So maddening, isn't it Kathleen. I've read online about using a Peppermint Oil concoction to repel rodents(rats in particular). I don't have squirrel issues, but I wonder if the Peppermint Oil, water solution might works as well? Smells great in the bulb frame, but you have to re-apply ever 10 days or so. Rick K On Sun, Dec 1, 2013 at 11:02 AM, Kathleen Sayce <ksayce@willapabay.org>wrote: > For years I read posts from PBS members about squirrels digging and eating > bulbs, and thought, weird, squirrels in my yard don't do this. Then I moved > my seedling pots from the main entry to a side walkway less than thirty > feet away, in a effort to declutter the main one. Welcome to my house, > please dodge all the pots . . . > Within a day, those same squirrels had found all the crocus pots and began > digging out the bulbs, eating them, leaving the shoots behind. Stuck > indoors with bronchitis, all I could do was fume, and begin planning > extensive critter-guard devices. They checked some Lilum and Veratrum pots > too, and a Triteleia, but left these alone for now. > As soon as I can work outside, heavy mesh screens are going over every one > of these pots. I already screen Pacifica iris seedling pots, because of the > jays, which like to probe for seeds. > As for the crocus, clearly I'll be starting over, growing them from seed. > > Kathleen > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ >