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Brendankearns
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Hi, I have a Cotoneaster tree growing about 4 years and doing well until the cows attacked it. As you can see from the photo they are the rights side of it, so wondering do I cut it back on the left to help keep its shape?
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Sue Deacon
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The big question is - are the cows going to keep attacking it?
Some years back we had to move a row of young trees that we had planted for someone, when their neighbouring farmer moved his young cows into the adjoining field. Wish we'd known that BEFORE we planted them!
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Brendankearns
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| Posted: Tue Nov 01, 2016 8:48 am Post subject: |
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| Good point Sue, the farmer has only started to put cows into this field so best speak with him and move the trees back a bit if he plans to keep cows each year in the field.
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Can you not put a fence around it?
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Brendankearns
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| Posted: Tue Nov 01, 2016 10:22 am Post subject: |
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| There is a fence but I planted the tree right beside it not thinking about cows in the field. 2 options I have is to move the tree or extend the fence so cows can't reach the tree.
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Sue Deacon
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It's surprising how far a cow can reach! The trees we planted were not against the fence, but 3'-4' away.
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| Sue, are you sure they weren't giraffes 😂
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tagwex
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I meant to say extending it. Like they do in horse fields. Enclosing the tree.
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mdvaden
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| Posted: Sun Jan 22, 2017 6:43 am Post subject: Re: Tree shape |
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| Brendankearns wrote: | | Hi, I have a Cotoneaster tree growing about 4 years and doing well until the cows attacked it. As you can see from the photo they are the rights side of it, so wondering do I cut it back on the left to help keep its shape? |
You could shorten the left side limb some.
My choice would be two sturdy stakes on each side, then pull it over toward a stake to remove the lean. Then it just needs to stay in that position for one year and possibly through a second spring. That forms a cast of wood in a new shape, then remove the stakes. That's what wire does to shape bonsai but it can be done with staking too.
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Brendankearns
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| Posted: Sun Jan 22, 2017 7:33 am Post subject: |
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| Good call. Thank you
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