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   T to songbird   
   Re: ping songbird: how may pepper seeds?   
   29 Apr 21 13:54:37   
   
   From: T@invalid.invalid   
      
   On 4/24/21 4:47 AM, songbird wrote:   
   > one problem i can have with some planted things in pots here   
   > are raccoons seeking food or smelling fertilizers and thinking   
   > they're food.  some potting mixes have long-release fertilizers   
   > included and often that is made with fish emulsions or other   
   > stuff that smells too much like food to a raccoon.   
      
   Every so often I see something about sticking some   
   fish (Asian carp?) at the bottom of your hole and   
   "see what happens".  I can't help but think "Oh, I see something dug up   
   all my plants with fish under it!"   
      
   :'(   
      
   The fertilizer I use, if chicken scat based.   
      
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