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Discussion Thread 🦊 Saturday 15 November 2025 (aussie.zone)

submitted 11 months ago by YarraByte@aussie.zone to c/melbourne@aussie.zone

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[–] Catfish@aussie.zone 6 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (7 children)

If I manage to catch this chungas marsupial it will become slippers. There are zero leaves on my rose bush 🤬 unhappy rose bush

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[–] melbaboutown@aussie.zone 2 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Is it possible to buy or make a mini greenhouse? Just to shut potted plants inside at night

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[–] Catfish@aussie.zone 2 points 11 months ago (1 child)

That was on the Aldi agenda, then the crud landed

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[–] melbaboutown@aussie.zone 3 points 11 months ago

shakes fist at crud

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[–] Seagoon_@aussie.zone 2 points 11 months ago

it's in a pot.

Take it inside and feed it up, it will regrow

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[–] TheWitchofThornbury2@aussie.zone 2 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Hang mothballs on the rose bush. Won't stop the snacking entirely, but will reduce it.

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[–] Catfish@aussie.zone 2 points 11 months ago (1 child)

I've only got the cedar variety currently. Negative RAT shop pending

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[–] TheWitchofThornbury2@aussie.zone 3 points 11 months ago

Deterring possums requires the old fashioned naptha ones. Which I reckon are horrible in the house but work quite well outside as pest control. They do melt in a lot of rain, but in dry weather last quite a while.

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