Re: [aroid-l] Woodchuck problem

From: "MJ Hatfield" <mjhatfield at oneota.org> on 2004.07.25 at 21:00:12(11808) OK then, I am lucky. I've lived with woodchucks for 21 years, 4-5 burrows surrounding my house and gardens (only 1 active per year) and never (knock on wood) had a problem with them in the gardens. But then I've never had a problem with the rabbits either. I always figured since I garden with natives as well as exotics and that I leave plenty of wildness about that it allowed them to leave my "special" stuff alone. I guess I'll count my blessings rather than assume that it was something I did. As a side note on my Amorphophallus (after all this is an Aroid list), last year was hot and dry. So this year I potted all my Amorph tubers is a less well drained mix. We then proceeded to have a cold/cool wet spring/summer. I just knew the tubers were sitting in pots rotting but I didn't have time to re-pot them. But, as good luck would have it, every single day as I checked on them, 1-7 of the pots had growth emerging. Out of 250+ pots I am only missing new growth in about 20+ of them and still getting 1 new growth per day. +More Thanks to the powers that be! MJ Hatfield

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