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Re: Possums

Thanks Tony for the lesson on Astralian possums. This shows what a big
world we live in and how little I have learned about it. The wire cages
shown in Mel's book have worked well for me with local animals. I added
ends to them making a totally enclosed cage. They also work fine for
shading new transplants from the hot sun. I just use newspaper held in
place with clothespins.

On Tue, 13 May 1997 09:35:03 +1000 Tony Lupton <t.lupton@CITR.COM.AU>
writes:
>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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