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| Hello, I transplanted nursery raised coneflower this weekend (about 6 inches tall, no flowers, just greenery), and almost half of my plants were stripped to the stems last night, probably by rabbits. I'm a vegetable gardener fom way back, but I'm new to perennials. Could this damage kill them, or do they have a chance to grow back somewhat? (I'm going to protect with chicken wire fencing if they can be saved.) Thanks for any input you guys have. BB |
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- Posted by nevermore44 6b (nevermore44@yahoo.com) on Mon, Apr 7, 14 at 17:47
| I have had small (basically plugs) echinacea make it back from rabbit munching before, so you should be okay. Just get out the deterrents for a while until they get larger, at which point they seem to leave them alone... or there are more tasty things out there. |
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| If you really think rabbits, get some cages over those plants. Slugs seem awful hungry this year to me...and they're doing quite a bit of damage on newly emerged plants for me ;( I don't like poisons...so I'm just letting it be. |
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| Agree on those slugs! I know I don't have rabbits but many plant cuttings or seedlings that I prepped in the ground are gone. One day here, one day not (so it's not like a cutworm effect that seems to leave the stalk for you to witness the death of your plant in the next morning). |
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- Posted by gardenweed_z6a N CT (My Page) on Wed, Apr 9, 14 at 19:32
| Crushed eggshells sprinkled around newly-emerging perennials will discourage slugs/snails--they can't crawl over the shells because the shells cut them. I save eggshells all year and when spring rolls around, the crushed pieces help protect my perennials, including hostas. I just toss the shells in a plastic bowl & use a potato masher to crush them. As long as the OP's Echinaceas had healthy root systems, chances are the plants will send up new growth despite marauding bunnies. |
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