Nandy
11-17-2015, 07:41 PM
Was wanting to get the sweet potatoes out in time for the wife cooking for thanksgiving but with the rain and other stuff I got delayed. This evening looked good enough and got to the row to pull it all.... I was very dishearten when I started to pull tubers with damage. It is as in something had gone underground and dig a tunnel right thru the middle of the row. The only tubers that survived were the ones that were to the side which are not the largest ones... Never had this problem before, I suspect voles.... I got 8 potatoes out of 9 plants... should had at least 30 potatoes....
This row will have potatoes in it coming feb/mar (I only have 25 square feet to plant so rotating rows would be a joke) So I guess i will have to till deep and get me some chicken wire to keep those basturds out of the tubers...
Not sure if the picture is clear enough....
http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn215/nandy_temp/20151117_134227.jpg
Any other way to fight these voles that does not includes chemicals? I get enough chemicals from the produce I have to buy so trying not to add more...
Thanks!
This row will have potatoes in it coming feb/mar (I only have 25 square feet to plant so rotating rows would be a joke) So I guess i will have to till deep and get me some chicken wire to keep those basturds out of the tubers...
Not sure if the picture is clear enough....
http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn215/nandy_temp/20151117_134227.jpg
Any other way to fight these voles that does not includes chemicals? I get enough chemicals from the produce I have to buy so trying not to add more...
Thanks!