effin birds!

[fotofashion]

Ya, I get a big kick out of Floridians calling American Roaches anything but. I guess it is from the northeners who have migrated to live in Florida and think that having roaches means you are dirty or a poor housekeeper.
However, I have never seen an American Roach eating my plants. Not saying they wouldn't though.
Beverly A.
Oh, I am originally from the east, raised in the north.

[frostedeyes]

ok... another bud has just eaten away. yes i know its impossible for birds... but... i place them in a balcony. the other one has been eaten the tips and that one has grown so big that my dendro has grown freely in the air. my vandas has been badly damage as well... theres two unit in my house the other never get problems... the other unit which is more freely no roofs has been badly damage... i hate it... argh hate the birds! still i suspect its the birds... are you sure buds arent sweet? sometimes dendros produce sweet stuffs in their spike... lol i tasted it... although they say i shouldnt coz ive been spraying pesticide / fungicide.. sigh.. can wind chimes helP? lol

[Gin]

The roaches I saw in Fl. make the ones here look like wimps .
We call them wood roaches , they will hang out in moist pots with bark in it and eat root tips ..

[WhiteRabbit]

make a scare-crow maybe ?
motion detecting sprinkler?

[Rosiefuture]

Originally Posted by fotofashion

Ya, I get a big kick out of Floridians calling American Roaches anything but. I guess it is from the northeners who have migrated to live in Florida and think that having roaches means you are dirty or a poor housekeeper.

I grew up in the UK and we were always told that if you had cockroaches it was because the house was dirty. Here in Australia that doesn't apply at all, you'll get them even if your house is like a palace. I hate them, they look evil, I don't like killing anything but I'll drown a cockroach in pest spray! Urrggghhh! LOL

Marion

[Paul]

Originally Posted by frostedeyes

ok... another bud has just eaten away. yes i know its impossible for birds...

No, not impossible (because it is indeed possible). The point being made was only that there are other, more likely culprits.

Originally Posted by Rosiefuture

I hate them, they look evil, I don't like killing anything but I'll drown a cockroach in pest spray! Urrggghhh! LOL
Marion

So I gather, Marion, that you'd be in no great hurry to see pics of my Madagascar hissing cockroaches?

[fotofashion]

Here in Texas (where there is an obsession with BIG) there is actually an annual contest for the biggest cockroach. Of course, the Madagascar hisser is much larger. Now them's big dudes.
Beverly A.

[nathanjenny]

Originally Posted by fotofashion

Here in Texas (where there is an obsession with BIG) there is actually an annual contest for the biggest cockroach. Of course, the Madagascar hisser is much larger. Now them's big dudes.
Beverly A.

Holy smokes, that would be something to see!