Re:CULT: varmints (was Re:CULT - % losses)
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- Subject: Re:CULT: varmints (was Re:CULT - % losses)
- From: l*@juno.com
- Date: Tue, 25 Mar 1997 17:13:10 -0700 (MST)
>I, too, have trouble with varmits eating my TB's. They seem to like the
>under side of the rhizomes, and often I dont' realize that it has been
eaten
>until new growth starts in the spring and that rhizome fails to thrive.
. .
> This year, . . . I have found leaves chewed at the outer edges about
one to two >inches above the ground. This is the first that this has
happened. What did it? Do >dear like iris leaves?
The rhizome eaters could be voles. As for the leaves, that could be
deer, rabbits, or some other critter.
Lynn Woosley
Marietta, GA
USDA Zone 8