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| I'm new to this forum but have lurked regularly and posted on other forums. I planted sedum Vera Jameson a few weeks ago in a new bed, together with gaura, echinacea, salvia, daylilies. We live in New Mexico where it is hot and dry. Because of the drought, we find wildlife coming into residential areas in search of food or water. I found several other sedums which were still in their pots had leaves chewed off down to the stems. A week ago, I found VJ had completely disappeared. I found about 3 stubs sticking up less than an inch out of the ground. I assume a critter ate the whole plant. Is is possible the sedum will grow back, or is it dead? Thanks, |
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| Last year I took some cuttings of VJ, rooted them and planted them out. Something (I think a rabbit) kept chewing them off all through the summer. They would resprout, get chewed off, resprout, get chewed off etc. etc. I finally gave up hope. This spring, they reappeared. Yes, it's possible they could come back. Kevin |
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| Kevin, Thank you. I was wondering if I should replant the spot. I'll just keep watering it in hopes it will spring forth. My other sedums which had been mostly eaten were planted a couple of weeks ago and are showing new growth. Everyone says they are indestructible. Cheryl |
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| You might want to take a piece of chicken wire and make a little cage around the plant just to give it some opportunity to recover. Maybe if you left that in place for a few weeks the animal would give up and move on to something else or just go away. Cages around plants in general are kind of ugly, but chicken wire is tolerable. After a while you really don't notice it and from a distance, it's kind of invisible. Kevin |
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| Kevin, The garden is awash in chicken wire! The bed where the VJ was planted has a wire fence, but something came over, under or through it. We have so many possible culprits - baby rabbits, pack rats, quail - the only way to protect everything is to fence it all in fine hardware cloth. The drought has been hard on everything. I made up a homemade liquid fence using a recipe I found online. It's a disgusting mix of eggs, cayenne, garlic, wilt-pruf and water. You leave it to ferment for a week. Something come over the garden wall, dragged a gallon jug of the repellent over to the side, punctured the jug and drank the lot! Cheryl |
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| OMG! Those are some serious critters! We would love to have you move to Minnesota. The squirrels are pretty annoying, but nothing like that. Kevin |
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