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Renate Brinkers

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Someone eats Cyclamen
« on: January 21, 2014, 11:31:24 PM »
Hi to all,

at the moment, when I have a look at my Cyclamen, I always have tears in the eyes. Maybe someone has an idea who causes this. It is always the same, the flowerstalks are "cutted" and the flowers are lying on the soil or table - like there would be a "terrible neighbour with a scissor" who visits the greenhouse at night.
The only idea I have is that it could be mice so I putted trapīs in the coldhouse - no mice in the trapīs but another four or five Cyclamen without flowers. sometimes also leaf stalks are "cutted" and most buds lying on the ground have wholes.
There must be some cutworms, o.k. but they made some whole in the leafes, nothing spectacular, nothing to worry about but that ?
Today I took all flowering Cyclamen into my little wintergarden to save it from mice - but are mice the reason or anything else?
Any ideas ?
Best wishes,
Renate

Renate Brinkers

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Re: Someone eats Cyclamen
« Reply #1 on: January 21, 2014, 11:33:03 PM »
Here a picture of the buds fallen on the ground.
Best wishes,
Renate

Anthony Darby

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Re: Someone eats Cyclamen
« Reply #2 on: January 22, 2014, 12:09:25 AM »
Looks almost as if a vole or mouse has cut the buds off and then made holes in them to eat the centre?
Anthony Darby, Auckland, New Zealand.
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Pauli

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Re: Someone eats Cyclamen
« Reply #3 on: January 22, 2014, 05:31:49 AM »
I had nearly the same problem last season - a mouse trap solved the problem!
Herbert,
in Linz, Austria

Renate Brinkers

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Re: Someone eats Cyclamen
« Reply #4 on: January 22, 2014, 08:05:55 AM »
Thank you both, so I am on the right way - more traps in the greenhouse.
Best wishes,
Renate

Darren

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Re: Someone eats Cyclamen
« Reply #5 on: January 22, 2014, 08:14:30 AM »
I agree with the others. We have a vole living in our rock garden and it normally causes no damage but this year it snipped off all the flowers and leaves from several Cyclamen cilicium near to the rock it lives under.

Darren Sleep. Nr Lancaster UK.

Renate Brinkers

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Re: Someone eats Cyclamen
« Reply #6 on: January 22, 2014, 10:28:47 AM »
...and now it is a dead one!
Normaly I am a peaceful person but acutally I mutate to become a killer.
Best wishes,
Renate

Gerdk

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Re: Someone eats Cyclamen
« Reply #7 on: January 22, 2014, 10:36:01 AM »
In 2013 the same problem (and predator)  here - this winter no signs until now.

Gerd
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Hans J

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Re: Someone eats Cyclamen
« Reply #8 on: January 22, 2014, 11:46:38 AM »
Congratulation Renate  :D

Hans
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