Any new ideas on deterring squirrel attacks on tulips? Last year I tried
Badger Balm back rub goo, which has cayenne pepper among the ingredients in
a base of beeswax and olive oil. It doesn't wash off with rain and my tulips
survived the whole season. This year, the squirrels have taken to biting off
just the flower, even though I put the goo right where the blossom joins the
stem. They don't even eat it, they just leave it lying on the ground.

Don't tell me to divert them with peanut butter.... They've got plenty of
diversions, including a new method of evading the baffle and reaching the
bird feeder. But they _really_ crave tulips.

Rachel

Give them squirrels plenty of unsalted peanuts in the shells.

They like them far better than digging up tulip bulbs.


Rachel wrote in message
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Any new ideas on deterring squirrel attacks on tulips? Last year I tried
Badger Balm back rub goo, which has cayenne pepper among the ingredients
in
a base of beeswax and olive oil. It doesn't wash off with rain and my
tulips
survived the whole season. This year, the squirrels have taken to biting
off
just the flower, even though I put the goo right where the blossom joins
the
stem. They don't even eat it, they just leave it lying on the ground.

Don't tell me to divert them with peanut butter.... They've got plenty of
diversions, including a new method of evading the baffle and reaching the
bird feeder. But they _really_ crave tulips.

Rachel

"Cereoid-XXX" wrote in message
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Give them squirrels plenty of unsalted peanuts in the shells.

Thanks, but see below.

They like them far better than digging up tulip bulbs.

Not digging up bulbs:

biting off just the flower, even though I put the goo right where the
blossom joins
the
stem. They don't even eat it, they just leave it lying on the ground.

Don't tell me to divert them with peanut butter.... They've got plenty
of
diversions, including a new method of evading the baffle and reaching
the
bird feeder. But they _really_ crave tulips.

Biting off flower buds is far more likely is the work of deer not squirrels.

You've got a much bigger problem than you think.


Rachel wrote in message
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"Cereoid-XXX" wrote in message
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Give them squirrels plenty of unsalted peanuts in the shells.

Thanks, but see below.

They like them far better than digging up tulip bulbs.

Not digging up bulbs:

biting off just the flower, even though I put the goo right where the
blossom joins
the
stem. They don't even eat it, they just leave it lying on the ground.

Don't tell me to divert them with peanut butter.... They've got plenty
of
diversions, including a new method of evading the baffle and reaching
the
bird feeder. But they _really_ crave tulips.

"Cereoid-XXX" wrote in message
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Biting off flower buds is far more likely is the work of deer not
squirrels.


Or Waskeley Wabbits.

"Rachel" wrote in message
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Any new ideas on deterring squirrel attacks on tulips?

Move to a Sub Division with Underground utilities and the squirrels go
bye-bye.

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Any new ideas on deterring squirrel attacks on tulips? Last year I tried
Badger Balm back rub goo, which has cayenne pepper among the ingredients in
a base of beeswax and olive oil. It doesn't wash off with rain and my tulips
survived the whole season. This year, the squirrels have taken to biting off
just the flower, even though I put the goo right where the blossom joins the
stem. They don't even eat it, they just leave it lying on the ground.


You might look at the Home Depot type stores for a
product called Ropel. Read the label to make sure it is
safe for ornamental plants. If I remember right, it is.
--
Good judgment comes from experience,
and a lot of that comes from bad judgment.


Lar. (to e-mail, get rid of the BUGS!!

Cereoid-XXX wrote:

Biting off flower buds is far more likely is the work of deer not squirrels.

I've seen them do it.

On Mon, 14 Apr 2003 00:06:49 -0700, "Dr. Rev. Chuck, M.D. P.A."
wrote:

Cereoid-XXX wrote:

Biting off flower buds is far more likely is the work of deer not squirrels.

I've seen them do it.

Good!! We trained them squirrels to go up to Yankee Country to exact
a bit of revenge since we can't grow them. Wait til you see what we
have in store for the peonys.

zhan

"Cereoid-XXX" wrote in message
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Give them squirrels plenty of unsalted peanuts in the shells.

They like them far better than digging up tulip bulbs.

Or get a BB, pellet, .22, or .410. It doesn't take them long to get the
message, depending upon how good a shot you are.

John

Your honor, we have an eye witness to dastardly deed.

He's a born-again, new-age, medical accountant that practices herbal
self-medication.


Dr. Rev. Chuck, M.D. P.A. wrote in message
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Cereoid-XXX wrote:

Biting off flower buds is far more likely is the work of deer not
squirrels.

I've seen them do it.

Thought you would be the type to use a blow gun!!!


B & J wrote in message
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"Cereoid-XXX" wrote in message
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Give them squirrels plenty of unsalted peanuts in the shells.

They like them far better than digging up tulip bulbs.

Or get a BB, pellet, .22, or .410. It doesn't take them long to get the
message, depending upon how good a shot you are.

John

Move to a Sub Division with Underground utilities and the squirrels go
bye-bye.

Uh-uh. This here tulip bed is in the middle of an oak forest. They _own_ the
place!

I used a hav-a-heart trap (And have been for some 6-8 weeks now) and just this
morning, sometime after I left for work, caught #19. S/he was dead by the time
I got home from work, it bled to death after practically peeling off all it's
leg skin in it's vein attempts to scrape it's way out of the trap.

As far as I know, I have but 1 left to catch but let me tell you - I never
realized how many bulbs I have planted until this year, now that NONE are being
dug up. The peanut butter works wonders as a lure as it's always eaten.

Cruel as it may seem, these fluffy-tailed rats do nothing of any value as far
as I can tell. Their natural predators (owls?) are gone. They make the
neighbors dogs bark as they consume flowering bulbs just out of reach of the
canine *******'s leash, they cause neighborhood pets to chase them out into the
streets where they risk injury, the leave strange looking feces on my cedar
mulch.

Have you seen the GEICO commercial? They even cause auto accidents.

My only hope that my drowning 18 of 'em in the garden fish pond doesn't wreak
havoc on the Koi's mental health - witnessing all those drownings. Although the
goldfish are a heck of a lot more polite and attentive to me lately..


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