The ultrasonic thing got rid of the following:
Flies
Misquitoes temporarily, the misquitoes came back today,
but that might be because of the rain and the standing water.
The whiteflies seemed to have almost disappeared, those
things love squash more than anything else and they end
up killing the squash. The leaves start turning white. They
are fond of cucumbers as well. They avoid basil so I'm
interspersing purple basic over a few different areas. The
purple basil adds a nice color as well.
I'm giving black pepper a try to see if that will get rid of
whatever it is that is eating the corn. :-) If someone else
has another suggestion, I'm open for other suggestions.
Whatever is eating the corn is getting the corn at night or
very early in the morning hours. I figured if it was birds, I'd
catch them at various times of the day. There used to be a
rat problem, but I don't think there are anymore rats (except
the bushy tailed rats). Are squirrels nocturnal ? I see them
running all over the place during the day, jumping between
power lines, between phone lines, cable lines and trees.
They definitely prefer climbing up trees.
One particular squirrel was sprawled out on a limb of a tree,
about 8 feet off the ground, definitely within a leaping reach.
:-) I got to about 2 feet from it before it took off. It was
sprawled out on the limb making only the squeaks that they
can make. It was behaving wierd. I was thinking it got a
hold of cayenne peppered corn.
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Jim Carlock
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"Jim Carlock" wrote in message .. .
Has anyone tried one of those ultrasonic noise makers ?
I just set one out today and am giving it a whirl. Immediately,
the misquito problem went away. I didn't see any flies around
either and it's supposed to get rid of fleas and mice as well.
I don't have a mice problem, but there are a ton of squirrels
around that are eating corn I think. I never seen them eating
the corn, so it could be birds. But only one cob is being
eaten each day, so I'm thinking it's a squirrel or two. The
neighbor feeds peanuts to the squirrels but it looks like one
really likes corn. :-) Whatever it is that's eating the corn,
starts by poking a hole into the side. Then starts nibbling on
the kernels. One cob was shreaded today.
I'm hoping that it is a squirrel doing it and that the ultrasonic
thing will work. It is definitely getting rid of misquitoes and
flies, and if the flies are going, I'm sure the frogs will probably
move next door as well. Them tree frogs sure are cute little
fellers. They show up in pots where there are flies and they
scare the bejoobies out of me.
If it works on whiteflies as well, I'll be the happiest person
in the world! They only cost $10.00 at Walgreens.
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Jim Carlock
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wrote:
In article TQ wrote:
Works just fine for me, however it can take more than one
application and it/s best to get them under control when they
first appear and not wait for an infestation to develop.
If it actually is working for you, you must not have much of a
whitefly infestation. A couple of summers ago I was applying it
daily with little success.