Chipmunks Eating Blueberries
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Comments (33)Hi Tammy, I ABSOLUTELY agree. Using a rodenticide is inhumane, but the risk of secondary poisoning is almost certain if one is used. The risk is not only for wildlife, but possibly for pets, not only when they put the dead animals in their mouths, but also if they find and consume the rodenticide, which has an attractant added. It causes the blood not to clot, which causes suffering and is often irreversibly fatal. I had chipmunks nibble some of the flowers off my newly planted roses and I discovered something that has happened unfailingly since! They only test the flowers for a day or two when the rose is newly planted! I'm not sure why they do it (testing for palatability?), but the behaviour has passed quickly and they haven't shown any more interest. Thank you, so much, for your kind & wise comment, Tammy Arnold!...See MoreChipmunks eat tubers????
Comments (3)Do deer eat dahlias? YES! and so do chipmunks eat dahlia tubers. I got rid of my chipmunk family by trapping them and I don't have those limp plants anymore. That is the only way I found to get rid of them. Mothballs won't cut it. You can also plant your tubers in pots in the ground and that will keep them away from the tubers. Dahlias grown this way will grow just as well as out of the pot and the bloom will be just as good. The clump will be more difficult to divide as all of the tubers will be compacted. There are at least two dahlias that must be grown in pots everytime you plant them as they won't make tubers and you want them to be compact. They are Camano Cloud BB-SC-PK and Madam De Rosa B-C-Y. They both grow very well in pots....See MoreHELP! Chipmunks eating roses
Comments (1)Fencing is permanent. Less permanent is a repellent consumer product, most of which have to be frequently reapplied, esp after rain, irrigation, dew, etc. Dan...See MoreBirds, chipmunks etc eating blueberries
Comments (4)I've got four different varieties of blueberry: Berkeley, Jersey, Northland, and a native northern high bush. Each bush probably ripens for about a month or two. Berkeley ripens in throughout July. Jersey ripens from mid-July through August. Northland and native ripen a bit earlier than Berkeley, so mid-June to mid-July if the birds haven't eaten them all; those two bushes are more for pollination and looks, though as they are near the edge of the woods. I haven't had much issue with rodent types stealing fruit, but I do cage the smaller plants against deer and bunnies eating the branches. We've got chipmunks, grey squirrels, rabbits, deer, and plenty of other wild life, though I don't see many red squirrels. Maybe they're too full from eating our tomatoes to make trying to climb blueberry canes worth the trouble. Northland and native in their cages: (Pea trellis around the native between the shadow and single daffodil, Northland between the daffodils outgrowing it's cage) They're kind-of hard to see since they blend into the woods until they leaf out. Berkeley and Jersey: (Berkeley's in the bed that needs to be weeded on the left; it has a bunny cage. Jersey, in the middle bed, is big enough not to need a cage anymore.) It would be nice if the weather would cooperate for me to weed this garden....See More2010champsbcs
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