garden bulb problem [Archive] - Caithness.Org Forums

bounce

10-Mar-17, 20:31

Anybody got any ideas of what creature is digging up our bulbs even in tubs

pat

10-Mar-17, 22:56

Squirrels definitely will always do this and many birds will also - it is food - put some chicken wire over the bulbsuntil they are growing well.

Scunner

11-Mar-17, 00:36

Cats, they love earth. Or maybe mice, little blighters spoilt seed trays and a lovely clematis I have in the greenhouse.

Wizzbang

11-Mar-17, 08:46

Cats, they love earth. Or maybe mice, little blighters spoilt seed trays and a lovely clematis I have in the greenhouse.

Used a wild cam to see what was digging up ours and it turned out to be a rat. Have also seen them digging up spuds!

Fulmar

11-Mar-17, 08:52

Voles are another culprit!

GSD

11-Mar-17, 09:27

+1 on Voles & mice, I found a pille of bulbs hidden in the back of a shed.

sids

11-Mar-17, 09:35

Squirrels definitely will always do this and many birds will also - it is food - put some chicken wire over the bulbsuntil they are growing well.

The Caithness squirrel is an elusive devil!

gaza

18-Mar-17, 02:18

Tigerduck's, they are flying north just now and bulbs are their favourite food (how they digest the class nobody knows)

Shabbychic

18-Mar-17, 10:46

I have some feral cats that dig the bulbs out my tubs, then use them as litter trays. Charming.