squirrels vs. bananas = devastation
had a good year weather wise so far. the beginning of february it got very warm with temps in the 80's. with 1 light freeze and 1 light frost my bananas have been popping.
where i think it started was i got too many squirrels and not enough food for them. then they discovered the bananas.
the center white core that would become the cigar leaf is what they have been targeting.
while they will go after plants that are 5ft tall they mainly like the new pups coming up.
so far i have lost 3 to 4 mats with near 20 mats devasted, approximately 14 species. i would have lost more but i bought fencing and completely covered a couple.
21 squirrels have been dispatched with a few more have to go i am sorry to say, it has not been easy for me. i fear now that they have gotten a taste of the bananas they will not stop until all my squirrels are gone.
the first pic is namwa, next cardaba, then sh-3640, kandarin and finally orinoco and fhia-17. i planted the orinoco with the fhia-17 until i could get a mat ready for it, the orinoco is completely gone.
i took these pictures this morning.
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npk of wood ash 0/1/3 to 0/3/7
npk of banana leaf ash 1.75/0.75/0.5
Last edited by beam2050 : 04-22-2023 at 08:53 AM.
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