How to Protect Tulips from Rodents: Here's What Savvy Florists Do

22.03.2023 13:14

As is well known, tulips, like other bulbous plants, are a favorite delicacy of rodents.

To protect plantings from pests, the expert of the online publication "BelNovosti", scientist-agronomist, landscape designer Anastasia Kovrizhnykh advises digging up and treating bulbs for the winter.

Alternatively, pack them in protective nets or baskets.

But what should you do with the arrival of spring to protect your flower beds from the invasion of uninvited guests with sharp teeth?

The answer is simple: you should dig in repellents around the perimeter of the flower bed.

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For example, these could be rags soaked in birch tar, and if the necessary component is not at hand, then it can be replaced with ground pepper and mustard, which are readily available to everyone.

Make a shallow ditch around the flower bed and fill it with hot spices.

Thanks to this simple life hack, you will be able to build a kind of barrier strip that no rodent will want to get through.

Elena Shimanovskaya Author: Elena Shimanovskaya Internet resource editor