Casuarina Cunninghamiana

[quodlibet_ens]

I would prefer this to be a good post about what I had planned for my River She-Oak, instead I have a photo of what I have left after the cockatoo's attacked the tubestock I had growing. Here's what's left after their handing work:






The "X's" are what they destroyed altogether; the "O's" have only been cut in half; and 'ticks' are what I have left. If my plants aren't under some sort of cover, they're at the mercy of some destructive cockatoo's.

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[FruitFly]

How frustrating is that, I feel for you. Bright side, they didn't destroy all of them.

Do you have something you can protect them with going forward?

[Akhi]

Share your pain I had some possum chew through my maple overnight which had leaves out ever so beautifully.

[quodlibet_ens]

How frustrating is that, I feel for you. Bright side, they didn't destroy all of them.

Do you have something you can protect them with going forward?

I do have a small green house that I keep all my berry plants in away from the 7 or 8 species of bird I get in my backyard, so it looks like they will have to go in there for the time being.

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[shibui]

Sounds like you are a glass half empty sort of person. The cockies may have done you a favour by pruning your seedlings. Casuarina are usually pretty resilient and will sprout from whatever is left of the plant. If it has green left it should grow again but will have a bit of character rather than boring straight trunk.
Casuarinas will usually sprout from a stump so that even the ones broken off low down will also resprout.