Re: Squirrels Steal My Rhizomes
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- Subject: Re: Squirrels Steal My Rhizomes
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- Date: Sun, 23 Aug 1998 21:19:06 -0700
From: "wstone" <wstone@volcano.net>
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From: Marte Halleck <MorJHalleck@worldnet.att.net>
To: iris-talk@onelist.com <iris-talk@onelist.com>
Date: Saturday, August 22, 1998 11:30 PM
Subject: [iris-talk] Re: Squirrels Steal My Rhizomes
>From: Marte Halleck <MorJHalleck@worldnet.att.net>
>
>HAPPYBIRDR@aol.com wrote:
>>
>> From: <HAPPYBIRDR@aol.com>
>>
>> I'm new to the list. Have a mixed perennial bed with lots of TB. Added 16
>> new ones last year and 16 more last week. However, in one section of the
>> garden both years, newly planted rhizomes disappeared. Vanished. Without a
>> trace. I believe squirrels are responsible since that's the only critter in
>> abundance in my suburban Long Island yard -
>> Pat
>> Long Island
>Welcome aboard, Pat!
>>Marte in the mtns Zone 4/Sunset 1 Colorado
>
Hello Pat;
I think you recognized the quilty culprit when you mentioned the ground
squirrel. In 1996 when Sacramento, California was getting ready for the Iris
Convention they planted a plot of irises in the Capital Park, which has an
abundance
of mooching ground squirrels. Within the week they were calling for volunteers
to go
replant the removed Rhz. The ground squirrel got the blame as some Rz were eaten
but
many were pulled out and dropped. After a replant, with the moocher patiently
waiting, some chicken wire cover was added until convention.
Bill
wstone@volcano.net
Stone's Iris Garden 3500' elev California Sierras 55 miles SE
Sacramento, Ca.
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