Re: voles
- Subject: Re: voles
- From: l*@hotmail.com
- Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2001 13:01:54 -0000
Now if only I could teach the cat how to hunt an iris borer...
Laetitia
--- In iris-talk@y..., THEO1415@a... wrote:
> Voles also eat roots of roses, fruit trees, azaleas, and bulbs
galore tulip,
> most minor bulbs ... daffodils are safe, as are scilla and
hyacinths, but all
> the rest alas succumb. As I say, the moles make the holes and the
voles go
> in the holes that the moles make .. and if Peter Piper can do it
why can't
> I? I did come up with a way to deal with bulbs and voles. I sink
black
> plastic nursery pots into the soil, put stones in the bottom for
drainage,
> then plant the bulbs as I would in a regular bed, at whatever depth
is
> specified. I tried gutter wire cages, but ithey were not very
permanent. I
> have some species tulips in the rock garden that are now in their
6th year,
> because of this system. I have not tried it with iris, because of
late, we
> have not had a problem here with voles. They come and go
apparantly.
>
>
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