Which tree protector will you choose for your plants?

There can be many reasons to need to care for your trees and shrubs, more so when the plants are young and quite small. In my own case young plants need protection from frost, rabbits, dogs and the lawnmower.

All new seedlings and plants need to be protected straight away as we have experienced very early and very late severe frosts here. I favor the frosted plastic tree guard for the plants in the house garden. I have also heard of some people using aluminized building paper for plant guards. That would be an interesting option for the frost areas I think.

A professional tree service can offer a much more elegant solution as you can see here in a major local city park.

Rabbits can also be a problem for me here so when I plant outside the house garden I use a commercial tree trunk protector.

When there are a lot of trees to be planted the local Landcare reforestation groups here use recycled milk cartons as tree protectors. I must say that it really is an interesting sight to see thousands of milk cartons trailing up over hills, along creek beds and beside landfall areas.

Some people use chicken wire, that is great for a more secure and longer term tree guard.

I was fortunate enough to have quite a few metal plant guards left here by the previous owners so I have used them with great success for tomatoes over the summer months.

Some people use plastic strips, they circle the plastic strips around the wooden stakes which allows quite a bit of light and air to circulate that way.

The important thing to remember there will always be a solution to your problem with pest control, try and find one that is ecological and sustainable for your gardening needs.

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