Alas, there are no predators here, which is the problem. I live in town.Quote:
Originally Posted by wildWoman
Anyways, the poison didn't work... very well anyways, a few sprouted, a few got eaten.
New plan: start all seeds in trays. I hate seed starting indoors because hardening off is annoying to me. If you start sees indoors in a window or under growlights they don't adapt well to the outdoors so you have to harden them off by bringing them outside during the day and inside at night for like 2 or 3 weeks, so annoying.
BUT.... you can plant outdoors in flats and then transplant. This, mostly, keeps the voles out of it, and who doesn't have flats from the greenhouse or garden center laying around? I've had voles, or chipmunks, or whatever, eat my corn, my sunflowers, all my various members of the squash family, so annoying. I have much better luck starting in those trays just sitting out in the sun because they can't tunnel up into them, only climb on top and dig down (which exposes them to possible predators so it is against their nature).
Once the seedling has leaves it is pretty safe from being eating by these rodents, so at that point I transplant.
