gregz wrote:
"David E. Ross" wrote:
On 5/3/13 5:25 AM, Gus wrote:
What non-lethal methods work best to keep city squirrels away from
tomatoes? It is a serious problem here. I wouldn't mind sharing
some tomatoes, but the squirrels here are very rude and do not
share. And actually taunt. Taking a bite out of a perfectly good
tomato and then leaving it.

Building a wire cage probably is the best method, but I hear they
can even get through those. And I'm not all that handy at building
things.

Last year, putting soaking a rag with vinegar about every 3 or so
days seemed to work for a while. Though at the end of the summer,
even that was not deterring them that well.

I heard of spraying with a mixture of cayenne, animal repellant, and
urine. Of course, you will then have to wash the tomatoes thoroughly
before eating them.



Habanero and fox urine will work much better, just don't put fox
urine on the plants.

Greg

There are plenty of foxes round here how do I collect the repellent?

D