Re: CULT: SOMETHING dug up my rhizomes last night!

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  From: lmmunro@hotmail.com 
  To: iris-talk@yahoogroups.com 
  Sent: Thursday, August 02, 2001 10:02 AM
  Subject: [iris-talk] CULT: SOMETHING dug up my rhizomes last night!


  Has anyone ever had this problem? I guess its not really serious, but 
  within my newly planted rhizome bed, last night something dug up 
  about 6 of them and laid them on their sides! Well, at least whatever 
  dug them up decided they weren't really that interesting after all, 
  and left. No chews; none missing. Still, somewhat disconcerting.
  I hope that creature has got it thru its head that each rhizome is 
  exactly as unappealing as the previous one...and perhaps tonight will 
  move on to greener pastures.
  Or should I be thinking about some kind of deterrent??

  Laetitia
    

  Hi Laetitia,
   
  I've had this happen and am fairly certain that a skunk was the culprit.  They dig in my other flower beds looking for one of their favorite foods, June bug larvae (A.K.A. grubs).  A friend of mine once had his whole front yard torn up by one of the little stinkers until he finally trapped it (not a pleasant task, to be sure!) and relocated it.  About the only thing I've found that works at a deterrent is scattering moth balls among the plantings.

  Janet in Denmark,  WI  USDA zone 4
   

    





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