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Old 30-05-2011, 03:47 PM
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Originally Posted by Dave Hill View Post
I have srawberries growing in grow bags for their 2nd year, last year
they were good and pest fre, but this year in the last week or so they
have been hit by mice who are chewing off the berries, stocking then
in clusters and just eating the seed off them. In all they have had
over 40 berries so far.
I've never come accross this before.
Caught 2 last night in 2 traps, tonight have 4 traps set.
we have 2 apple trees and 2 pear trees and every year when they fruit we get rats either climbing the trees and eating the fruit, or eating the fruit on the ground that's fallen.
the trees fruiting nearly always coincides with the farmer harvesting his crops in the field next to us which i think worsens the problem.
It's nothing air rifles don't solve though, i don't using like poison