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Tip for stopping mice from digging up pea seeds

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gray1720:
This works for me:
https://blackadderquotes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/all-mouse-diet.jpg

(TBH, judging by the amount of cat turd I find, no mouse will dare show its nose round my peas. I used to like cats until I had my own garden...) 

Obelixx:
The RSPB sells a sonic cat deterrent you might want to check out Gray.

Years ago on The Big Dig there was a biodynamic gardener who soaked her peas in paraffin for a day before planting them.  Said the smell keeps the mice off.

gray1720:
Unfortunately, SWMBO has bat's ears, and can hear the "ultrasonic" deterrents too...

Paulh:
Don't leave your trowel out next to the row?

 :tongue3:

Tee Gee:
I found that sowing time was often a factor for mice eating seed peas. If I sowed them outdoors quite early say pre May mice were sometimes a problem. I put it down to there was very little suitable foodstuff around so they resorted to digging up pea seeds.

With later outdoor showings I would point out straight into the ground then water them in with a very weak solution of water and Jeyes fluid this seemed to deter them plus there were often easier pickings elsewhere in the garden.

To over come the early sowing problem I sowed my peas in cell trays then planted out the modules when they were around 4"-6" tall. Then as a precaution I would sometimes water in the plug plants with the same weak Jeyes fluid solution.

I often got the feeling that this deterred the pigeons as well. My belief is; like so many cases in nature smells can be an attractor as well as a deterren so I went along with nature!

This link will take you to a webpage showing how I grew my Peas http://www.thegardenersalmanac.co.uk/Content/P/Peas/Peas.htm

Click on the pics to enlarge!

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