{"id":93,"date":"2015-12-03T14:58:06","date_gmt":"2015-12-03T14:58:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.industrialnetting.com\/blog\/?p=93"},"modified":"2018-06-12T21:26:43","modified_gmt":"2018-06-12T21:26:43","slug":"protect-trees-shrubs-from-foraging-animals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.industrialnetting.com\/blog\/protect-trees-shrubs-from-foraging-animals\/","title":{"rendered":"Protect Trees &#038; Shrubs from Foraging Animals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"\/tree-protectors.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-89\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/TreeProtectors-Blog.jpg\" alt=\"Tree protectors\" width=\"351\" height=\"269\" \/><\/a>Young trees and ornamental gardens add beauty and value to any property \u2013 but they can also be a magnet for foraging animals during our long winters.\u00a0 Gnaw marks, scrapes and nicks become ugly scars that expose trees and shrubs to disease, insects and other pests.<\/p>\n<p>Now there is an easy, inexpensive way to fight back!\u00a0\u00a0<a style=\"color: #21759b;\" href=\"\/agriculture.html\">Plastic netting<\/a>\u00a0can be used to create a lightweight, environmentally-friendly deterrent to protect shrubs, gardens and decorative plants from foraging wildlife like deer, rabbits, and other &#8220;critters&#8221;.\u00a0 Breathable plastic mesh lets water and light reach plants while allowing plenty of air circulation.\u00a0 And it\u2019s easy to install using\u00a0<a style=\"color: #21759b;\" href=\"\/cable-tie-7-inch.html\">nylon zip ties<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->A heavier version made from polyethylene mesh tubes fits around the trunks of saplings to form a breathable protective wrap. These tough\u00a0<a style=\"color: #21759b;\" href=\"\/tree-bark-protectors.html\">plastic tree wraps<\/a>\u00a0keep animals from feeding and rubbing on tree bark, and shield the bark from lawn care equipment.<\/p>\n<p>Breathable protective netting prevents moisture and mildew build-up\u00a0while allowing plenty of air circulation.\u00a0 Unlike plastic pipe and film wraps, these open mesh tree shields do not harbor insects and won&#8217;t inhibit growth.<\/p>\n<p>Plastic netting and\u00a0<a style=\"color: #21759b;\" href=\"\/deer-netting.html\">fencing<\/a>\u00a0won&#8217;t rust or rot. \u00a0It\u2019s non-toxic, non-corrosive and won\u2019t conduct electricity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Young trees and ornamental gardens add beauty and value to any property \u2013 but they can also be a magnet for foraging animals during our long winters.\u00a0 Gnaw marks, scrapes and nicks become ugly scars that expose trees and shrubs<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.industrialnetting.com\/blog\/protect-trees-shrubs-from-foraging-animals\/\">Read more &#8250;<\/a><\/div>\n<p><!-- end of .read-more --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.industrialnetting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.industrialnetting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.industrialnetting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.industrialnetting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.industrialnetting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=93"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.industrialnetting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":575,"href":"https:\/\/www.industrialnetting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93\/revisions\/575"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.industrialnetting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=93"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.industrialnetting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=93"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.industrialnetting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=93"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}