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Those meeces did for my Bored beans in the Autumn . Left the stems on the ground and dug a neat little hole to nick the seed, and the plants were a decent size as well. This time each plant had a plastic collar made out of a bottle for a few weeks till they'd really got going and it seems to have worked.
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S*d the housework I have a lottie to dig
a batch of jam is always an act of creation ..Christine Ferber
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I'm convinced it is mice. Moved all the remaining maize onto suspended shelving...mission impossible mouse will have to work for them...
Had a bad experiance with mouse trap many yearss back and haven't used one since but, on the now empty bog rolls waits a little nipper with a juicy corn kernel.....bait in a box by the likely entry point...this is war!Comment
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Got him!......
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Oh wow- you were right then!!!
Well done!
now then- could there have been 2????"Nicos, Queen of Gooooogle" and... GYO's own Miss Marple
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I had four ...All gardeners know better than other gardeners." -- Chinese Proverb.Comment
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Originally posted by Nicos View PostOriginally posted by Two_Sheds View Post ...very true...probably told his mates what a good caf� it was....customer service has gone downhill recently though....going to fix the window today....still they can get through an awe inspiringly small gap. I'll leave the bait box in for a few weeks too.
....could only get one of the traps to work. but at least it got him properly...very concerned that I would find a distressed rodent with a trap on its tail mowing down everything in its wake (a previous harrowing undersink experiance on returning from clubbing one night in London)
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Well done! I had one pea seedling nipped off by a bird after they were planted out. It has bushed now and is nearly as big as the others. Is there enough left to come back - or has mousy done for them completely?Whoever plants a garden believes in the future.
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I don't think the corn will reshoot...peas might I guess but there are a couple of bald patches in the pea gutters...they were only an inch or two up.Comment
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Any more this morning????"Nicos, Queen of Gooooogle" and... GYO's own Miss Marple
Location....Normandy FranceComment
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No damage or scratching in corn ....I fixed window, left poison, but didn't reset trap.
We did see a huge rat yesterday though...don't think he's going to get in to greenhouse but still need to make sure he doesn't want to move in to our garden.
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Glad you caught the culprit - its so frustrating when 'whatever' just seems to slice the plants down but not eat them - at least slugs have the decency to enjoy a good feed on whatever they destroy! I had the same problem with my tomato plants this year - except they were indoors, in the study and the only things I can think of that mowed them down and left them neatly lying where they once stood are the cats and disappointed though I was, I didn't have the heart to set a trap for them!!
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I would. Let me at 'emOriginally posted by LolaLou View Postthe only things I can think of... are the cats ... I didn't have the heart to set a trap for them!!All gardeners know better than other gardeners." -- Chinese Proverb.Comment
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Originally posted by Two_Sheds View Post Ha ha....I hate pretty much every other cat but not my little 'angel's...
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Thanks to this info I caught my little pea muncher last night..R.I.PComment
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