Re: Stans' Problem
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- Subject: Re: Stans' Problem
- From: k*@cyberzone.net (William Katkaveck)
- Date: Tue, 4 May 1999 19:44:22 -0400
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We grew our birdhouse gourds on the ground and they crawled for the fence
and hung on for dear life. They got quite big but did not seem to be
offended by hanging.
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> From: pattie@juno.com
> To: veggie-list@eskimo.com
> Subject: Re: Stans' Problem
> Date: Tuesday, May 04, 1999 11:00 AM
>
>
>
> On Mon, 3 May 1999 19:53:44 +1200 "BarryPip" <bpgraham@ihug.co.nz>
> writes:
> >Stan....I found this on a garden newsgroup and thought of your
> >problem..the
> >deer one that is....Anyway,dont know if it would be of much good,but
> >it
> >doesnt sound too bad.It might be worth a try .
> >
> >Phillippa
> >In Christchurch, New Zealand ..
> >Where it is getting cold,but still very beautiful with all the autumn
> >colours.
> >"When there is something I want to put
> >in I'll leave one out at the spot for three or four nights to see if
> >they
> >get
> >nibbled. If it does then I spray the plant* and try another three or
> >four
> >nights
> >to see if the spray works on a plant they like. So far, so good!
> >
> >* the spray is simple: hot sauce and some citrus oil based
> >dishwashing
> >liquid,
> >in water, put into a pressure sprayer."
> >
> Thanks a lot. This sounds like a winner for my pumpkins.
> I have successfully used a commercial product I believe
> is called Repel. I use it on my seedling trees. It is expensive.
> I think I will try the hot sauce mix also. Since the deer love to eat
> the flowers from the pumpkin vine it will be interesting to see if
> either spray will hurt the flowers. You are not supposed to use it on
> vegetables,
> but, heck, I don't plan on eating the pumpkins or gourds that
> I hope to grow, so maybe I can grow them outside the electric
> fence and not have to protect them with wire cages.
> BYW, does anyone know if birdhouse gourds are supposed
> to grow on trellises or fences like regular gourds or should they
> be allowed to rest on the ground?
> Thanks,
> Stan the cheap and lazy gardener
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