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Squirrels in potted plants
Heya, all
My mother is having fits because after she gave up on having potted plants on her porch because of squirrel trouble, people have started to give her plants (noticing that she didn't have any). Now she feels obligated to try again. The squirrel(s) in question gets nuts from a neighbor, then buries them in my mother's planters, tearing up the plants in the process. Any suggestions? - Susan |
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"Susan Hogarth" wrote in message oups.com... Heya, all My mother is having fits because after she gave up on having potted plants on her porch because of squirrel trouble, people have started to give her plants (noticing that she didn't have any). Now she feels obligated to try again. The squirrel(s) in question gets nuts from a neighbor, then buries them in my mother's planters, tearing up the plants in the process. Any suggestions? - Susan I have been using a repellent that has fox urine around the plants I have and it works really well. Jo |
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I remember having the similar problem while I lived in apartment. I
bought a bag of river rocks from Lowes and "sprinkled" them on the top of the soil in the planters. The squirrels, never bothered them again Susan Hogarth wrote: Heya, all My mother is having fits because after she gave up on having potted plants on her porch because of squirrel trouble, people have started to give her plants (noticing that she didn't have any). Now she feels obligated to try again. The squirrel(s) in question gets nuts from a neighbor, then buries them in my mother's planters, tearing up the plants in the process. Any suggestions? - Susan |
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"Bluebee" wrote in message
... I remember having the similar problem while I lived in apartment. I bought a bag of river rocks from Lowes and "sprinkled" them on the top of the soil in the planters. The squirrels, never bothered them again Susan Hogarth wrote: Heya, all My mother is having fits because after she gave up on having potted plants on her porch because of squirrel trouble, people have started to give her plants (noticing that she didn't have any). Now she feels obligated to try again. The squirrel(s) in question gets nuts from a neighbor, then buries them in my mother's planters, tearing up the plants in the process. Any suggestions? - Susan I use a dash (or seven) of cayenne pepper. It also works in bird feeders. The pepper does not bother birds, but keeps the grey acrobats out. http://www.ehow.com/tips_74.html YVVMV depending on how much of the pepper washes away with rain and watering. My experience is that the squirrels learn to avoid those (in my case window boxes) plantings |
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Try some permatil. If ole bushytail gets past that, you'll know he didn't
go away unscathed. -- Baine "Susan Hogarth" wrote in message oups.com... Heya, all My mother is having fits because after she gave up on having potted plants on her porch because of squirrel trouble, people have started to give her plants (noticing that she didn't have any). Now she feels obligated to try again. The squirrel(s) in question gets nuts from a neighbor, then buries them in my mother's planters, tearing up the plants in the process. Any suggestions? - Susan |
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On 2005-04-16, Baine Carruthers wrote:
Try some permatil. If ole bushytail gets past that, you'll know he didn't go away unscathed. It does work. If you don't cover the dirt they will still dig some, but much less. Them and the river rock are interesting methods. The river rocks could be more easily salvaged for reuse when repotting since they are larger and easier to screen out. -- Wes Dukes (wdukes.pobox@com) Swap the . and the @ to email me please. is a garbage address. |
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