10-06-2010, 11:48 PM
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Is there an animal that will selectively dig up baby hollyhocks?
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brooklyn1 wrote:
On Thu, 10 Jun 2010 16:56:29 -0400, Bill who putters
wrote:
In article ,
brooklyn1 wrote:
On Thu, 10 Jun 2010 15:50:57 -0400, wrote:
TotallyHomey writes:
My wife says the neighbor is stealing her hollyhocks. She is probably
correct.
Strange thing to steal.
The holes are clean, like from an English hand trowel, no
foot prints around them. What is left of her seedlings in a hole
2"wide by 3" deep. They were randomly planted amidst scattered other
species. My wife is not into symmetry. So... if they were stolen by
a human, the thief had to know exactly what the baby plant looks like.
I read somewhere that baby plants are eaten down by rabbits but they
do not dig holes. Red and gray squirrels eat bulbs .. not rooted
planted as best I can tell.
There are many small critters that dig up plants exactly as you
described... anyone so paranoid to think a neighbor would go to such
lengths when they could buy their own packet of seeds for a few bucks
is in dire need of professional help.
I'd not bother getting professional help as gardening wins and losses
occur with everyone.
You miss the point, has nought to do with gardening per se... has to
do with someone so paranoid they'd think a neighbor would go crawling
around on hands and knees in the middle of the night by the light of
the moon to nab a few very ordinary seedlings. Moles will suck
seedlings from underneath leaving a perfect round hole... this year
they stole most of my mammoth sunflower seedlings.. bluejays will dig
up freshly planted beans, peas, squash seeds. etc.
Look at Mexican sunflowers real soon. You will enjoy.
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Bill S. Jersey USA zone 5 shade garden
What use one more wake up call?
http://ocg6.marine.usf.edu/~liu/Drif...atest_roms.htm
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