Disaster Strikes QUICK!!
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- čas přidán 31. 07. 2024
- We HAD the perfect set up, until we didn't. How could we know they would invade and RUIN our poor little seedlings? Can we pivot in time to save the flower garden? Is it over before it starts? Did I mention it was RAINING!?!
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Build a simple soil sifter out of 1 x ? (what ever height you need) with hardware cloth turn it over and cover your seedling trays and then you can use it to sift soil dual- purpose tool.
Great idea, I would need several different hights but that is a solid idea. Thank you!
@@FlannelFarms I am hoping to eventually have an enclosed space for my tomatoes outside or recruit a gang of starving alley cats LOL
@@FlannelFarms You are so welcomed my friend. I too have to work around issues just like this. Don't give up, I will pray for you finding a solution that works for Ya'll
I use a wire waste basket to sift my potting soil
Y'all the key to success is learning to cope and go with the flow no matter what life whips at ya. Thank y'all and have a blessed day.
That's dedication!
"Now I'll have to put it in" (mee hh hehhehehehe)
Great pivot, thanks for sharing.
Great life lessons. So, not a total loss.
My mouse trap and deter list.
Water bucket roller ramp trap.
Glue traps.
Irish spring soap cut in chunks tossed around.
I hope middle Flannel gets her seeds going and does well this year with her flowers. My seed starts are sitting in my living room this year as the spare bedroom now is our great granddaughter's room! God bless and keep growing!!!
❤great save!
I have had the same problem with mice, rats and birds ripping out my little seedlings. And snacking on them. My solution was. Hardware cloth about 3-4 inches tall. And whatever size I'm trying to cover. That has worked quite well.
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You may could put some boards across the wood on the sides of the trailer and thereby creating shelve(s) for her seedlings and that way she will have room to enter and stand. One other idea but it may cost a little bit to make, create a standing frame that can be covered with hardware cloth and make a door on it and put shelves in it. Basically making a rodent proof green house on a small scale. Cover with plastic and maybe that would keep her flower starts safe.
I did make a shelf across the back, but that was after we finished filming. Good idea about the hardware cloth
My seedling cabinet is one of those steel kitset shelving units with a light and a desktop usb fan in each of the shelves. I got a roll of grow tent material and clad the shelving unit. and made roll up doors, taping everything together with duct tape. Finding a perfect set of outer trays for terracotta balls/sand/gravel that let the seed trays fit inside was tricky in my country because of the limited selection.
I have seen some nicely fitted out trailer growrooms in videos showcasing growing micro greens.
Nice set up! My friend recently bought a shipping container for storage, I'm contemplating getting one of those and kitting it out for a seed start/grow house. CEA farming I think it is called.
I use old feedbags to catch mice. They can get in but not out if you prop them upright. I keep one between 2 metal trash cans with lids and put a paper towel with peanut butter in the bottom of the bag. I empty the bag in the chicken run and the hens love furry snacks.
Oh that's good
It's going to be fine, Brian! FAITH -mustard seed. I'm on my second round of corn. They are supposed to take about 10 days to germinate. I have spunky seeds, the broke ground in less that 3 days. So, cheer up, they will be up before you know it. Oh, the the squirrels got my pepperlets too. So, new ones on the heat mat. It's still all good.
Yep, it isn't the end of the world, although if I made that the title, "It Isn't The End Of The World' I'd probably get less traction haha! Glad to hear your corn is going bonkers!
Darn mice! I'm glad you have a trailer to move it to. I hope that works! I'm sure you're getting soaked. Thanks for filming Petal princess! Looks good. I already got the shirt. Thanks for this video! I have to put mint oil in a ball of cotton I hang from my rear view mirror in a metal wire ball to keep the mice out of my car. The field mice love cars. It's a constant battle. Good luck!
Thank you for buying the shirt! I think we will try the peppermint!
