only trees
but all sorts of flowers and bushes. Once upon a time there was little
food for deer, then the settlers came and planed corn and made it
available to the deer and sure enough they thrived and multiplied, and
then other men with their wisdom, made it against the law to kill the
deer.Then there were those who said, after seeing Bambi, Oh aren't
those little darlings so cute. So there it is in a nutshell. Now you
just have to live with the cute little monsters.

They're delicious!

And regarded as vermin by many people, like hare. Their numbers must be
controlled.

Pity they don't control the numbers of people too, many of whom could be
regarded as vermin. But who would decide, sort the wheat from the chaff ...

Mary

On Fri, 25 Apr 2008 05:10:13 GMT, "Michael"
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On Thu, 24 Apr 2008 20:26:02 GMT, joevan
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On Thu, 24 Apr 2008 20:50:56 +0100, "Mary Fisher"
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I had one Willow die from this malady already. I have a second
which has now come down with the same problem. Namely, the bark
at the bottom of the trunk just comes off in hugh chunks about 1
or 2 feet long.

These trees are about 6-7 years old.

I'd hate to lose the second one, which is now about 25 feet in
height.

Anyone have any idea as to what causes this?

It's usually deer, in UK at least.

Mary

Funny, it is usually deer in most areas I know also. Not only trees
but all sorts of flowers and bushes. Once upon a time there was
little food for deer, then the settlers came and planed corn and
made it available to the deer and sure enough they thrived and
multiplied, and then other men with their wisdom, made it against
the law to kill the deer.Then there were those who said, after
seeing Bambi, Oh aren't
those little darlings so cute. So there it is in a nutshell. Now you
just have to live with the cute little monsters.

There are no deer on my property because my little acre is fenced.

I'm inclined to believe you, but never forget that although very few can
manage 7 feet, there's many a good-sized whitetail can jump a 6-foot fence.
:-)

At the Barns in Merion where I once worked, I heard they had deer
problems and the fence was 8 feet tall.

On Fri, 25 Apr 2008 09:35:33 +0100, "Mary Fisher"
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"joevan" wrote in message
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On Thu, 24 Apr 2008 20:50:56 +0100, "Mary Fisher"
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I had one Willow die from this malady already. I have a second which
has now come down with the same problem. Namely, the bark at the bottom
of the trunk just comes off in hugh chunks about 1 or 2 feet long.

These trees are about 6-7 years old.

I'd hate to lose the second one, which is now about 25 feet in height.

Anyone have any idea as to what causes this?

It's usually deer, in UK at least.

Mary

Funny, it is usually deer in most areas I know also. Not only trees
but all sorts of flowers and bushes. Once upon a time there was little
food for deer, then the settlers came and planed corn and made it
available to the deer and sure enough they thrived and multiplied, and
then other men with their wisdom, made it against the law to kill the
deer.Then there were those who said, after seeing Bambi, Oh aren't
those little darlings so cute. So there it is in a nutshell. Now you
just have to live with the cute little monsters.

They're delicious!

And regarded as vermin by many people, like hare. Their numbers must be
controlled.

Pity they don't control the numbers of people too, many of whom could be
regarded as vermin. But who would decide, sort the wheat from the chaff ...

Mary

I won't touch that one, Mary.

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I won't touch that one, Mary.

I WAS playing Devil's Advocate :-)

Mary

On Fri, 25 Apr 2008 11:59:54 +0100, "Mary Fisher"
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"joevan" wrote in message
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I won't touch that one, Mary.

I WAS playing Devil's Advocate :-)

Mary

Sort of like tongue in cheek?

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On Thu, 24 Apr 2008 20:26:02 GMT, joevan
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On Thu, 24 Apr 2008 20:50:56 +0100, "Mary Fisher"
wrote:


wrote in message
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I had one Willow die from this malady already. I have a second which
has now come down with the same problem. Namely, the bark at the
bottom
of the trunk just comes off in hugh chunks about 1 or 2 feet long.

These trees are about 6-7 years old.

I'd hate to lose the second one, which is now about 25 feet in height.

Anyone have any idea as to what causes this?

It's usually deer, in UK at least.

Mary

Funny, it is usually deer in most areas I know also. Not only trees
but all sorts of flowers and bushes. Once upon a time there was little
food for deer, then the settlers came and planed corn and made it
available to the deer and sure enough they thrived and multiplied, and
then other men with their wisdom, made it against the law to kill the
deer.Then there were those who said, after seeing Bambi, Oh aren't
those little darlings so cute. So there it is in a nutshell. Now you
just have to live with the cute little monsters.

There are no deer on my property because my little acre is fenced.

We had a similar problem it was a neighbours cats shredding the outer layer
allowing infections to penetrate.Either way the answer is a loose collar of
chicken wire
( around the tree base ) both species will soon get the hint.
Derek

"joevan" wrote in message
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On Fri, 25 Apr 2008 11:59:54 +0100, "Mary Fisher"
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"joevan" wrote in message
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I won't touch that one, Mary.

I WAS playing Devil's Advocate :-)

Mary

Sort of like tongue in cheek?

Well, not quite. And I do love venison! And deer and hare do a LOT of damage
to crops in this country.

Mary