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A possum eating my chillis ?
Hi All,
In my backyard I have two passionfruit vines growing on the back fence and have noticed for a while now a clump of partially eaten passionfruit at the base of one of them (Panama variety). I assumed there was something getting in the yard and eating them. BUT today when I had another look there where quite a few half eaten chillis (cayenne type) in the same pile which had not been there previously. I assumed a possum to start with but understand that possums don't generally like chillis and that chilli based liquids are used to spray on plants to stop the possums eating them. I haven't seen the tell tale signs of possum droppings or any droppings for that manner. Oh and the chilli plants they are pinching them from are about 6 metres away from the pile that is being formed. Anyone have any suggestions ? I haven't seen any possums here in the past. I 've been living here 2 years. Thanks in advance David Wollongong, NSW |
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On Sat, 23 Apr 2005 19:51:17 +1000, David wrote:
Hi All, In my backyard I have two passionfruit vines growing on the back fence and have noticed for a while now a clump of partially eaten passionfruit at the base of one of them (Panama variety). I assumed there was something getting in the yard and eating them. BUT today when I had another look there where quite a few half eaten chillis (cayenne type) in the same pile which had not been there previously. I assumed a possum to start with but understand that possums don't generally like chillis and that chilli based liquids are used to spray on plants to stop the possums eating them. I haven't seen the tell tale signs of possum droppings or any droppings for that manner. Oh and the chilli plants they are pinching them from are about 6 metres away from the pile that is being formed. Anyone have any suggestions ? I haven't seen any possums here in the past. I 've been living here 2 years. Put some sand around the plants and look for paw prints the next morning. |
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David wrote:
I haven't seen the tell tale signs of possum droppings or any droppings for that manner. Oh and the chilli plants they are pinching them from are about 6 metres away from the pile that is being formed. Any chance of it being Bulbulls? They like red things to eat, like cherry tomatoes. |
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David writes:
In my backyard I have two passionfruit vines growing on the back fence and have noticed for a while now a clump of partially eaten passionfruit at the base of one of them (Panama variety). I assumed there was Maybe rats? I know they will chew on chokos, and they climb. As for whether they can develop a penchant for chilli--a pet rat owner might be able to answer that. -- John Savage (my news address is not valid for email) |
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