A customer called today in tears

Fusion_power · May 12, 2016

She purchased a huge number of plants last year and her son diligently saved seed. He grew a bunch of plants for her this year, then a raccoon got into them and destroyed almost all her seedlings.

Why am I mentioning this? Because animals are attracted to seedlings, particularly when organics such as fish emulsion are used as fertilizer. Cats will dig out seedlings, sometimes eat small seedlings, and knock trays off onto the floor. Dogs will dig up transplants, lay on them, run through them, or just scuff them with their feet. Mice will eat small seedlings. Raccoons, squirrels, groundhogs, rats, and other wild animals will destroy your plants. So in the interest of sanity and self-preservation, please consider ways to protect your seedlings from varmints whether domestic or wild.

I'm sending replacements for as much as I can, but that does not do much to alleviate the anguish.

May 12, 2016	#1
Fusion_power Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Alabama Posts: 2,250	A customer called today in tears She purchased a huge number of plants last year and her son diligently saved seed. He grew a bunch of plants for her this year, then a raccoon got into them and destroyed almost all her seedlings. Why am I mentioning this? Because animals are attracted to seedlings, particularly when organics such as fish emulsion are used as fertilizer. Cats will dig out seedlings, sometimes eat small seedlings, and knock trays off onto the floor. Dogs will dig up transplants, lay on them, run through them, or just scuff them with their feet. Mice will eat small seedlings. Raccoons, squirrels, groundhogs, rats, and other wild animals will destroy your plants. So in the interest of sanity and self-preservation, please consider ways to protect your seedlings from varmints whether domestic or wild. I'm sending replacements for as much as I can, but that does not do much to alleviate the anguish.