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Post by Syble on Mar 29, 2010 11:58:12 GMT -5
Beware of rodents in your inground bogs I don't think i ever heard of any such problem when i was doing research for my bog, nor have i had anything remotely like this in the 4 or 5 years that my bog has been there, but never the less they came in a big way this winter. I have tunnels like this throughout the bog, they clear cut some sarrs and completely ignored others, go figure, and there didnt seam to be a rhyme or reason to it either. I don't think i actually lost anything, but they really cut back some species. Just a warning for you inground boggers out there. I guess next year i will have to come up with a rodent proofing or put some poison in there or something. needless to say the cats are out there now. And to think i couldnt figure out why the cats were always out there Sib
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Post by dvg on Mar 29, 2010 14:23:58 GMT -5
Yes, mice can indeed cause a lot of havoc under the cover of snow, with the true extent of their damage not being discovered until the snow melts. That is when your neighborhood weasel is truly your friend. Hopefully that mice damage didn't cause you to lose anything too valuable Sib. dvg
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Post by prmills on Mar 29, 2010 17:13:09 GMT -5
What type of rodent? If it's a prairie dog or similar, I've got a solution, either a .17 or a .22 All jokes aside though, that sucks. Hope you didn't loose anything or not much.
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Post by H2O on Mar 29, 2010 21:07:18 GMT -5
time for some truncatas..... haha I wish
that sucks though, hope you kill those vermin.
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Post by nepenthes12 on Jul 26, 2010 11:15:45 GMT -5
We need a large nepenthes rajah!
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Post by sekler on Mar 25, 2012 9:01:26 GMT -5
We need a large nepenthes rajah! good one ! That sucks Syble !! hopefully those troopers will all bounce back during the warm season !
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Post by H2O on Mar 28, 2012 19:45:25 GMT -5
haha if those haven't bounced back yet I don't think they're going to
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Post by mabudon on Mar 28, 2012 22:17:56 GMT -5
that'd be one HECK of a "bounce", eh?
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Post by dorven5 on Oct 27, 2012 12:40:49 GMT -5
To keep out pesky rodents, I put garlic cloves, fresh and crushed, into the bog substrate... the garlic makes the water stink and many rodents including chipmunks and squirrels HATE garlic and it's stench. So when they go dig into your garlic bog they're greeted by the smell of garlic, and then leave.
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Post by Rick Hillier on Nov 14, 2012 17:05:02 GMT -5
This summer when I relocated my bog to the front garden (I hope it makes it this winter), I got this stuff from Lee Valley which is like a plastic grating with 1" square openings and at the apex of each connecting point, there is a 1 or 1.25" blunt plastic spike sticking up. The plants grow through the openings and if necessary, you can cut it into pieces to fit around your plants. The material is brown and blends right in with the peat moss substrate. For the most part, I had no problems this summer (tough wood).
Hope everyone's plants are doing well!
>>> Rick<<<
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