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Cabin, looks great! Let us know how the GHR do.

I've taken a couple of walks around the GHR plots and only found one spot where it looks like a deer browsed on ~10 stems. I keep my fingers crossed that they will hit them, but so far, nothing. The way other guys raved about GHR and DER, I thought I'd give them a try. Tough though, as I have apple orchards galore around me and corn directly across the road. Maybe after all the other crops get thinned they'll start hitting my plots.

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Cabin Fever Mentor

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Yes, they are tree tubes. I planted a dozens of Sawtooth Oaks, Gobbler Sawtooth Oaks, and Chinese Chestnuts. The tree tubes do help a lot, both in growth and protection from deer browsing. I ran out, so some trees got tubes and some didn't. Big difference! The tree tubes act as mini-greenhouses to extend the growing season, if you will.

The ONLY negative that I have found with them are the damn yellow jackets like to nest in them! If you don't do anything about it, raccoons smell the larva and knock the tree tubes down and chew the hell out of the tubes to get to it. I plan on getting some payback with the raccoons this trapping season!

I "think" I remember reading something that said it is not recommended to use tree tubes with apple tree seedlings. I'm not 100% sure about that though, but you might want to check into it before you plant.

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Great looking plots and property!  I also planted some ghr and der, for sure they'll get eaten after we get a few hard frosts.

Let me know when they start hitting yours. I got nothing yet and we've had 3 frosts so far. Maybe after the other food sources start getting cleaned up...

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Great looking plots and property!  I also planted some ghr and der, for sure they'll get eaten after we get a few hard frosts.

Let me know when they start hitting yours. I got nothing yet and we've had 3 frosts so far. Maybe after the other food sources start getting cleaned up...

I had 6 deer in my brassicas last night....glad to see them now hitting them!

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I took a walk around my plots yesterday and saw no more evidence of browsing (Found ~10 stems last week in one small spot)! With the big leaves of the DER, GHR, and PTT, browsing would be pretty evident!

On a positive note, I peeled a GHR and they are pretty tastey! A milder flavor than the red radishes. I even tasted the leaves of everything and they have a cabbage flavor. If the deer don't eat them, it'll give ME something to snack on during hunting season anyway!  ;)

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Are you sure they are not hitting them at night??

It's pretty easy to tell if the deer are hitting the turnips and radishes. Big leaves, so they will either be eaten to the ground or there will just be stems sticking up.

Wish I had your problem, all the tops on my turnips and Broccoli Rabe have been eaten. I only have the turnips themselves remaining.

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