[slowcompost]

My peas in guttering in the greenhouse were doing well till the mice found them.
Set a trap and caught one today. Very satisfying feeling.
However someone gave me a tip i'd never heard before, wondered if anyone else had tried it. That is:- mixing a bit of curry powder with the peas.
And would that work with peas sown outside as well ?

[philmay]

A lot has been wrote about growing peas on this forum recently. Search through the threads. muntjac suggests soaking the peas in paraffin. There is also a thread about  a cheap rodent killer on here somewere, using bi carb of soda. I've just tried it and It seems to have worked. Planted a row of peas last month and they got eaten, put down bi-carb mix and then sown more peas, these have started to come up so I figure the mice must have been killed.

[Aunt Sally]

I've tried the paraffin method - without any success   :evil:

I'm trying guttering vs direct in ground.

[Annie]

I think it`s just easier to get your guttering of the floor,where there is one mouse there will be more.I supposecurry/chilli could work,not outsidethuogh,one shower and it would be gone.

[Stevens706]

Pre chitting the seeds (standing them onto damp kitchen roll until they sprout) is supposed to work

[muntjac]

dip in parrafin for a few mins sow and then pouthe parrafin down the row .or roll them in parafin n then soil  werks for me every time

[Aidy]

could you imagine the amount of gas the poor little mouse will have with curried peas, glad i am not around.

[Aunt Sally]

...and then pour the parrafin down the row...

that's the bit I didn't do Munty  :roll: