Help me protect 3 trees from a tosser

 


Hi all - this is my first posting here.  I signed up to see if I could
get some
help with a neighbourhood problem I've got right now.

Background: Some arse doesn't like a tree in the centre of a lovely
housing
complex.  It's just one person, and everyone else loves it.  He
sent threatening
letters to the property maintence people a few months
back saying it's blocking
his view of the river and that it must be cut
down.  He lives in an attic by
himself and is a real off character.

We live in a lovely area which is deemed a conservation area.  In our
area 3
trees have been damaged.  You can draw a straight line from the
river through
these three damaged locations right to his window.  Two
trees have been slashed
with a saw and a third smaller tree has had a
bunch of branches cut off.  The
two that are slashed are larger silver
birches, with the one in the centre of
the complex (possibly even
planted when the complex was started as a park is
built around it) being
over 40 feet tall.  The slashes are 1-2 inch deep wounds
circling the
outside of the tree.  Looking at it, I'd say it has a 50/50 chance
of
living (if you want I can take pictures).  

As it's a conservation area, the police have been contacted and
involved.  We
gave them the letter, and they saw the obvious line to his
window.  That matter
is entirely in their hands now.  What I'm looking
for help for is this:

Is there anything that I can put on the tree to help it mend?  Next up,
if the
trees live, what can I put around it in order to protect them?  I
was
considering metal bars / some sort of mesh but would like it to look
nice as
well.

Thoughts / comments are appreciated.




--
whelmed

 

wrote:

Motion activaed game camera.

 


wrote:

super glue in his front door lock

rob

 


Well I'm considering getting a tree guard myself and installing it.
Found a
cheapish one which is still quite nice.  I do hope that they put
up a camera of
some sort - I just don't understand some peoples logic.

So I've read conflicting reports on wrapping of trees after this type of
damage.
 Some say don't fill the cuts as it traps moisture in and
accelerates the rot.
Others say it stops bugs from getting in and saves
them in the end.  That's kind
of the problem with google, because you'll
always find an answer, but not just
the right answer.

Any thoughts on wrapping / food supplements for the tree?




--
whelmed

 


To do anything that would stop the tosser slashing the trees would be
expensive - contact the property maintenance people and ask them investigate
and install proper tree guards.  Take up a collection to help them buy some
guards if need be.  The tosser is most likely to poison the trees and there
really is nothing you can do to stop that other than to mount a 24 hour
guard.