Re: Groundhog
- To: pumpkins@mallorn.com
- Subject: Re: Groundhog
- From: G*@aol.com
- Date: Sat, 15 Aug 1998 20:52:13 EDT
In a message dated 8/14/98 9:12:05 PM Eastern Daylight Time, Lubadub@aol.com
writes:
<< Subj: Groundhog
Date: 8/14/98 9:12:05 PM Eastern Daylight Time
From: Lubadub@aol.com
Sender: owner-pumpkins@mallorn.com
Reply-to: pumpkins@mallorn.com
To: pumpkins@mallorn.com
Once upon a time I had a garden. Then Mr. Groundhog came and ate it all. All
the new growth on my vines and then my pumpkins too. From first hand
experience I can tell you that if your vines are pruned too much your
pumpkins
will stop growing. He ate my Anderen 977 and my own cross between the 1006
and
1061. I had fence up. I put wire under the ground. I had hav-a-heart traps
with apples in them. Nothing worked. Tonight I went to my garden and there
was
a new hole dug way down under the wire and around the large stones. More vine
and a few small pumpkins had been eaten. I patched up the hole with a really
heavy stone. My neighbor came over. Low and behold! The groundhog was trapped
inside the garden. He had been in there all along. My neighbor is a hunter.
The groundhog who destroyed my garden this year will not be eating any more
pumpkin. This groundhog was the toughest thing I have been up against. I have
new respect for groundhogs and their ability to penetrate almost all
defences.
I will spend a lot of time this fall beefing up my outer perimeter. This guy
had a taste of pumpkin. He was focused and nearly invincible. He ate my
garden
for half of July and the first half of August. I hope I never run up against
another like him.
Marv in Altoona PA >>
After the frost kills the vegetation locate all the dens you can find in your
area. Get some Groundhog gas cartridges at the farm store and gas them. The
more you get this Fall the less you will have next year. Keep gas cartridges
on hand at all times in case they show up next year.
George
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