Topic: Cosmos

[woodypecks]

Expensive Cosmos seeds , spend weeks nurturing them ,pricking them out , hardening them off in the cold frame , on my hands and knees planting them out in beautiful little groups of threes , about to flower too they were . RABBITS ATE THEM !   :'(  So thats the end of my Cosmos.

[betula]

 :(

[star]

Pesky things! I spend more time protecting my plants from my cats than any other pest, I know they dont eat them but they do dig and toilet in the seedbeds.

Have you got some more Cosmos seeds? I have a free packet that I wont be using......Purity. You're welcome to them if you have none left.

[woodypecks]

Oh you are so kind for offering me your seeds Star and thankyou so much ! ..but no ..I think I need to do some research into which plants they leave alone and work around it somehow .
 So any ideas which flowers /annuals they will leave alone ?
   Thanks again . Debs

[star]

I really dont know Debs, I dont have a rabbit problem, I can only think of a barrier of rabbit fencing or plastic bottles over your young plants. And bottles is only a temp measure theres nothing to say the runny babbits wont eat the mature plants as well when bottles are removed.

Your welcome re seeds, I hope someone else can give you better advice  ;)

[taurus]

Rabbit stew  ;D ;D

[star]

 ;D ;D ;D

[Stopp]

http://garden-pond-accents.blogspot.co.uk/2008/08/how-to-stop-rabbits-from-eating-your.html

A few interesting ideas on this web page




Sharon xx

[pigeonseed]

That's awful  :(

They must be very tasty, mine are always eaten by snails, no matter how hard I try to put them off.

Never had a rabbit problem, so I can't advise there either, sorry.

[woodypecks]

http://garden-pond-accents.blogspot.co.uk/2008/08/how-to-stop-rabbits-from-eating-your.html

A few interesting ideas on this web page




Sharon xx

Thanks Sharon ...that is a brilliant write up on that clever persons blog !  :D