lorisarvendu Posted March 14, 2014 Report Share Posted March 14, 2014 I've been successfully growing CPs outside in 5 large bog pots. See here: http://spacewarp.co.uk/carniv/Carniv01.htm Up until about 2 years ago all was fine, until our daughter decided she would like a rabbit. Since our back garden is totally enclosed, the rabbit was given full run of the garden. A few months later he was joined by a female friend. Not long after that I found they were nibbling my CPs. I completely enclosed all the pots with plastic-coated mesh fencing, which was fine...until they began nibbling through that. I was reduced to moving the pots to the front garden, where they got slightly less sun, but still managed to survive. Now we've had the front garden completely tarmacced and there's no room for my pots. I can't move them into the back garden because of the rabbits and I can't keep them in the front. Can anyone think of a suggestion to save my plants? Some sort of strong table I can put the pots on (although they're plastic they weigh a ton because of the water content), or some kind of fencing I can use? I've collected my plants for over a decade now and I don't want to have to get rid of them. Any suggestions? Cheers Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcel van den Broek Posted March 14, 2014 Report Share Posted March 14, 2014 Some effort solution: A cage from wire mesh. I have my hardy pings protected that way from birds, the sides are wire mesh between poles and a frame with mesh between it rests on the top of the poles as a lid. Dig the mesh at least 80 cm in the ground too!. Easiest solution: Rabbit stew! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lorisarvendu Posted March 14, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 14, 2014 Easiest solution: Rabbit stew! That would be my preferred option, considering the mess they've made of the garden, but unfortunately it's the one I can't go with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest paul y Posted March 14, 2014 Report Share Posted March 14, 2014 stage a "fox break in" deals with the rabbits absolves you of all guilt and will teach the kids the value of life and the realities of death, on a serious note get an old mechanics bench or some steel display units second hand from s closed down shop, or build yourself some benches out of six inch timber and doubled up scaffold planks, or railway sleepers, just be aware that if the pots are off the floor they will be more prone to freeze and thaw Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billynomates666 Posted March 14, 2014 Report Share Posted March 14, 2014 Netting strung betweeen sticks/poles works, but detracts from the plants, could you jack them up on bricks above the height of what I assume now are rotund non jumping type rabbits? Cheers Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ada Posted March 14, 2014 Report Share Posted March 14, 2014 Have you thought of some sort of shelf along a wall or fence.Or some type of window box on strong brackets. ada Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoLongFairWell Posted March 14, 2014 Report Share Posted March 14, 2014 Enclose the bloody rabbits. Say it's to protect them from foxes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest paul y Posted March 14, 2014 Report Share Posted March 14, 2014 im more interested in stopping cats to be fair, apparently keeping a Bengal tiger will solve my garden is a litter tray issue, I also have the bonus of dressing up as he man and riding it round the garden but apparently its not legal to keep a Bengal tiger (thanks rspca) unless its raining at night then Im guaranteed to get a cat turd somewhere in my garden the next day, beds pots planters seed trays you name it. its maddening has driven me almost to tears with frustration and at times I have seriously considered getting real nasty over this issue. I have asked every neighbour to keep their cats in at night as far as im concerned the owners should be just as culpable as a dog owner is and get fined for the mess their animals leave behind, but it makes no difference, I just want to be able to enjoy my garden without fearing my five year old or myself accidentally contacts cat poo, am I asking too much? as a law abiding tax payer do I not have the right to a cat sh** free life?? if anyone has any tried and tested ways of stopping these little gits please let me know, regards paul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcel van den Broek Posted March 14, 2014 Report Share Posted March 14, 2014 Oh boy, please no squirrel wars (or cat, rabbit etc) ! My fellow dinosaurs will know exactly what I mean for the rest of you..never mind, just don't start a whole topic on animal control/pests . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest paul y Posted March 15, 2014 Report Share Posted March 15, 2014 so if you "fellow dinosaurs" are obviously fed up with younger peoples problems with pest animals would you care to share what you have learnt from your many years experience? ive searched this forum and can find no advice, yet it must be an issue to a lot of people to have caused the head banging sentiment. I would suggest the best way to prevent a thread like this is to have a closed advice thread containing all the relevant tips tricks and methods to prevent animal damage, then people like myself who are really keen on cps (new blood will keep this hobby alive) would be able to go to that thread get the advice they need without causing the more experienced members to shake their heads with "not this again" sentiment. i also was under the impression that this forum was set up to specifically help people with their cp related issues? are their any other cp related issues that i may raise that will cause your heads to shake? if so tell me and i can prevent undue wear and tear to