First time poster, have lurked at times but never had a real reason to post.
This year I have seen an issue I haven't encountered before in the North east.
Plants put out in 5" peat pots with well developed roots into a mix of worm castings and native soil. For some reason shortly after transplanting something pulled the entire pots out of the ground and left them laying there to dry. In some instances the plants rerooted sideways and is growing albeit slow and weird. the other plants showed to be bigger than when I transplanted but the stem and all branches are intact and dried but devoid of leaves. There is no blood or bone meal in my holes. Nothing but worm castings and some fertilizers and polymers for moisture control. It is almost like something was under the cup and popped it out of the ground???? Thinking that next year I need some small rodent fencing but has anyone ever had this happen around them?
For the life of me I can't think of anytime this ever happened before. Would it be raccoons, rabbits, mice, skunks, deer? Wtf, am i dealing with here? Very annoying to do the work only to find the damage after it is too late.
Thanks for any help....
j
This year I have seen an issue I haven't encountered before in the North east.
Plants put out in 5" peat pots with well developed roots into a mix of worm castings and native soil. For some reason shortly after transplanting something pulled the entire pots out of the ground and left them laying there to dry. In some instances the plants rerooted sideways and is growing albeit slow and weird. the other plants showed to be bigger than when I transplanted but the stem and all branches are intact and dried but devoid of leaves. There is no blood or bone meal in my holes. Nothing but worm castings and some fertilizers and polymers for moisture control. It is almost like something was under the cup and popped it out of the ground???? Thinking that next year I need some small rodent fencing but has anyone ever had this happen around them?
For the life of me I can't think of anytime this ever happened before. Would it be raccoons, rabbits, mice, skunks, deer? Wtf, am i dealing with here? Very annoying to do the work only to find the damage after it is too late.
Thanks for any help....
j