Re: The limits of fertilization and the Easter Bunny
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- Subject: Re: The limits of fertilization and the Easter Bunny
- From: J* D*
- Date: Tue, 15 Jun 1999 14:47:08 -0400
To keep rabbits out of your yard get a cat. Works for me.
Jim DuBois
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From: SteveS012@aol.com <SteveS012@aol.com>
To: pumpkins@mallorn.com <pumpkins@mallorn.com>
Date: Tuesday, June 15, 1999 2:24 PM
Subject: Re: The limits of fertilization and the Easter Bunny
>In a message dated 6/15/99 10:40:20 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
>Rick.Lee@M3iSystems.QC.CA writes:
>
>> Another question I have is about rabbits. Somebody in our neighbourhood
>> lost their pet rabbit, and this cute little creature has found a nice
>> home beside my lettuce and carrot patch. I love rabbits, and they are
>> adorable, but I fear for the cuddley creature's life if it decides to
>> touch my pumpkin plant. Do rabbits pose a problem for AGs?
>>
>> Thanks all,
>>
>> Rick
>> Montreal, Canada
>
>Uh....yes. I'm afraid you will have to blow it's freaking head off.
>O.K., no, don't do that. Sounds like something the guy who eventually
>DESTROYED my pumpkin last year would do. He actually sat outside his camper
>all night with a shotgun, and told me how many times he "saved" my pumpkin
>plant by pecking off rabbits and gophers, and sending out the dogs to
"finish
>the job".
>Anyway, just maybe try to trap him with a Have-A-Hart and see if anyone
wants
>him, if he is domesticated. That would probably be the best thing. If he is
>more of a wild rabbit, then try to deter with pepper dust, wire mesh, more
>desirable food placed somewhere else, or a lot of other stuff until the
>plants get big enough where if they eat a leaf or two (which should fuill
>them up on an AG!), it won't really do much harm.
>
>
>
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