posted 2 years ago
I appreciate your sentiment Joseph. However, these are little saplings, hand-grown from seed often times, in very harsh conditions with no rainfall for 6 months of the year. Looking to protect them from these borers while they get established still allows for plenty of survival of the fittest to play a role in what survives. There's no guarantee any will survive if I don't take any measures.
So far I have eliminated tall grass and mulched heavily as I understand this makes for less desirable beetle habitat . And yes, I have wrapped their trunks, looking for others who have experimented with this approach versus painting the trunks.
The thief left it behind:
the moon
at my window.