was: Weeds in seed pots, now & more
Mary Sue Ittner (Mon, 16 Nov 2015 17:00:21 PST)

And in addition there are all those things the birds plant, at least
in my pots. Some of them come directly from the bird feeders like
sunflower seeds and millet, but they also bury tan oak acorns so I
often have tree seedlings coming up. I'm always ambivalent as I rip
them out knowing that so many of these trees are succumbing to Sudden
Oak Death. In the beginning I got excited when all that millet was
coming up not knowing what it was, but now quickly pull it out before
it gets too far along. My ground in summer is especially hard since
it is so dry and covered in tree roots in addition my pots are
especially attractive as an alternative for the birds to use.

At the last Cal Hort meeting I talked to a man who has to cage his
pots because his neighbor add peanuts to the fence between their
properties for the squirrels and his pots get dug out as they are
added to the pots and then the squirrels find the bulbs and he really
is in trouble. At least I don't have that problem and the resident
chipmunk seems to have departed after I added one moth ball to each
Calochortus pot one year after someone on this list suggested that.
The year before all the flowers were eaten.

Mary Sue