my garden is comming up and doing well but how do you keep rabbits out they are eating my tomato plants
by Patricia B
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my garden is comming up and doing well but how do you keep rabbits out of it they re eating my tomato plants
15 answers
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you can purchase small wire garden fence that simply pushes into the ground with metal stakes. They really do not climb so this only needs to be a foot or two high in order for it to work.
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Woodbridge Environmental Tiptophouse.com
on May 25, 2012
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Good advice from Woodbridge...and despite other advice to the contrary, I've never had rabbits dig under a fence.
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Walter Reeves
on May 25, 2012
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Patricia, you can borrow my big black cat MAGIC. He has brought through the pet door onto the back porch several rabbits this year. Oh how pitiful and sad but he was doing what cats do and there have been no more rabbits hopping around my garden. Get an outside cat with claws and cat sense.
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Nancy Rhodes C
on May 26, 2012
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LOL!! I got 2 cats outside and they are so old and lazy the rabbits would hop all over them and they would just lay and laugh at them.
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Patricia B
on May 26, 2012
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Hahahahaha. I wish Magic would not kill the rabbits. The rabbits are so playful and do not bother my veggie garden so long I don't plant lettuce.
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Nancy Rhodes C
on May 27, 2012
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Sprinkle cayanne pepper all around and on your plants. Works for me every time!
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Kathy H
on May 27, 2012
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I have tried everything, about ready to give up, my hubby said they jumped over the chicken wire today, and it's 2 ft high...they are annoying
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Carolyn Hoxton
on May 25, 2014
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Try blood and bone in the garden beds. Rabbits are vegetarians and hate it
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Julia
on Sep 05, 2015
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Wire around..chicken rwire..small holes is about the only solution
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Carolyn Hoxton
on Sep 06, 2015
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Plant marigolds around the garden, they keep away the pests...the rabbits don't like the marigolds, so they stay away, helps keep some "bad" bugs away too! Also, the chicken wire helps a lot...just put a few posts in the ground, and then put the chicken wire around it...its simple and its inexpensive...hope this helps.
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Tonya Dee Mihm
on Oct 09, 2015
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I have heard dryer sheets
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JoAnn Dibeler
on Dec 19, 2015
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You can also get some old rags soaked in some old stinky perfume and put them at the 4 corners of your garden . That will keep rabbits , groundhogs etc out of your garden !!
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Danny-Leigh Hill
on Mar 10, 2016
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ive tried perfumes, hot pepper flakes, noise makers, blood meal. the only thing that really works for me is to put small hole fencing around each tomato or pepper plant. yup each. the plastic hardware cloth in black....shades the small transplants, and will keep rabbits from nibbling the young plants. i wrap it around the individual cage, use twist ties to connect the ends and have used them for quite a few years. untwist the ties, lay them flat for storage.
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Dfm
on Mar 10, 2016
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This works well on squirrels. It's cheap enough to try on rabbits. I don't bother with the popsicle sticks, just place them throughout the garden. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3lywff0eUM
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Eloise
on Apr 30, 2016
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My problem is deer but I see that peonies are deer deterents
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Eileen B.
on May 14, 2016
Woodbridge Environmental Tiptophouse.com
on May 25, 2012
Walter Reeves
on May 25, 2012
Nancy Rhodes C
on May 26, 2012
Patricia B
on May 26, 2012
Kathy H
on May 27, 2012
Carolyn Hoxton
on May 25, 2014
Julia
on Sep 05, 2015
Tonya Dee Mihm
on Oct 09, 2015
JoAnn Dibeler
on Dec 19, 2015
Danny-Leigh Hill
on Mar 10, 2016
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