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bodavid
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Location: kuwait
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| Posted: Thu 28 Feb, 2008 8:06 am |
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after grafting my inground sour orange tree my goat ate some of my grafts and about a ft. of the tree's bark. the next day i was shocked> hahaha of what has happened . so i am conserned since summer is comming
the question is will painting the tree trunk white help prevent sun burn? or will it heal by itself?
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Stan McKenzie
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Location: Scranton, SC USA
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| Posted: Thu 28 Feb, 2008 11:51 am |
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This is the primary reason I would not own a goat for any amount of money! I was given a goat as a "present" some years back. There was a fertilizer shortage that year and we had been advised to buy our nitrogen fertilizer and store it under farm sheds so that we would have it when needed. This (devil goat) walked around on the pallets of nitrogen fertilizer punching tiny holes in the bags with his hooves. In our humid climate, it was only a short time until the bags of fertilizer were as hard as cement. I had to throw away several hundred dollars worth of fertilizer because it was unusable.. The goat also took a bite out of every potato that I had stored under another shed. He didnt eat any of them, just took a bite out of each so that they were ruined as well. So, In my humble opinion.. Get rid of the goat while you still have any citrus left!
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Sylvain
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Location: Bergerac, France.
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| Posted: Thu 28 Feb, 2008 12:52 pm |
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| Stan McKenzie wrote: | | So, In my humble opinion.. Get rid of the goat while you still have any citrus left! |
Don't give it. It is not a nice gift.
Eat it!
I had one. Like other goats it ate every thing in the garden, ate the bark of young trees, broke the fences and I often found it standing on the table of the kitchen eating the bred. But it gave such a good milk and cheese! |
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bodavid
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Location: kuwait
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| Posted: Sun 02 Mar, 2008 3:10 am |
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thanks for reply
Sylvain what did you do when the goat ate the bark of your citrus
does any one know if painting the trunk white will help ? |
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citrange
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Location: UK - 15 miles west of London
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| Posted: Tue 04 Mar, 2008 6:12 pm |
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It depends on whether the bark was eaten right round the tree. If it was, then the tree will die - unless you somehow graft something across the gap, or 'inarch' a new rootstock to above the eaten area.
If there is still continous bark somewhere around the trunk (so that nutrients can still flow from roots to leaves), then the bark will very slowly repair itself and tend to grow over the eaten area. I don't think paint will help. |
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Sylvain
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Location: Bergerac, France.
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| Posted: Thu 06 Mar, 2008 5:44 am |
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| bodavid wrote: | | What did you do when the goat ate the bark of your citrus? |
I changed the goat for sheep. 
And had even better milk and cheese! |
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dauben
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Joined: 25 Nov 2006
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Location: Ramona, CA, Zone 9A
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| Posted: Sat 08 Mar, 2008 5:50 am |
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Reminds me of a story my friend in college had about a goat his parents owned here in San Diego when he was growing up. This goat had a habit of head butting people. My friend was terrified of the thing, but his Dad wouldn't get rid of it. Finally, one day his Dad came home from work, got out of his car, and the goat head butted him on his way into the house. "Wayne, get the rifle." My friend had no problem holding the goat while his Dad dispatched the animal.
Nowadays, they are using goats to clear land in the back country to help with wildfire prevention.
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