On 11 July, 21:30, Jake wrote:
On Sun, 11 Jul 2010 20:17:23 +0100, Paul Luton

wrote:
Anyone solve this mystery ?

I bought a few chrysanthemum rooted cuttings at Hampton Court yesterday
and potted them on into 3" pots which I left on the patio. This morning
I spotted one of the labels lying some 4' away and on trying to replace
it found that the plant and a quantity of compost had vanished.

We do have foxes around but why would one take a chrysanthemum ?

Paul

Sommat attractive in the compost maybe?

For the princely sum of £25.00 the National Chrysanthemum Society will
send you a DVD of (among others) Ivor Fox *spraying in his greemnhouse
and planting out in his plot.

Seriously, I've had foxes (or more accurately a fox singular) in the
garden (and once in the house) for a few years and I've never known
any plants to be dug up. Others will no doubt say foxes dig plants out
of the ground looking for something in the soil but digging out of 3
inch pots seems a bit unusual to me, especially as you say the
original plants are nowhere to be seen.

If I was you, I'd put it down to experience and do a Jeanette
Macdonald/Nelson Eddy rendition of "Sweet Mystery of Life" to
entertain the neighbours.

Jake

OK but who is this Ivor Fox?
And what was he spraying?
David Hill