[st0ne5ish]

Hi,

Really gutted I hit the bottom of my new plum tree with the strimmer this afternoon, it took the bark off around half the trunk and a few cm in height.

Have I done enough damage to kill the tree?

Cheers,
Steve

[arugula]

How big is the tree?

[st0ne5ish]

Hi,

Only about 5ft high.

Steve

[Vit]

Oops    Use "gardeners tar" to cover wound. Then tree will need some extra nutrition, water and luck.  Now i know, why previous owner of my place used thin metal mesh to warp mandarin trees trunks at bottom 

[mobilekat]

Fingers crossed it will be OK.
Our cat tried to remove all the bark from our Plum Tree, and it pulled through. (The cat had warnings read to her,,,, she ignored me!)
I then 'bodged' a tree protector by splitting 2 lemonade bottle and wrapping them around the trunk, worked for cat scratching prevention and coped with a strimmer too (plastic cable strimmer, not a bladed one)

Good luck

[Kleftiwallah]

I cut the bottom off a large plastic flower pot, cut a slit up the side and placed it round the stem of my plum tree.   Cheers,   Tony.

[st0ne5ish]

Thanks for the replys, fingers crossed it is then, and protectors for the next time.