Any body got an answer as to how to keep squirrels from ruining tomato
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Rick
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Last summer I tried cayenne pepper sprinkled on them, but that didn't bother the squirrels at all. I'm wondering if ground turmeric would help?
6 answers
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Mothballs
Gini D
on Apr 05, 2014
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I'd be leery about mothballs in case some kids played with them. Is it possible to make a cheap wire cage enclosure? They are very persistent and clever. My friend has an on-going battle.. Every year, they do in the apricots - his fav fruit. He has never had a one. Apples, too. But they have never gone after his tomatoes. Always robbing the bird feeder. Once he put WD40 on the pole. Their attempts to climb it was the funniest thing I ever saw.. In the end, however, they found an alternate method.. Have you tried putting out seeds or nuts to distract them?
Marion Nesbitt
on Apr 06, 2014
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Same goes for Scare crows, I take a Plastic grocery bag Get a 3 foot stick take the 2 handles of the bag, Twist them together, then take a Nail run it through the handles of the bag Then drive the nail in the top of the board, The any Breeze moves the bag, They don't like the Noise Or the Movement of the bag.
Eddie Davis
on Apr 06, 2014
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No answers here, but the squirrels don't bother our tomatoes or anything else in our raised garden beds. However, they DO get all my strawberries, so this year we are using old gutters on some kind of metal posts for our strawberries. I hope this will work. I'm all ears myself for how to keep squirrels away. We are covered up with them. They also get into our corn in the field. Deer get the fruit from our fruit trees. Sigh.
Sherry Knott
on Apr 06, 2014
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I know this sounds crazy but I had the same problem. I put some sticks, into the ground that were a bit taller than plants to surround the plants. Birds or squirrels or rabbits never bothered them again! Before ya rule it out, try it!!! I am glad I tried it!
Brenda Goodall
on Apr 06, 2014
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I have tried cayenne pepper, mothballs, sponges soaked in ammonia, sprayed on Deer Away, rocks in the plants, clothespins all the way around the tops of the pots, etc. NOTHING worked. I gave up.
Angela Elder
on Apr 06, 2014
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