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stacyh_gw

need help in NJ

18 years ago

Hi All,

Happy Father's Day to all the Dads.

I have been enjoying everyone's beautiful photos!

I finally have a few blooms of my own to enjoy, when along comes a family of chipmunks taking down plants by the roots. Tried molemax, only made the problem intensify! Need Help, any suggestions are welcome???

Thanks,Stacy



bertie



artist at heart



little music maker



black eyed stella



scaramouche



siloam double classic



jolyene nichole

sorry having trouble resizing a few

Comments (6)

  • 18 years ago

    Beautiful blooms! The only thing I know that will get rid of chipmunks is a cat.

  • 18 years ago

    Beautiful pictures. Thanks for sharing them.

    You might try hot pepper spray, or sprinkling dry cayenne
    pepper around your plants. It might make them 'hot foot' it out of there!

    Again thanks for sharing your pics.

    Lrae

  • 18 years ago

    Stacy, Pretty blooms! Sorry, but I don't know anything about chipmunks. It must be the only pest I've never had.
    Kathy

  • 18 years ago

    I looked around online to learn about my mole and found a good link--hope it helps.

    Here is a link that might be useful: Crittergetter

  • 18 years ago

    Gorgeous photos, Stacy!

    You've made the blooms stand out nicely with the dark backgrounds.

    I've had Joylene Nichole blooming for years, but mine isn't as richly colored as yours......probably because mine is sitting in dappled shade. I think it's time I move it to full sun!

    I just planted Siloam Dbl Classic this year, and hope it turns out as great looking as yours.

    My absolute favorite of that bunch is Scaramouche! My monitor shows a coral-pink w/burgandy EZ and yellow throat.
    I've seen the flower as pink on other sites. So, in "real" life, is yours pink or coral?

    Julie

  • 18 years ago

    Thank you all for the comments and suggestions!

    okbt Ty, Might be time to get a cat of my own! Usually when the neighborhood cats (pets & strays) start lounging in the yard, I know I have a problem (mice or voles) that they keep to a minimum. Since early spring our resident groundhog and chipmunk have acquired a partner and four kids each. The one chipmunk was only a problem with newly planted plants.
    Lrae Ty, anything new gets top dressed with cayenne pepper.
    Kathy Ty, glad you haven't had the pleasure, they're only cute in pictures.
    petalpatsy Ty for the link, great info.
    Julie Ty, early morning pics before the sun brings out the color for me. JN needs 2yrs to fully settle. SDC is always great, scapes & buds galore, more pink than the peach look of my pic, so nice that I bought the tet version (attacked). Scaramouche is one of my favs and is more a dusty rose with burgundy & yellow in the throat & sepals.
    I've been busy with two new beds (for new & previously shaded dls) and stones around a gazebo in a sunny corner of my yard. Watering the existing bed I knocked two plants over?? I was left with little nubs of a root on 8 fan clumps. I cut all my foliage back after finding holes at the base of most plants. Eat my annuals, reduce my hosta and liriope but attack my dls, War!! I mowed & weed wacked the whole yard short, bottom pruned & thined my trumpet vine & shrubs, weeded the outside of my fence and sheds, sprinkled more pepper and molemax, and placed rat poison in pvc elbows in corners and around anything low growing. I've had 3 casualties already, mama chipmunk & a mouse by lawn mower (not intentional), and daddy vole by poison. Tet SDC, Prairie Blue Eyes & Luxury Lace are critical in ICU. I weeded, fertilized with colorburst, watered and will hope the best for the rest of my dls.

    Thanks again Stacy