Discussion forum for the various methods and structures used for getting an early start on your growing season, extending it for several weeks or even year 'round.
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March 31, 2024 | #1 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Appalachian Mountains NC
Posts: 151
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Skinks in the greenhouse
Are they ok to have in the greenhouse, or do I need to get them out? If so, how do I do that? I googled it but apparently I'm the only person in the universe with this problem. I can't find any info about whether they're good to have in a greenhouse: eating spiders and bugs - or bad: nibbling my seedlings or burrowing down in my pots and eating roots. They're kind of big and nerve wracking. This morning I was emptying pots, all zen and relaxed, and one jumped out of a pot of soil at me.
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April 2, 2024 | #2 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: May 2013
Location: New Mexico
Posts: 2,052
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I've got blue tailed lizards and skinks all over my property and I have never experienced any problems other than having to rescue the lizards from my pool. I see them burrow their faces in the soil back and forth to find whatever they do there to eat. Roadrunners eat the lizards so I expect they eat the skinks too.
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April 2, 2024 | #3 | |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Hampton, Virginia
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May 30, 2024 | #4 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Appalachian Mountains NC
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According to my extension agent they're fine. They eat bugs, not seedlings. So now it looks like I'm running a skink habitat in the greenhouse. I keep saucers of water filled for them. I'm hoping they love slugs and pill bugs, haha.
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