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28-07-2004, 05:14 AM

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Squirrels attacking my tomatoes. Even eating the green ones. Tried
mothballs. Yeah right. Trapped and released one. Two more showed up
this am. any ideas ASAP. I haven't had a ripe tomato in a week and I've
got 15 plants.
VR,
Tom

Try live animal traps and re-locate them to a wild-life area. I take these
to a large park on a lake near me. There they have food and water.
Taking them early in the year (before August/September) gives them time to
store for winter.

Most squirrels will go right into the trap with a bait of sunflower seeds,
walnuts or peanut butter. I say "most" because the apricot destroyer
isn't interested in any of that. My best hope is that somewhere he will
be become a roadside casualty.

Glenna