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chipmunks eating tomatoes
How does one keep tomatoes safe from chipmunks who love to eat them even
before they start to ripen? The little buggers can climb anywhere.Was going to try small plastic bags around each tomato clump, but fear they'll chew right through. |
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chipmunks eating tomatoes
On Tue, 3 Jul 2012 15:29:32 -0500, "frinjdwelr"
wrote: How does one keep tomatoes safe from chipmunks who love to eat them even before they start to ripen? The little buggers can climb anywhere.Was going to try small plastic bags around each tomato clump, but fear they'll chew right through. Tomatoes are not a favorite food of chipmonks but in dry spells they will eat them for their moisture. If you put out fresh water (birdbath) and peanuts the chipmonks will tell you where you can shove your tomatoes. |
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chipmunks eating tomatoes
On 7/3/2012 4:29 PM, frinjdwelr wrote:
How does one keep tomatoes safe from chipmunks who love to eat them even before they start to ripen? The little buggers can climb anywhere.Was going to try small plastic bags around each tomato clump, but fear they'll chew right through. Cat? Ferret? Snake? |
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chipmunks eating tomatoes
I gotta get me some tomatoes like that...
-Bob |
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chipmunks eating tomatoes
zxcvbob wrote:
I gotta get me some tomatoes like that... -Bob John De Bello eat your heart out. D |
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Smash garlic and pepper and add to 1pt. of water. Strain the water and pour the solution into a clean spray bottle and add 1tsp. liquid dish and 1tsp. vegetable oil. Spray the solution onto the tomato plants to repel pesty chimpmunks.
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chipmunks eating tomatoes
allen73 wrote:
frinjdwelr;963410 Wrote: How does one keep tomatoes safe from chipmunks who love to eat them even before they start to ripen? The little buggers can climb anywhere.Was going to try small plastic bags around each tomato clump, but fear they'll chew right through. Chipmunks may be cute and fun to watch, but they can wreak havoc on tomato plants if they get the notion to nibble on the fruiting plants. Repelling these acrobatic rodents can be challenging, especially since chemical pesticides can cause harm to the animals and your plants. There are safe alternatives that you can produce at home with effective results. Smash garlic and pepper and add to 1pt. of water. Strain the water and pour the solution into a clean spray bottle and add 1tsp. liquid dish and 1tsp. vegetable oil. Spray the solution onto the tomato plants to repel pesty chimpmunks. Buy some Repel® bitter spray, and spray the young plants with it. That's the only way I get anything in my garden with all the rabbits here. One rabbit can wipe out a whole row of bean seedlings, but once the plants get big they lose interest. Same with peppers, although they will continue to nibble young leaves off big pepper -- they just won't cut the whole plant off. Grrr Don't get any spray on the actual fruit or you will make them inedibly bitter. -Bob |
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chipmunks eating tomatoes
I thank everyone for their suggestions and thought I'd tell my solution in
case anyone else might want to try it. I cut up an old sheet of metal door screening that we'd kept rolled in the garage with all the other junk that might come in useful someday. The stuff bends easily so made screen cage like barriers around the upper parts of the plants where the tomatoes are. This seems to be doing the trick. But dang I wish it'd rain. "frinjdwelr" wrote in message ... How does one keep tomatoes safe from chipmunks who love to eat them even before they start to ripen? The little buggers can climb anywhere.Was going to try small plastic bags around each tomato clump, but fear they'll chew right through. |
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We use garden owl statues, cheap plastic one's you can purchase at Tractor supply or from your local farm supply. It also scares away the crows and blackbirds eating our corn. Mother used to tie 2 thin metal pie pans together and the clattering of the 2 pans would scare squirrels away from her apple trees.
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