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<pre>Hi Anthony,
Are you sure they are kangaroos and not wallabies?
My experience is that kangaroos box or hump the trees smashing branches and
causing much damage but it is the wallabies [swamp and red neck] that graze
on the trees.
I guess if you are in drought conditions then the kangaroos may be forced
to eat the leaves.
I have used long lengths [up to a metre] of white plastic tubing [about
800mm in circumference], purchased as a continuous roll, to protect the
trees. This material is normally supplied to nursery bag manufacturers for
strong, U.V. resistant containers for advanced trees. I purchase mine from
Agricultural Plastics in Minto, Sydney. They will usually last till the tree
is high enough to be out of reach of the wallabies.
In what district is your grove and do you have wallabies?

Alan Watt
Tanja Olives
[near Bega]

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Sent: Wednesday, 2 March 2005 10:54 PM
To: OliveOil@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [OliveOil] Kangaroos



Hi All,

Having problems with roos eating my young trees down to the tree
guards
1 Will these tree be ok or will they die

2 I am thinking about putting 2 guards per tree one on top off the
other to cover the whole tree would this create any problems

Thanks

Anthony









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