RE: speaking of trees... smoke tree/now rabbit problems

Donna: The last little sapling I had that a rabbit ate did die, but it
was chewed off to about 3 inches above the ground...literally nothing
but a stick, like you said. You could try being optimistic and just
leaving it for a while and seeing what happens...stranger things than it
recovering have happened in my garden (like roses I was sure were dead,
dead, dead, making a comeback in June that wasn't rootstock growth!) I'm
always hesitant to give up on a plant in this zone 5 weather...things
are always uncertain at best as to whether something is just taking
extra long to emerge from dormancy or is truly dead, so I'm one who
waits until all certainty tells me something is a goner. Good luck!



Melody, IA (Z 5/4)

"The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious."    
--Albert Einstein

 --- On Sat 03/22, Donna  < justme@prairieinet.net > wrote:
From: Donna  [mailto: justme@prairieinet.net]
To: gardenchat@hort.net
Date: Sat, 22 Mar 2003 20:19:41 -0600
Subject: RE: [CHAT]speaking of trees... smoke tree

Last summer I found a deal on some small trees- elm, acers. I am
talking<br>really small ones that were going into the garden railroad
and planned<br>on keeping them pruned to scale. Since the area was not
completed in<br>time, I stuck them into my raised veggie bed for the
winter.<br><br>That *#&* rabbit came thru and ate all the tops off! I
now have sticks,<br>no more little branches on the top,
nothing!<br><br>Chance for survival folks? Anything I should do, as they
are just<br>breaking hibernation in zone cold (5) here.... are they
gonners like the<br>rabbit! <br><br>Donna<br>Where finally I am seeing
some green poking it's head out!
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