And will coating them in cayen pepper also help keep them put? I am using a bulb booster fertilizer instead of blood meal to keep from attracting vermin.
2006-10-05 09:27:07 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Home & Garden ➔ Garden & Landscape
whichever it is moles or mice, I lost a whole bed of Angelique tulips 2 years ago. They were premium bulbs from Holland. I've been told by several nurseries that it's the blood meal that attracts them. So I have no doubt of their advice on that.
2006-10-05 09:38:05 · update #1
after sinking them in the ground, place some chicken wire with 1 inch size holes over the top of the pot. Then cover over the top of that to keep the chicken wire from blowing away or whatever. Mulching over the top with cedar chips or cypress chips will also help. Rolling them in cayen pepper won't hurt them, but I highly doubt it necessary after encasing them in a pot. Put a 'used' dryer sheet at the bottom of the pot before you fill it. It will allow moisture to pass through and it will keep out any grubs or worms that could eat those bulbs!
2006-10-06 06:25:08 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
OK, Blood meal actually repells rodents - I think you meant to say "bone meal"? Which does not attract criiters either... 'cept maybe a dog or cat who gets a whiff og the bone.
Also, moles do not eat your bulbs, they are insectavors and only eat insects, hwoeber, sometimes other critters like mice will use the moles tunnel to access your bulbs.
If you use a pot, make it a big one and yes that would help.
But have you had a problem in tha past? If not, just plant them - 3 times their own d height, deep and use the cayenne on top when they sprout in the spring.
2006-10-05 09:33:35 · answer #2 · answered by Barbados Chick 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The answer to your question is NO. blodd meal and bone meal do attract rodents of different types. If moles castor oil applied to the soil works wonders, however if moles there is something else there ( ie: grubs, wire worms etc... ) which got their attiontion in the first place.
2006-10-05 12:35:38 · answer #3 · answered by llanoestacado2000 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Line the flower bed, or garden with chicken wire with a small enough mesh that moles and vermin can't get through, then cover it with dirt and pland the bulbs
2006-10-05 09:38:16 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I've used the chicken wire method above with success.
2006-10-05 13:29:56 · answer #5 · answered by davidosterberg1 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