Frary got a maple!

[Adair M]

I'm killing them right now.
I put out some peanut butter mixed with concrete.
I will be getting a bunch of 1/4" hardware cloth to build an actual cage type thing to house the trees in.

I’d go even smaller. 1/8 inch.

 

[leatherback]

Cool. So. Do you want my address now, or in 2 weeks when you have finally decided it really is not for you?

 

[River's Edge]

When I did drink I was there for the buzz.
Every Friday it was a case of Budweiser and a fifth of Popov.
Then the bar till closing and if I didn't land in jail it was the same thing the next day.

Bonsai is a good switch, although it takes longer!
As for the voles. how about a perimeter ditch filled with pea gravel. How deep do thye like to tunnel?

 

[M. Frary]

Bonsai is a good switch, although it takes longer!
As for the voles. how about a perimeter ditch filled with pea gravel. How deep do thye like to tunnel?

They will tunnel at least a foot.

 

[M. Frary]

I’d go even smaller. 1/8 inch.

Good idea.

 

[just.wing.it]

Nice maple!
That is big! 16oz!

 

[PiñonJ]

Good idea.

I think the wire gauge is heavier on 1/4” - harder to chew through.

 

[Traken]

@M. Frary, I’m not sure how much you need to protect or if it’d work, but rather than dig down, could you lay a layer of hardware cloth down on the ground as a floor and connect it to the walls of the hardware cloth, kinda in a box shape? That’d keep them from coming up through the bottom, right? That’s a really sweet amur.

 

[M. Frary]

@M. Frary, I’m not sure how much you need to protect or if it’d work, but rather than dig down, could you lay a layer of hardware cloth down on the ground as a floor and connect it to the walls of the hardware cloth, kinda in a box shape? That’d keep them from coming up through the bottom, right? That’s a really sweet amur.

Thanks and what you've described is exactly what I was thinking of doing.
I need to build a framework to attach the hardware cloth to also.

 

[MACH5]

I've been looking for your Acer Ginnala styled thread.
And if I have questions expect a p.m. Sergio.
Probably more than one.

Sure no problem Mike!

 

[PattyB]

Beautiful Maple! Just a thought, how bout using a dog crate as your frame? Use a layer of the hardware cloth underneath the crate or attached to the outside bottom. The crates I own have a heavy plastic tray in the bottom as well. You could then attach the hardware cloth on all sides, top and door to the crate.

 

[M. Frary]

Beautiful Maple! Just a thought, how bout using a dog crate as your frame? Use a layer of the hardware cloth underneath the crate or attached to the outside bottom. The crates I own have a heavy plastic tray in the bottom as well. You could then attach the hardware cloth on all sides, top and door to the crate.

Great idea.
But I have quite a few trees.

 

[Atom#28]

I put out some peanut butter mixed with concrete.

Holy shit, is this a thing?

 

[M. Frary]

Holy shit, is this a thing? View attachment 259232

It sure is.
I put some water next to it too.
The bowls are in 5 gallon buckets with holes only large enough for the smaller rodents to go through.
Plus some DCon and Molemax after I hit the ground with an insecticide.

 

[milehigh_7]

 

[cheap_walmart_art]

fifth of Popov.

The punk rockers in my town used to always show up to parties with a bottle of Popov chasing with Zimas of all things. Assholes stole my bass too. Ah, good times.

 

[JudyB]

Nice looking maple, prepare to get addicted!

 

[M. Frary]

Nice looking maple, prepare to get addicted!

It needs some work.
But it's a great start.
Thank you.

 

[JudyB]

It needs some work.

don't we all!