The rats with cloven hooves have started sampling the larger cannas. And ate the flower buds off the potted lilies near my tool shed. Someone upthread mentioned that his wive would poke holes in disposable water bottles, add mothballs, and that worked reasonably well. We have a well. I don't buy bottled water. We do purchase individual size bottles of soda. The preferred item is A&W root beer in the 12 fl oz size. This has been difficult to find - the covid-19 empty shelf syndrome, you know. Eventually I found 16.9 fl oz which I bought by default. Himself is an engineer. Retired, but once an engineer *. . . *Simple poking holes would be crude. I now have a number of bottles. Each has two sets of four holes carefully drilled in the side. There is a pair of smaller holes drilled through the neck, just the right size to insert the hook of a metal coat hanger. Said hanger is cut, straightened, and serves as a support. Each bottle has five little "legs" which are perfect size to hold a mothball apiece. In fact, when I plunk the mothballs in they scurry each to their own spot. Picture attached. Now, if they work it will all be worth it. Judy in New jersey where the potted crinums suddenly have brown leaf tips. I thought I was watering with adequate attention. If they want larger pots at end of summer before moving them into the greenhouse I will be dividing xpowellii both white and pink. Amarcrinum too. -- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus/ -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: Bottled Deer Repellent_2020-06_finished product.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 120504 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/pipermail/pbs/…> _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/…
