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Diggerpete

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« on: September 06, 2011, 16:36 »
I've had one of the best years in a long time for potatoes, the only problem being the rats are eating a lot of my crop, especially around the edges of the plot where they run under cover of the fence. I've dug up all my spuds now and I am going to store them in my garden shed at home. The only trouble is will rats get them there as well in the winter when the weather turns colder? So I've sawn a plank of wood off to a suitable length and placed it on 2 upturned buckets. The theory is they wont be able to climb up the slippery sides of the buckets. Hopefully this will work.

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finleyfreyaseth

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Re: Rats
« Reply #1 on: September 06, 2011, 18:11 »
get yourself a rat trap something sweet sticky and nail the *!!!!!!

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« Reply #2 on: September 06, 2011, 18:36 »
they would jump the height of a bucket no problems!!! :D
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Re: Rats
« Reply #3 on: September 06, 2011, 19:04 »
Rats ate a lot of our potato crop stored in the garage last winter.

We used pasta bait, which they consumed and died


It took ages to clear them all out as there were so many of them  :tongue2: :tongue2: :tongue2:

They will outwile you --- kill 'em off  :blink: :blink:
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Re: Rats
« Reply #4 on: September 13, 2011, 19:53 »
Pasta bait!! What's that?

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« Reply #5 on: September 13, 2011, 21:03 »
Pasta bait!! What's that?

You can get it from Been and Queued...  ;)
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Re: Rats
« Reply #6 on: September 13, 2011, 21:20 »
Alongside mouse bait --  mouse bait kills mice, and pasta bait kills....


.... RATS!!!!!!  :lol: :lol: :lol:


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