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Been working on taking some of my older trees out of the tubes and pulling the weed mats also. They now are caged with 2"x4" welded fencing that is 4' tall. You can see branches are pruned up to 5' to keep out of deer's reach for the most part. Figure the tree has enough roots that it can compete with weeds and grass. Through some ky 31 around base to shade ground and hold moisture. These trees stand good on their own but did place some support on younger ones cause in a heavy wind tree might bend and contact cage. Wind last weekend proved the support worked. Older trees I can't move the trunk to contact cage so no support.

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<blockquote data-quote="mcbuck58" data-source="post: 5911800" data-attributes="member: 24609">Been working on taking some of my older trees out of the tubes and pulling the weed mats also. They now are caged with 2&quot;x4&quot; welded fencing that is 4&#039; tall. You can see branches are pruned up to 5&#039; to keep out of deer&#039;s reach for the most part. Figure the tree has enough roots that it can compete with weeds and grass. Through some ky 31 around base to shade ground and hold moisture. These trees stand good on their own but did place some support on younger ones cause in a heavy wind tree might bend and contact cage. Wind last weekend proved the support worked. Older trees I can&#039;t move the trunk to contact cage so no support.[ATTACH=full]229544[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]229543[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]229545[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]229546[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]229547[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]229548[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]229549[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]229550[/ATTACH]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="mcbuck58, post: 5911800, member: 24609"] Been working on taking some of my older trees out of the tubes and pulling the weed mats also. They now are caged with 2"x4" welded fencing that is 4' tall. You can see branches are pruned up to 5' to keep out of deer's reach for the most part. Figure the tree has enough roots that it can compete with weeds and grass. Through some ky 31 around base to shade ground and hold moisture. These trees stand good on their own but did place some support on younger ones cause in a heavy wind tree might bend and contact cage. Wind last weekend proved the support worked. Older trees I can't move the trunk to contact cage so no support. [ATTACH type="full"]229544[/ATTACH][ATTACH type="full"]229543[/ATTACH][ATTACH type="full"]229545[/ATTACH][ATTACH type="full"]229546[/ATTACH][ATTACH type="full"]229547[/ATTACH][ATTACH type="full"]229548[/ATTACH][ATTACH type="full"]229549[/ATTACH][ATTACH type="full"]229550[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]

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