[CH] hungry mouse

bradley ellis (h0t5auce@home.com)
Sun, 27 May 2001 20:58:47 -0500

Been hardening off the plants in the garage on shelf by a sunny window for
the last few days ... went out yesterday morning to check the plants and two
Biker Billy's were completely gone and a plain ol' jalapeno had been nibbled
at the base kinda like what a beaver would do to a tree.  When I picked up
one of the peat pots, I discovered that something had gnawed its way through
the bottom of the pot, up through the dirt and found dinner in the form of
my precious little pepper plants. I put out a couple of traps with cheese
... little booger ate the cheese without springing the traps and then dined
on another two plants! I'm putting them in the ground today (the plants, not
the mouse ... maybe), so I shouldn't have this problem again. Anybody else
ever heard of chile-head mice?

Brad