Segment 4 of S4E9 Garden Questions answered end of April - The Wisconsin Vegetable Gardener radio show

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In segment four Joey and Holly answer Garden questions

Q: Best cure for getting rid of rabbits other than trapping them. Used moth balls, irish spring soap, apple cide vinegar, crushed red pepper, cayenne pepper, garlic powder, rabbit scram, repels all…etc.
A:Yes these all do work however when it rains you do need to apply them you can also us 2 foot high chicken wire they help keep them out if you leave it up all year long also what does work is deer feet https://deerdefeat.com/ it is a All natural, environmentally safe Deer Defeat effectively deters deer, rabbits, groundhogs and other browsing animals, while actively nourishing your vegetation. It does not scare them away but it keep them from eating your vegetation

Straw Bale Gardening
Q:. Just listened to you podcast about growing in straw bales. How do you keep rodents out?
A: The best way is to keep the bale moist to the dampness of a sponge water it as needed stick you hand in the side and top if it is dry water it

Straw Bale Gardening
Q: when conditioning my straw bale I can only use water from the hose. Will this be okay?
A: People may be concerned about chlorine killing off the microbes in the bale and they will not studies have been done that shows little not nearly no die off happens

Wild raspberries in container
Q:I have some wild raspberries on a second property that I don’t get out too often And I’d like to dig up a second year cane or two to plant in a container at the house so I could harvest some before the birds beat me to them ! Do you think wild raspberries would do well or does it have to be a nursery plant Thank you
A: As long as you plant it in a large enough container it will do just fine. You want to transplant it when the plant is still in dormancy. You might still be able to it now, also with that patch on the other property you could look at bird netting that you can lay over top of the plants to keep the birds away too.
Bent Grass 
Q: have bent grass in my lawn, do you know how to kill it without hurting my fescue lawn?
A: It is also called creeping bent grass  it will grow in the sun and in the shade it is found on golf courses it has a bluish green color it is a fine thin bladed grass. There are two ways to get rid of it, one in using roundup you would spray the grass but also you would spray a foot beyond the area as the grass will already be creeping in that grass that you can not see most people do not want to kill all their grass (this can also take several treatments over 2 to 3 years to kill it all) The second is called Tenacity it is not cheap however it will not kill you fescue but will only control the bent grass and will need 3 appl(continued)