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Something Ate my Semp!
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Posted by snuffyj 4a/Minnesota (My Page) on Thu, Apr 29, 04 at 19:10
| Hi!
Does anyone have trouble with animals eating their semps? I discovered one of my large rosettes totally taken apart today. I am assuming it was a squirrel, not a rabbit. The rosettes had been taken apart piece by piece, but not eaten, and the root was completely gone. I was able to salvage two chicks so hopefully it wasn't a total loss. I don't have deer as I live in the city. Any ideas? Thanks! |
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RE: Something Ate my Semp!
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| Sorry to hear about the carnage in your semp garden. Sounds to me that whatever took apart your semp was treating it like an artichoke: taking leaf after leaf apart until reaching the heart... Must be something pretty dextrous with their paws (like a squirrel). Here in NM, I have problems with birds sampling the semps or pulling the surrounding material out from around the semps for nesting material. I have to use a physical barrier to keep the animals from the semps. |
RE: Something Ate my Semp!
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I have seen evidence of munching this year also. A couple of the rosettes were left with only the outer leaves but have quickly regrown from the inside with new rosettes as the critter was gracious enough to leave enough of the middle intact. I am suspicious of the baby rabbit or the annoying striped gophers I've been seeing. The munching seems to have stopped now. They seemed to like my large green ones the best.
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RE: Something Ate my Semp!
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- Posted by Mitsy z9 far No. CA (My Page) on
Tue, May 11, 04 at 16:38
| My gophers have dismembered them from underneath before. |
RE: Something Ate my Semp!
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| The same thing has happened to one of mine too but I think it's a mole/vole or some such creature getting the root from underneath. I found a hole really close by. |
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