Re: Who's Been Eating my Iris?
- To: i*@Rt66.com
- Subject: Re: Who's Been Eating my Iris?
- From: D*@aol.com
- Date: Tue, 26 Mar 1996 08:35:53 -0500
>On Mon, 25 Mar 1996, Steven Cangemi wrote:
>
>> We do have voles here. I have never had a problem, but I know people who
>> have. However, do voles have scuba gear? The iris are in an area with a
>> very high water table. It's true that the ones that disappeared were in a
>> place that the water level was actually under the mud, but not by very
>> much. I didn't think burrowing things like voles (and moles) wanted to
have
>> anything to do with
>> water, and they are too small to sit on the bridge and reach the plants.
>
>Muskrats, I bet!! They wiped out my Siberian iris and Iris pseudocorus
>just about completely at my old house which was next to a large pond...
>To protect plants from them you pretty much have to fence them in and
>hope that they won't tunnel in under the fencing...
>
>Debbie
>
Dorothy chimes in:
Kay and Steve,
I haven't had personal experience with this problem, but a member of
our local society, who lives in Cortland, NY, has had. And it was (and is)
MUSKRATS in her case. I believe her husband has taken up muskrat
hunting....Trapping them in leghold traps is also a fairly effective means of
control. I do not necessarily advocate either method, but I would consider
both if I were feeding muskrats with recent Sib or JI introductions....
Good Luck!
Dorothy
DFingerhoo@aol.com
Newfield, NY
