How can I keep raccoons from digging up freshly planted flowers???




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I wish I knew!! They are worse this year than ever before. We’ve relocated eleven of them so far. They get on my deck and dig up al my beautiful potted flowers. Omg. It makes me so mad. Why do they dig up my potted flowers??? Every day I wake up to more destruction. I’m furious.
We've tried everything and last night they had a party on my deck, even moved the furniture!
I use what they call a dog proof trap, then shoot them with a shotgun. Seems cruel, but it works. Better than seeing my wife cry because her freshly planted flowers were dug up the night after she planted them.
I love the internet! I can always find a solution to a problem. Better yet I can find ppl with similar experiences. I’m having issues with coons too. Apparently they really like basil and cilantro. They’ve destroyed my plants and flowers for two nights in a row. We live in the sticks too. Never had any issues with critters. Thank you to everyone who posted. I have some hope now that I can get rid of them.
Be careful with that trap. It says only raccoons can get their paws inside for the bait. We had the same idea you do. One of our cats accidentally got out and stuck her paw inside for the bait. She writhed so badly she broke her front leg. Ended up having to amputate it.
Unfortunately we lost our Great Dane to that coon fight.
They stayed away for several years. But then returned, even bolder. They came around even during the daytime - every afternoon at 2 pm they'd stroll through the yard. Over the years since Cyndar (great Dane) we adopted an American Staffordshire Terrier. During one of the coons strolls one day Tora (Amstaf) got one pinned against our neighbors fence. Our neighbors Shepherd's were on the other side barking and going crazy. The coon got away from Tora, climbed the fence over into the shepherd's. Our neighbor shot at it but missed. It jumped over the front of the fence and nonchalantly walked away. Again they stayed away for several years.
Last night the guys were coming home from the store and thought 6 dogs were crossing the road. Turned out to be raccoons! They couldn't believe the size of them. They were a few streets away, hoping they stay over there.
Wishing all good luck. I know what kind of nuisance they can be and how dangerous they are. BE SAFE!!
I sprinkle cayenne pepper on dirt and that seemed to solve the problem.
Uggg, raccoons, horrid what they will do. And where there is one, there are always more. Worse if they have a family. I used to have a terrible time with them. Had to get rid of them. If you know what I mean.
Awful things, fighting all night long, carrying on creating such a racket. Sorry you are going through this
Set traps and relocate them.
A nasty odor or taste can repel and raccoons. Some commercial repellents contain a bittering agent or pepper. When such repellents are applied on or around your flowerbeds' plants and unwanted animal visitors smell or taste them, the animals may leave your flowerbeds alone. Blood meal and mothballs also are used as repellents. Just like other repellents, however, they're not guaranteed to work. An inexpensive alternative is to place rags in several bowls, douse them with ammonia and set the bowls near your flowerbeds. The ammonia's scent may deter the critters.
I have the same problem. I tried for 2 years to plant Lily of the Valley and they got dug up each time. So this year I got a large circle of wire fence to protect them.
After trying all of the methods listed in this discussion I caged my vegetable beds with chicken wire and hinged lids. That kept them out of the vegetable beds. As for the flower beds, I use heavy rocks around all the plants, weighing down chicken wire.
We live in the country surrounded by woods and the racoons share our property. One year I repotted my plants 3 times and was then told to try putting dryer sheets (I use Bounce) and small twigs on top of the sheets and they have not dug anything up for several years....knock on wood!