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  • From: "William H Shoemaker" <wshoemak AT illinois.edu>
  • To: "'Market Farming'" <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] salad mix
  • Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2010 10:01:41 -0500

It sounds like you have some kind of rodent doing the feeding Carla. I'm not
sure I have a clear answer to the problem. I know orchardist's that create
bait-stations by elevating a piece of plywood on a couple of bricks and
putting something heavy on top to hold it down. They put small trays with
rodent poison underneath to feed the critters, which like to hide from
raptors underneath the plywood. You can't just put the bait out on the
ground or you violate regulations on using the bait. But if you tried this
you'd probably take out a lot of them quickly.

Bill

Vole question:
We have about 3/4 an acre of Cole crops planted, and all that is left is the
stem sticking out of ground. All plants completely bare of leaves. I took
the dog and walked the entire perimeter of the field and scared up one
rabbit, which is the usual culprit when we start seeing this type of damage.
I'd been reading about the voles and was wondering if that could be what is
wiping out my field. I see millions of holes in the ground, as if someone
came along and stuck a hoe handle in the ground every few yards. But, no
tunnels that I can see, no raised areas at all.
We did have tons of birds out there, mostly killdeer. There again though,
I've read that they eat insects, not plants.
We sprayed pepper spray over the entire field last night, but with rain in
the forecast today it will be a temporary fix at best.
I thought with the snow cover we had over the weekend that what ever was
doing this would go away, but if anything the damage is worse.
Carla
Perkins, OK





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