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Columnar Norway Spruce / Picea abies 'Cupressina' - Deer question

crazyhorst
14 years ago

I planted two Columnar Norway Spruce (Picea abies 'Cupressina') last Spring. They are doing really well and I am so happy with them. However as soon as the snow melted around them in one night the deer ate them and really shaved them down. They both are very mis-shapened and one of them is really bad. I immediately put chicken wire around them and just a few days ago finally took the wire off. They are both starting to get new growth on them, except for the areas where the deer ate. I was really hoping those areas would have gotten new growth too, but there is nothing coming from those eaten branches. I was wondering if I could trim the rest of the tree to try to get a little uniformity back, but since there is no new growth in the areas the deer ate I'm thinking that that is a bad idea. Does anyone know about trimming these or if I will ever get new growth back in those areas???

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