TOMATO SOS

[Larsky]

My tomatoes are just starting to ripen, and the local Squirrels are taking bites out of them. Just enough to ruin them.
An armed response is not feasible, due to too many neighbors.
I'm thinking coyote piss.

Advice, please?

 

[deannalw]

My tomatoes are just starting to ripen, and the local Squirrels are taking bites out of them. Just enough to ruin them.
An armed response is not feasible, due to too many neighbors.
I'm thinking coyote piss.

Advice, please?

Good luck.

The last time I tried a garden, the squirrels were worse than the mafia. At least the mafia just wanted a percentage- fuckin squirrels take it all.

 

[Hang on Sloopy]

My tomatoes are just starting to ripen, and the local Squirrels are taking bites out of them. Just enough to ruin them.
An armed response is not feasible, due to too many neighbors.
I'm thinking coyote piss.

Advice, please?

This is a real tomater SOS

 

[Calypso Jones]

I use sevin or 8 in order to keep small critters out of my garden. they do not like that taste. The Coyote urine may well work.

 

[Concerned American]

My tomatoes are just starting to ripen, and the local Squirrels are taking bites out of them. Just enough to ruin them.
An armed response is not feasible, due to too many neighbors.
I'm thinking coyote piss.

Advice, please?

Chicken wire enclosure around the plants?

 

[Concerned American]

This is a real tomater SOS

That is a common occurrence in the central valley of CA. It IS a mess on the freeways too. Tomatoes are slick as hell. Causes many accidents.

 

[Calypso Jones]

My tomatoes are just starting to ripen, and the local Squirrels are taking bites out of them. Just enough to ruin them.
An armed response is not feasible, due to too many neighbors.
I'm thinking coyote piss.

Advice, please?

Are you sure it's squirrels? i had a turtle get into my tomatoes a couple years ago. And birds will do the same. In that case...Bird netting.

 

[sparky]

My neighbor sleeps in a tent out in his back 40, with a fistful of bottle rockets to scare the critters outta his patch

~S~

 

[1srelluc]

Rule .177

They are more tasty than tomatoes too.

 

[deannalw]

My neighbor sleeps in a tent out in his back 40, with a fistful of bottle rockets to scare the critters outta his patch

~S~

That's dedication!

 

[sparky]

That's dedication!

yeah . he's gotta few acres of produce, and the fish cops won't let him shoot anything 'cuz he got no fencing....~S~

 

[The Duke]

My tomatoes are just starting to ripen, and the local Squirrels are taking bites out of them. Just enough to ruin them.
An armed response is not feasible, due to too many neighbors.
I'm thinking coyote piss.

Advice, please?

.177 pellet gun with built in suppressor. Crosman, use the 10.5 grain ones. Get one with open sights, because using a scope opens up a serious can of worms.

 

[The Duke]

yeah . he's gotta few acres of produce, and the fish cops won't let him shoot anything 'cuz he got no fencing....~S~

Fish cops.
That's not right.

I do has a serious fear of FWC. They have a lot of power.

 

[Thunk]

It'll stop.

Squirrels don't like tomatoes...they're just testing them.

What I did was pick the tomatoes with bites & drop them on the ground. They were easier to get than the tomatoes on the plant...so other squirrels would bite the ones on the ground & leave the ones on the plant alone.

After a week it all stopped.

 

[Mr Natural]

Get a dog. Preferably of the hound variety.

 

[ozro]

Noise, I put an old phone with recordings of the comedy channel from Sirius recorded on it out in the garden playing the spoken word.. Any speaking will work, music not so much. People talking keeps critters away...most of the time

 

[Larsky]

Are you sure it's squirrels? i had a turtle get into my tomatoes a couple years ago. And birds will do the same. In that case...Bird netting.

It's a roof rabbit. I used to slow down when the little shitheads ran in front of my car.

NO MORE

 

[BlackSand]

I use sevin or 8 in order to keep small critters out of my garden. they do not like that taste. The Coyote urine may well work.

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The Sevin Dust will work in most cases ... Good tip,

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[Larsky]

.177 pellet gun with built in suppressor. Crosman, use the 10.5 grain ones. Get one with open sights, because using a scope opens up a serious can of worms.

Too many noncombatants around. If I could, I'd use the mossburg 20 Guage.

 

[Larsky]

Picked up some spray hot pepper wax. Hopefully the squirrels don't like Tex-Mex.