Were your bulbs stored in pots/soil or unpotted? On 7 October 2012 11:06, John Wickham <jwickham@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > I'm feeling sorry for myself and wanted to complain about CRITTERS. > Actually, I've been using several NOT friendly adjectives ahead of that > word. Pulling my winter bulbs out of storage, I discovered that mice had > gorged themselves over the summer. They decimated the Oxalis, Romulea, and > Spiloxene. They taste tested the Moraea. Now, I'm not only trying to figure > out what's gone, but will have to figure out if the labels are still > accurate. > > They went after the bulbs that were most protected from any potential > predators, so those at the back and bottom. Apparently any such storage > needs protection that I didn't know was necessary. I didn't know I had mice > or that they would do this. Some lessons are really difficult. > > To top it all off, with the bulb pots now spread out...the jays and > squirrels are potting up acorns. Looks like a bumper crop of oaks this year. > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ >