How can you keep squirrels from eating my ripe tomatoes?
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Theresa H
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Hello Theresa, Here are a few humane suggestions, you might try a combination: - Place human hair clippings in the area. Supposedly the smell will drive them away. - Put moth balls around the area. - Make a mixture of 1 part hot pepper sauce (or vinegar) to 10 parts water. Add in a spoon full of liquid dish soap. Spray onto the plants. They will not like the taste and leave after a couple bites. The dish soap is to help the solution stick to the plant.
Dan's of Central Florida, Inc.
on Jun 09, 2011
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A product called "Squirrel Away" available at all ACE Hardware stores is meant to mix with bird seed, but a whif if it will repel squirrels
Vincent
on Jun 09, 2011
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that is just cayenne pepper. try feeding the squirrels nuts or cut up fruit fro them far away from the tomatos. they don't eat my tomatos
Kim M
on Jun 09, 2011
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I swear they do it just to make me mad. I catch one of them running along the top of the fence with one of my tomatoes in his mouth. I yell at him...he drops the tomato, jumps to the top of my shed and rolls over on his back laughing at me... right out of a Disney movie. If I had thought ahead of time to set up a camera, I could afford that vacation home in the islands. I want to get angry at them...but I can't. Fortunately, the little buggers tire of their "tease Tim" game after about a week and go back to "tease the dog" mode. I'm grateful they don't like cukes. Tim
Hewitt Remodeling Services LLC
on Jun 09, 2011
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