Hey everyone,
I do not know what is happening, but something or someone has been chopping my plants. I was gone for a couple of days this week, and when I came back on Thursday I saw my plants chopped down.
My cambuca which was nice and bushy that I got from Adam was chopped on the sides. It wasn't too bad
My pitangatuba which was over two feet tall and on the verge of flowering was chopped down to this.
My other cambuca was chopped down completely
My jaboticaba was actually cut nicely, but still I am mad at whatever did this.
The only good thing that happened in the garden when I came back was that my pomegranate is flowering(desertnyi variety)
At first I thought it was my dad as we just came back from Adam's place where he talked to us about jaboticaba pruning, and the first tree chopped was my hybrid jaboticaba. But then my cambuca was entirely chopped, and nothing happened for a while, so I just disregarded it. But when I came back from my trip I saw all the other trees chopped and I knew my dad wouldn't do it.
My dad said it was most likely my dog, but If he did the pots would have been knocked down and the cut branches would be on the floor, but all the branches were picked up and couldn't be found anywhere. As well the pots that were chopped down were the ones in the back out of his reach so my dog couldn't have done it. The type of cut was different as well, if my dog would have done it it would have been ripped, but all of them were nice clean cuts as if done by clippers. And it could not have been an accidental cut by the lawn mowers as every time they cut I do a damage assessment in the garden.
It was really windy the pas few days, but like I said there were no branches on the floor. Has this happened to anyone else? Could it have been a bird, rat, or any other animal? I am going to be gone for a whole week on Monday, and I am worried about my plants, so if anybody has any idea who or what is doing this to my plants I would greatly appreciate it. Hopefully I don't have a plant psychopath who wants cuttings from my yard.