Do you have a way to dome the trays? Or, at least cover them with damp paper towel, and keep it damp until they sprout... unless the seed packets specifically say they need light to germinate. If so, use domes.
Once sprouted, remove the dome/towels and bottom water as needed. If mold is a concern, lightly cover the soil surface with fine vermiculite.
No fans until they sprout true leaves!
Y'all got this!
Thanks for getting soaked for our gain!!!!
Put a small fan in with the seedlings and it will serve 2 purposes. One it will mimic what wind does outside to strengthen the stems and (two) it will help with humidity.
We had one in the cabin, but I'm afraid the heater plus lights plus a fan will pop our breaker lol. I need a longer extension cord to get a separate circuit out there.
@@FlannelFarms maybe a small heater with a fan blower on it?
Sorry. I have had to battle them a couple times. I set traps. Peppermint has not worked for me. Hang in there.🐈
556 practice? 😂 CHAINSAW?!!! 🤣
Oh i feel her pain. We had mice get in the house last year and destroyed several plant seedings, the country life aww yeah. This year seems to be going better in the grow room but i keep them covered too hopefully, still have a few hardheaded mice but no where near as bad as last year. Good luck with the new set up, maybe plug a small fan in there?? just a thought
Good idea about the fan. I've a larger solution I hope to implement this week, but that is giving away a little bit of whats coming. Lord willing
Maybe try making 1/4 inch wire cages or something like that.
Sorry. Id put traps in for the mice. We use peanut butter.
And also, mice do not like the smell of peppermint. If you can soak cottonballs in peppermint oil or extract and put that around the plants, it may help. Good luck
I do the same. I caught 130 mice in my tack room in the barn in one week with peanut butter in traps! Now I only get one or two per month.
Thank you!
@@GrandmaKarenHasAFarmthats a,heap of mice! 😂
Grandmakarenhasaheapofmice might be her new name haha
@@FlannelFarms😅
Mice took out pretty much all my tomatoes last year. Hope it is not the case this year.
Victor electronic RAT trap, NOT the mice size, the RAT trap size are the bomb. Mice can squeeze through a pencil width opening. So don't know if hardware cloth would work, metal screen covers yes.
Lazy cool cat! Stop feeding him and he will go for the wildlife. I have no doubt that the flowers will be fine. Perseverance will pay off!
Be careful about that. He may also go for baby chicks.
oh no...love your persistents I have two of your shirts Love them.
Awesome!! Thank you so much!!
New Mexicos pestiest rodent is not rabbits....it's mice. Most of my garden is inside because of those little critters. I can deal with the ground squirrels and rabbits, even the deer and the bear, but I have no love for mice.
Mice are awful in the country. Only thing that worked for us too was traps. Our cats sat there and watched them. I told them they were fired, but they didnt care about that ether 😂
Facts!
We have voles, or field mice eating our cool season crops in our tunnel. Will voles go for peanut butter?
Yes they will!
Brian...how awful. I dont see how that trailer is rodent proof either if it has foam. Do u need more seeds from what I saved? I have been struck with shingles for going on 5 weeks in my entire trigeminal nerve. All three branches. Dont think much will be planted this year, but I dont have much in flowers. Let me know. Prayers appreciated for turbing off the 3 akarm fire ongoing in my head. Hanging on but not sure what else can happen. Norweaver in Hampton.
I'm so sorry, I pray you will have peace and a rested mind.
The trailer has metal outsides and doors that clamp closed pretty hard. We are hopeful the mice don't know it is there. :)
Praying for you 🙏
i got like 150
Grrr....rodents are the worst!
How are you running the cord for lights? A hole the size of a quarter.....
We ran the cord from our outlet outside, we've also got the door closed pinching the cord. I'm hopeful the mice don't know the trailer is there lol!
More cats! Flannel farms need more cats🫣
Agreed!
at least one cat per acre 🤣
we are keeping our fingers crossed for fruitful flowers harvest!!