Re: unhappy hosta

First time I have used a mouse trap for voles or moles - and it definitely was a mole. feet, nose and lack of eyes gave it away.
 
And yes, it was out of its runs - probably happened at night,  as I discovered it in the morning.
 
bruce 
 
-----Original Message-----
From: Dorie Rose <dories-nitche@charter.net>
To: hosta-open@hort.net
Sent: Wed, 7 Jun 2006 16:03:48 -0500
Subject: Re: unhappy hosta


I find it interesting that a mole was trapped with peanut butter. 
 
Moles are meat eaters and eat a diet of bugs and worms. 
 
Voles on the other hand use the moles tunnels to avail themselves of the root and plants that is their diet. 
----- Original Message ----- From: <banyaihsta@aol.com> 
To: <hosta-open@hort.net> 
Sent: Tuesday, June 06, 2006 10:06 PM 
Subject: Re: unhappy hosta 
 
> Mary, I put two havahart live rabbit traps to catch my rabbits, but these > Virginia "mountain" rabbits are smarter than the Delaware ones. 
> 
> I left the empty havaharts open in Delaware and eventually they would go > in with no bait. But not here. 
> 
> I mousetrapped my first mole (under a pot with peanut butter) - not as > many tunnels now, could it be only one did all the damage? 
> 
> bruce 
> 
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: Mary Chastain <MC_Hosta@Bellsouth.net> 
> To: hosta-open@hort.net 
> Sent: Tue, 6 Jun 2006 10:20:22 -0400 
> Subject: RE: unhappy hosta 
> 
> 
> Bruce, It seems that S&S may also be a favorite of rabbits. I only have 
> about 5 leaves left from a large clump. I carried off a bushel of leaves 
> that had been cut but left to die. This is my first real problem with 
> rabbits. I think I may have to buy a gun. 
> Mary 
> 
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: owner-hosta-open@hort.net [o*@hort.net]On 
> Behalf Of banyaihsta@aol.com 
> Sent: Tuesday, June 06, 2006 9:30 AM 
> To: hosta-open@hort.net 
> Subject: Re: unhappy hosta 
> 
> 
> Voles will eat Sum & Substance first, for what ever reasons. I lost some 
> large clumps growing in a field this way this year. 
> 
> bruce 
> 
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: butch ragland <wilddog_202@yahoo.com> 
> To: hosta-open@hort.net 
> Sent: Tue, 6 Jun 2006 02:25:19 -0700 (PDT) 
> Subject: Re: unhappy hosta 
> 
> 
> Sounds like a root problem or voles which will eat the 
> crowns and cause the plant appear stunted because you 
> don't have all the crowns. I would think about a root 
> problem last summer after you lost interest and didn't 
> notice, causing the plant to not store enough food for 
> spring. 
> 
> --- earthspirit <bdn7458@mailbag.com> wrote: 
> 
>> I got the following from one of my customers, and I 
>> don't have any idea 
>> of what might be going on with her hosta. Can anyone 
>> help? Jean Bawden, 
>> Madison, WI 
>> 
>> "Hi Jean, I hope you can help me with a problem I 
>> seem to be having with 
>> Sum and Substance. I've had this hosta for years, 
>> without a problem. 
>> This year's growth appears to be halted or stunted. 
>> The pips emerged and 
>> some leaves have unfurled, but remain small. Other 
>> pips are up about 2-3 
>> inches but remain unfurled. The plant has been in 
>> this stage of growth 
>> for at least two weeks if not more. I can't see 
>> anything that looks like 
>> a disease, virus or pest affecting the plant. I am 
>> having a problem with 
>> cutworms this year, but not on this plant." 
>> 
>> 
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