@!%%$# squirrel broke my plant!

[GoddessOfGuinness]

I know it was him, because my pumpkins have been nibbled, too!

It's a bright red flowering salvia, and it still looks great. Is there any possibility of it re-rooting in a glass of water?

[knowbody0]

1. my kitten broke my

jade plant, he climbed in, he pood in it and he weeeeed in it
i can't save my poor jade

[GoddessOfGuinness]

3. What a bratcat!

I cultivate those, too!

[jdots]

2. yes

but a glass of saliva is better for a salvia........squirrels is gud eatin

[GoddessOfGuinness]

4. My grandfather used to eat squirrels...

when he was a boy, growing up near Savannah.

I'm sorely tempted.......

[indigobusiness]

5. My advice is to first

drown your sorrows.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

6. Now there's an idea!

Except, would you believe it, I'm outta beer!

[indigobusiness]

7. hmmm

there's bound to be a solution

[GoddessOfGuinness]

8. I do have some Tullamore Dew in the cabinet...

but I can't have that until after my little boy goes to bed... ;-)

[indigobusiness]

15. That'll dew,

nicely.

[tigereye]

17. holy crap, Goddess is out of beer!

what is the world coming to? :hi: don't you have a secret hip beer stash... ;)

[Rocinante]

9. Treat the plant with Rootone first

That should help. Squirrels? I hate 'em. They mess with my garden corn every year.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

11. Thanks!

I'll pick some up tomorrow. It's a bummer, because my little boy potted the seedling as a Mothers Day gift...

@#$% rodents!

[4morewars]

10. Rooting hormone

You can get it at most nurseries. Be careful not to breathe it in though. I usually dip the stem in water, then in the rooting hormone, that way the fine white powder will stick to the stem. Then, put it in some potting mix and sprinkle it with water. Here's a web site that you may fing useful:

http://gardening.about.com/cs/propagation1/l/blcuttings.htm

The chart is alphabetized by botanical name.
Regarding the squirrel problem, we got a Jack Russel Terrier ! He does a good job keeping the squirrels out of the garden, but he has done some damage as well. Like chasing a baby bunny, through the garden !!

[GoddessOfGuinness]

12. Is that what Rootone is?

Thanks for the info!

There used to be a guy in DC who let his Jack Russel loose in a couple of the city parks to help control the rat population...

[4morewars]

14. Yes

ROOTONE ACTIVE INGREDIENTS:
1-Naphthaleneacetamide................... 0.20%
Thiram (tetra-methyl Thiuramidisulfide).. 4.04%
Inert Ingredients:....................... 95.76%

1-Naphthaleneacetamide is the rooting agent, Thiram is a fungicide. It
is added, so that the plant will have time to root, before fungi get it!
One of these "inert ingredients" used to be sharp quartz sand, to abrade
the outer "skin", to let the rooting agent at the tissue, to do its job.

JRTs are vicious little hunters ! Any critter that runs must be chased to the death ! That includes light reflecting off my watch, and the pets on the simpsons !

[amazona]

13. when mad max days come...

...the only good part of it will be the fact that we can shoot and kill squirrels and eat them in a solar slow cooker without getting ticketed by the suburban droolers who think squirrels are cute! :-)

[short bus president]

16. I've lived here through 2 summers, now

and each early summer, when the fruit appears on my apple tree, the squirrels clean it completely off before it even has a chance. Little bastards. Next year I'm just gonna poison the fruit right when it appears, before the squirrels get it. I'll lose the fruit for a third straight year, but I'll get to kill a bunch of squirrels. And they'll rot there under the tree, and provide good squirrely nutrient things and such to where eventually the tree will grow strong and bear fat, juicy, squirrely apples for my delicious revenge. Then who'll have the last laugh? Shortbus, the squirrel destroyer. That's who. Dammit.