Rodent attack

[marcdm]

Friends, had a small rodent burrow under the gate in the rabbit fence, cut through the plastic mesh and murder many of my germinating fava beans. Are mouse traps legal in pea patches? This saddens me. I have been propagating this grocery store variety of small favas for years. Have enough reserved to replant in the spring if I can't figure a defense. Open to suggestions

    Marc

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[yiewen Kuan]

 I think rodents ate some of my radish leaves too. Will like to know how to get rid of them.

Yvonne

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Friends, had a small rodent burrow under the gate in the rabbit fence, cut through the plastic mesh and murder many of my germinating fava beans. Are mouse traps legal in pea patches? This saddens me. I have been propagating this grocery store variety of small favas for years. Have enough reserved to replant in the spring if I can't figure a defense. Open to suggestions

    Marc

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[Choi, Alicia]

Hi All,

 

Many P-Patches use rat traps to help control rodent populations.

 

The P-Patch program has rat traps, and rat trap boxes (to keep birds and other creatures from getting hurt) that we can provide to gardens, as long as there is someone who is committed to regularly managing them. We ask that you not use poisons as there is not an option that is safe for rodent predators like raptors, owls, and coyotes. Any rodents trapped in the garden should be placed in a garbage bag and disposed of in the trash, NOT COMPOST.

 

One thing to note, gardeners may very well have different feeling about rodent trapping. Out of respect for this, please don’t share detailed descriptions or photos of rodents and rodent control that others may find distressing via email or in person.

 

Some other things you can do to deter rodents in your garden.

• Remove or restrict habitat (piles of garden waste, open areas under sheds or around compost, rock piles etc).
• Regularly harvest produce.
• Protect seeds like fava beans, peas, corn etc. until seedlings are 2-3 inches tall.

 

If you have any questions, or would like some rat traps and boxes, please let me know.

 

Best,

 

 

Alicia Choi

Community Garden Coordinator, P-Patch Community Gardening Program

Pronouns: she/her/hers

City of Seattle, Department of Neighborhoods

M: 206-376-2539 | Alici...@seattle.gov

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Friends, had a small rodent burrow under the gate in the rabbit fence, cut through the plastic mesh and murder many of my germinating fava beans. Are mouse traps legal in pea patches? This saddens me. I have been propagating this grocery store variety of small favas for years. Have enough reserved to replant in the spring if I can't figure a defense. Open to suggestions

    Marc

 

 

Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone

 

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