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Re: Possums

John Orwick wrote in response to my possum problem:

> > I'm having huge trouble with possums eating bean seedlings and
> > transplants of lettuce and brassicas.
>
> I have never known possums to eat plants. I thought they were
> carnivorous. They do love to eat the snails and slugs that otherwise
> eat "bean seedlings and transplants of lettuce and brassicas".

A little clarification is in order here. I'm talking about marsupial
possums, a native Australian animal (much beloved by our NZ members :-).
They are most definitely herbivores. I've seen them kill entire trees by
nibbling off fresh growth until the tree literally suffocated. After
having three sets of true leaves nibbled off, my bean seedlings likewise
gave up the ghost.

After talking to a few people, I've going to make some proper cloches,
with 2x1 frames, covered with chicken-wire (hexagonal mesh), that will
sit on top of my raised bed frames. An added avantage of this is that I
can drape shade cloth over the top to protect new transplants from the
sun.

Thanks for all the advice,

Tony
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Tony Lupton                            *           CiTR Pty Ltd
Email: t.lupton@citr.com.au         *    *         339 Coronation Drive
Phone: +61 7 3259 2382                  *          PO Box 1643
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