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Gardening

MoonchildCA

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17. Same problem here.

Reply to Botany (Original post)

Sun Aug 7, 2022, 12:03 PM

Aug 2022

I have a ground squirrel that eats all of my tomatoes, and chews holes in the sides of my eggplants and cantaloupes. He has also eaten entire squash plants just days after planting, and chews the leaves off my pepper plants.

I just have a small raised bed garden, so there is not enough produce to feed the both of us.

I’m at my wits’ end.

I put out birdseed and water, which he is welcome to. I even happily feed the tree squirrels.
But stay out of my garden, dammit!

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I'm gonna have to take a few squirrels for "a trip to a friend's farm in the country" where .... [View all] Botany Aug 2022 OP

Ummm, squirrel stew . . . AndyS Aug 2022 #1

That is so offensive Ferrets are Cool Aug 2022 #18

A pair of Red Tailed Hawks decimated my squirrel population about a month ago. Chainfire Aug 2022 #19

my dad was in the military. one year we were low on money. My dad borrowed a demigoddess Aug 2022 #25

I have never had squirrels go after my tomatoes! Siwsan Aug 2022 #2

If you are not seeing damage .... whole fruits taken down or sides of the fruits chewed off .... Botany Aug 2022 #4

I grew tomatoes for years with squirrels & never had a problem. CrispyQ Aug 2022 #5

Same thing Rebl2 Aug 2022 #28

My parents Rebl2 Aug 2022 #20

Empty your litterboxes around your tomatoes Bayard Aug 2022 #3

We have quite a few squirrels around the house but with heat I have not seen them for a while mitch96 Aug 2022 #6

Can't stand the little assholes. Kept getting in our attic.h we can do it Aug 2022 #7

Squirrels can be amazingly destructive. Ocelot II Aug 2022 #8

that happened to me a couple times. mopinko Aug 2022 #12

srsly? you dont know any better than this? mopinko Aug 2022 #9

I have plenty of water sources around .... a shallow dish with gravel and water for butterflies, ... Botany Aug 2022 #14

I suppose this is better than the squirrels buying the farm. Sneederbunk Aug 2022 #10

Just do this! Diamond_Dog Aug 2022 #11

We had a dog that would eat tomatoes from the bush. gab13by13 Aug 2022 #13

OH MY GOD! Is THAT what happened to my childhood pet rabbit! Scrivener7 Aug 2022 #15

I surrender to these critters, more of them than me. peacebuzzard Aug 2022 #16

Sprinkle cayenne or other really hot pepper in your birdseed. The squirrels will abandon it quickly. Pobeka Aug 2022 #22

I have bought that before, I also have raccoon raiders ... peacebuzzard Aug 2022 #26

Same problem here. MoonchildCA Aug 2022 #17

We have a baby Rebl2 Aug 2022 #21

Trust me on this your "little baby ground hog" will become a big ground hog and it will be a problem Botany Aug 2022 #23

The only Rebl2 Aug 2022 #24

My squirrels DLCWIdem Aug 2022 #27