I can't be of much help with the critters - for me it's maynly slugs this year, they've been a pest all Summer, especially in cutting down Bomareas but even climbing up Passifloras to feed on the flowers, so I'm now experimenting with copper tape on the pots - too fresh to judge effectiveness. I havn't seen any cyclamens flowering now, but I have a bulb of Colchicum bivonae in full flower for almost 2 weeks, that's somewhat disturbing. Martin Am 16.08.2019 um 17:06 schrieb Mary Sue Ittner: > Cyclamen cilicium, C. hederifolium, and now C. africanum have been > trying to flower for a couple of weeks now. Something is eating the > flowers just as fast as they appear, but not the stems or the leaves > (of C. coum that is showing up.) I finally moved several pots inside > and have a barrier on a couple of others, but the flowers are coming > through the barrier so are probably doomed. I had a few left over moth > balls from the time I had a chipmunk that was fond of Calochortus > flowers and I stuck one of them in one pot and so far there is still a > flower left in that pot. Anyone have any idea of the culprit or > suggestions? > > Mary Sue > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… -- Martin ---------------------------------------------- Southern Germany Likely zone 7a _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/…