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Old 14-06-2007, 10:37 AM posted to alt.binaries.pictures.orchids
Dave Gillingham Dave Gillingham is offline
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Default Dendrobium cucumerinum x 2

So are bandicoots. But, when did that ever stop a farmer when his crops were
threatened?

On Wed, 13 Jun 2007 23:54:34 +1000, "John Varigos"
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Couldn't possibly be possums (could it?) - they are protected in OZ!


"Kye" wrote in message
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Bandicoots or possums Dave???


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"Dave Gillingham" wrote in message
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Hmmm! A cousin of mine on a farm up north has a ground level covered
patio on
his house. His wife has garden beds just outside the patio. Bandicoots
were
getting into her gardens at night & uprooting plants, so he sat on the
patio one
night with his 12g shotgun. Got the bandicoot all right. Bits of it
backscattered all over the patio & the ceiling over it. Says it took
ages to
clean up, & wife demanded future bandicoots be trapped, not shot.

On Wed, 13 Jun 2007 04:19:51 GMT, "P Max"
wrote:

Nor any bench of orchids, John!
Rat shot is a choice that some people opt for, Kye. A friend near
Ballarat
uses ratshot in his orchid house. He has a rat problem from time to time.
The rats chew into the pseudobulbs and munch the developing tender spikes
/
flowers.
Peter
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