I planted oak trees about a year ago, they survived winter and deer attacks with the help of a plastic, expandable cover on their trunks. I left for the 3 summer months on vacations and came back to dying trees. When I removed the covers I realized that animals were invading the trees and that they had wounded them (cracks on trunks). They turn brown and the leaves fall but the trunk seems to be alive still. What can I do to save them? They seem to have been invaded by fire ants under the plastic. This was not only a huge investment because they line the fence of my 12 acre property but it hurts to see them dying. Help!!! Montgomery TX
