Growing snow pea.
I'm growing lots of snow pea again this season. What will you be growing this coming winter?
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View original on aussie.zoneI'm growing lots of snow pea again this season. What will you be growing this coming winter?
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Nothing unless I improve my possum-proofing
What? These cuties?! 😱🥹🤫
Er no. Ours are considerably cuter and a vast menace to my veggie patch
Awww, what an adorable (and tireless, vigilant, talented) pest patrol you have out yonder! 😍🥳🤙🏼
edit: I wonder if there's a plant that they especially don't like, so that planting it around the perimeter'd discourage them from crossing that boundary —similar to tobacco vs deer, etc. 🤓🤞🏼
I heard these are great eating. Perhaps you could plant a green fodder crop and be growing protein instead.
Unfortunately for me I only have endangered possums in my area so that's not an option until they come off the list.
Last time I tried snow peas they (and the golden gem pumpkin plants) were eaten down to stumps 😩
I have cutworms, slaters, earwigs, slugs, snails, rats and possums here that do this, it's a pain but I find my biggest losses are to the snails and slugs due to the possums and rats being more focused on my fruit trees.
I also rotate my chickens and ducks through beds to keep the insects and slugs/snails under control.