Re: goophers
- To: M*@ucdavis.edu
- Subject: Re: goophers
- From: "* F* D* <s*@nr.infi.net>
- Date: Sun, 18 Jul 1999 01:51:03 -0400 (EDT)
At 06:41 PM 7/17/1999 EDT, you wrote:
>Rudolf,
> You can grow the bulbs in plastic pots, above or below the ground.
>If kept in the ground, you may want to make additional holes for air exchange
>and water drainage. If the pot rim is kept slightly above ground level, it
>makes it easier to locate and isolate the bulbs after the foliage dies down
>and avoids the danger of slicing any with a digging tool. If you have a bed
>of bulbs, you may want to try lining the bottom and sides of the the bed at
>planting time with a cage of inexpensive chicken wire.
>Richard
>California, zone 9
Richard:
Here is another twist to the chicken wire cage: first, lay in about 2
inches of crushed rock as a base, with the size of the rock slightly bigger
than the holes in the chicken wire. Then lay in the cage, and then another
inch or so of rock.
As it ages, the wire will rust unevenly (I'm assuming that it will be
galvanized wire). The wire will primarily act to keep the burrowers from
getting any purchase on the crushed rock. Doing this should increase both
the life and the effectiveness of the cage, and provide a French drain at
the same time.
I use this system, since I have moles capable of tunneling under
years-impacted the gravelly, sandy clay of my driveway. After the moles
come the real villians, pine voles.
Without protection, all I can grow for bulbs are Allums and Colchicums.
Forget Yuccas and tuberous vegetables! The pests like my tuberous Salvias too!
Richard F. Dufresne
313 Spur Road
Greensboro, NC 27406
336-674-3105
