Re: Help-roots eaten.
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- Subject: Re: Help-roots eaten.
- From: M* T*
- Date: Mon, 3 Jul 2000 00:59:27 -0400
Agree with Dean - definitely sounds like voles. In between cat
populations, had about all my Hosta roots eaten - huge clumps would
come right out of the ground. Luckily, they are tough guys and
regenerated. A hunting cat is the best vole deterrent. Lacking one,
planting in wire cages works and backfilling around plants with sharp
gravel helps as they aren't that keen on digging in rocks.
Look for quarter size holes and small tunnels just at soil level,
like under the mulch...
The only other culprit I can think of are the larvae of the vine
weevil - small, fat white grubs about a quarter to half an inch long
- who can clean the roots off a plant in no time flat. If those are
the culprits, you'd see them when you pulled up the remains of the
Sedum.
Luckily, Sedum will root easily. Stick your stems in a pot full of
sand and keep moist and you'll have a lot of plants in no time.
Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
mtalt@clark.net
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> From: Judy Warner <warner@massed.net>
> Date: Sunday, July 02, 2000 6:01 PM
>
> Does anyone have any idea what could be eating the roots of my
sedum, and
> possibly dictamus. The sedum is eaten off right below the ground
level. It
> was eaten in the early spring, then seemed better, now it's eaten
again.
> The stems pull right out of the ground.
> I had a bad problem with grubs in the lawn--could it be the same
grubs in
> the flower bed? Thanks in advance for any suggestions and
remedies.
>
>
> Judy Warner zone 4-5 MA
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