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Thread: garden bulb problem

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    Default garden bulb problem

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

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    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.

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

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    Default Rats

    Quote Originally Posted by Scunner View Post
    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!
    Avoid the Gates of Hell. Use Linux.

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    Voles are another culprit!

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

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    Quote Originally Posted by pat View Post
    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!

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

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

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