Re: Ground hog devastation
- Subject: Re: Ground hog devastation
- From: B* F*
- Date: Mon, 02 Jul 2001 09:18:49 +0800
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Dont think him squezing through was the only way he got in, I have watched them climb vertically over my wire fence like yours 3 ft straight up and over, you need to curve the top back kind of like a squirl baffle to prvent this. also if you have an extra trap and know you have climbers put one trap in the patch, better to go for it then your pumpkin.
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From: Jon Ewing <j28e2000@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2001 17:17:37 -0700 (PDT)
To: pumpkins@mallorn.com
Subject: Re: Ground hog devastation
Re: Last year the deer sampled pumpkin plant once. AFter
Re: that they didn't touch it again. I think that is
Re: because of the thorns or mini-thorns that are on the
Re: vines and stems.
Re: --- "Donald E. Chambers" <dec@stratuswave.net> wrote:
Re: > List,
Re: > I am very depressed after a relatively small ground
Re: > hog literally squeezed through a 12 gauge fence with
Re: > 11/2"x 3" gaps (really unbelievable if you would
Re: > have seen the size of the ground hog). He was stuck
Re: > in the patch and had trouble getting out and almost
Re: > got stuck). I don't have the heart to kill them.
Re: > He/she ate 2' off both the 771 and 789 plants and
Re: > tips to 1' off most secondaries. I've kept the
Re: > borers at bay, devastated by deer last year and
Re: > ground hogs in 1999. Don't know what to say. I'll
Re: > just let them grow out and see what happens. Too
Re: > many animals where we live near some very large
Re: > woods. Good luck to everyone!:)
Re: > Don Chambers Warwood, WV
Re: >
Re:
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