your neck muscles by asking elsewhere regards paul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcel van den Broek Posted March 15, 2014 Report Share Posted March 15, 2014 Long before there was such a thing as forums people used the CP listserver, kind of a group e-mail (it is actually still around). The squirell wars I refered to was a very lenghty and heated discussion that lasted for weeks and reapeared just about every year. I would like to avoid that here, so ask a question,get an answer but don't drag every species of animal in the same thread and don't keep it going on and on. That to me looked like a serious risk given your ahh passionate statement about cats, hence my respons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FredG Posted March 15, 2014 Report Share Posted March 15, 2014 Oh but they can be so cute Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcel van den Broek Posted March 15, 2014 Report Share Posted March 15, 2014 (edited) FRED, please! Edited March 15, 2014 by Marcel van den Broek Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest paul y Posted March 16, 2014 Report Share Posted March 16, 2014 my son when he was three found cat sh** in our garden ate some whilst my back was turned, he had to have his stomach emptied at hospital, so yeah I am passionate about stopping cats, murderous and militant would be a better description, how would you feel about it if you watched your son go through that, all because some dole dossing tosser or some coffin dodging oap cant ensure their pets sh** on their own property. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ada Posted March 16, 2014 Report Share Posted March 16, 2014 Its a very stinky and dangerous problem,personally i use lead. But Paul you are going off topic and Fred is winding people up. Lead is also good for squirrels! please stick to the topic or open a thread on deterring cats or do a search,some of us dinosaurs can take offence(only slightly) when we see the same things again and again. But i,m with you all the way about cats if its any help. ada Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FredG Posted March 16, 2014 Report Share Posted March 16, 2014 I was certain we'd had this exact topic before with the rabbits and I did try a search to no avail. Deja vu reigns supreme. Me wind people up? Wash your mouth out young man. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petesredtraps Posted March 16, 2014 Report Share Posted March 16, 2014 Just get a greenhouse, and if the Rabbits interfere with that...............kill them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lorisarvendu Posted March 16, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 16, 2014 Sorted! Plants repotted and relocated! If anyone's interested the pots were £4.50 each from Wilkos, while the 18 blocks were £1.43 each and the three lengths of decking £3.99 each (the last two from Wickes). £51 in total. Blimey, it's a lot when you add it all up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skullkeeper Posted March 17, 2014 Report Share Posted March 17, 2014 Nice, are the pots just standard of have you modified them with drain holes ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lorisarvendu Posted March 18, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 18, 2014 Nice, are the pots just standard of have you modified them with drain holes ? No, they have no drain holes and I've never used drain holes in almost a decade of outside pots. In fact I've gone to great lengths to plug them where they exist (sometimes with limited success). I tend to drill a couple of holes just under the lip of the pot to avoid the smaller plants drowning in heavy rain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cookie0117 Posted March 19, 2014 Report Share Posted March 19, 2014 I did a planter outside the front of my house last year with the same size planters. I did put a few holes in though, although half way up the main body and only 2 little drill holes. Its just starting to wake up now and should look pretty full this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mantrid Posted March 19, 2014 Report Share Posted March 19, 2014 (edited) Sorted! Plants repotted and relocated! If anyone's interested the pots were £4.50 each from Wilkos, while the 18 blocks were £1.43 each and the three lengths of decking £3.99 each (the last two from Wickes). £51 in total. Blimey, it's a lot when you add it all up. Blocks should be around half that price and the decking sounds a bit pricey too Edited March 19, 2014 by mantrid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lorisarvendu Posted March 20, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 20, 2014 Re: expensive prices. Well that was from Wickes. I could have shopped around I guess but I was on a time limit. The pots were in the garage in darkness, it was the weekend, and I needed to get the plants out into the sun. If I hadn't done it on Sunday I would have had to wait until the next weekend and they'd probably all be dead by now! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lorisarvendu Posted April 24, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 24, 2014 Well the bogs are starting to come back to life with a vengeance now that the sun's getting higher. I went out today to have a poke around, you know pluck out weeds that were starting to grow, that sort of thing. And I was surprised and delighted to see three more sundews lurking in the moss in between the sarra shoots. From the look of things they're the old English round-leaved variety and they appear to have seeded. I've moved them out from the sarras because they'll get swamped once they start growing. Looks like if nothing else I'm successful with sundews! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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