The plan is to replace them (adding suitable rabbit defenses) with a selection of Cornish apples. Since the trees are doomed, they have now been removed. It would be understandable if the ground had been snow-covered and other sources of food were scarce, but they have access to acres of grass and other vegetation, as well as younger saplings. Quite why they have attacked the trees now is a mystery.

This means the bark has been removed all the way round the trunk, and the tree will die as a result.īark is the tree’s circulatory system sugars created by photosynthesis in the leaves are translocated throughout the tree, and water drawn up by the roots is distributed. This damage has accelerated with the majority of the trees now completely ring-barked, or girdled. In December we noticed some damage to the bark at the base of the trees, extending as high as twenty inches above ground level. On the right as you enter the car park is an orchard planted mainly with apples, and a few plum trees They were planted around ten years ago, and have for the most part done well until last month. Things do not always go according to plan.

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