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squirrels in my tomatoes
Maybe the squirrels are thirsty, rather than hungry?
Yep, I think that is the case too. Make sure there's fresh water available for the squirrels and I bet they'll leave the tomatoes alone. Holly |
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squirrels in my tomatoes
"Bluebee Sky" wrote in message
... Looks like I am not alone!even though I don't wish it this way! I wait for my tomoatoes to become solid red, only to find the next day that squirrel has had her share. So far I have two ripe tomatoes and both were half eaten! And they also love to nibble on the neighboring green ones!! When I was a child my Grandfather and Uncle had a tomato farm. I was taught that you could pick green tomatoes as soon as you could see a pink star on the bottom. Those will continue to ripen. If you pick green tomatoes without a star you might as well make fried green tomatoes as those won't ripen. My hubby was waiting for his tomatoes to get red before picking them but he wasn't getting any that way. Something was eating all of them before they got red. Then I told him you can pick them when they are still green if the pink star is on the bottom. He started doing that and we have had tons this year. I've made lot's of pasta sauce, salsa, tomato dumplings, of course good old "sliced maters". Yum. Just don't have much kitchen counter space these days but that's OK. -- Sandie - Don't forget to take the cats out. |
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squirrels in my tomatoes
Sandie Hudson wrote:
that you could pick green tomatoes as soon as you could see a pink star on the bottom. Those will continue to ripen. If you pick green tomatoes I've had trouble with birds getting to my tomatos, if I left them too long, and found the same thing, Sandie--once they're clearly changing color on the bottom, it's OK to bring them in. I'm not having any trouble with birds eating mine, this year--don't know what the difference is, but I'm leaving some on the vines until they're ready to eat, and the birds are leaving them alone. I've made lot's of pasta sauce, salsa, tomato dumplings, of course good old "sliced maters". Yum. Just don't have much kitchen counter space these days Ummm. Homemade pasta sauce. Salsa. drool Another of my favorites is gazpacho with fresh 'maters from the garden-- just incredible. _______________________________________________ Ken Kuzenski AC4RD kuzen001 at acpub .duke .edu _______________________________________________ All disclaimers apply, see? www.duke.edu/~kuzen001 |
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squirrels in my tomatoes
You know I love my animals,(veg head) but if someone wants to borrow my boxer girl, last week she caught a crow in my garden, and when I say caught it, she ripped its wings off and batted it around like a soccer ball. EWWWW But, the birds do not go near the garden. wrote in message . .. In article , Kathie wrote: Help! The little varmits are eating their way to tomatoe heaven through pepper spray, fox urine, and every other thing I've tried...So far, I've spent $60 and not eaten one single tomato!! Any suggestions??? Pellet gun. -- Kathie Kat ~=^..^=~ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ posted via www.GardenBanter.co.uk -- Wes Dukes (wdukes.pobox@com) Swap the . and the @ to email me please. spam@www.spam.com is a garbage address. |
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squirrels in my tomatoes
"Pauline Leveille" wrote in message
... We have a birdbath on the porch and they still ate my 'maters! Ate them when they were totally green, so I didn't even have a chance to wait for a pink star like Sandie mentioned. Sigh....... Pauline Look closely at the bottom of your green tomato. The rest of it still looks green when that faint pink star first starts appearing. The star I am talking about looks kinda like the startburst pattern that you see around lights in the rain, etc. At first it looks like a different color of green - leave it till it the star starts to look pink. Good luck! -- Sandie - Don't forget to take the cats out. |
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"BONEUNIT" wrote in message ... Maybe the squirrels are thirsty, rather than hungry? Yep, I think that is the case too. Make sure there's fresh water available for the squirrels and I bet they'll leave the tomatoes alone. Holly We have a birdbath on the porch and they still ate my 'maters! Ate them when they were totally green, so I didn't even have a chance to wait for a pink star like Sandie mentioned. Sigh....... Pauline |
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squirrels in my tomatoes
"Sandie Hudson" wrote in message ... "Pauline Leveille" wrote in message ... We have a birdbath on the porch and they still ate my 'maters! Ate them when they were totally green, so I didn't even have a chance to wait for a pink star like Sandie mentioned. Sigh....... Pauline Look closely at the bottom of your green tomato. The rest of it still looks green when that faint pink star first starts appearing. The star I am talking about looks kinda like the startburst pattern that you see around lights in the rain, etc. At first it looks like a different color of green - leave it till it the star starts to look pink. Good luck! -- Sandie - Don't forget to take the cats out. I'll do that, next season, when I do this over again, the squirrels took them all.......... Pauline |
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