HELP! Chipmunks eating roses
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Comments (11)I had the same problem last year(s), I used to net the blueberries for birds and then chipmunks would get them from underneath. You just have to block the ground access so either: 1) Lay the netting all the way to the ground then set bricks on the ground on top of the netting. Set bricks close side by side (touching) with no space between them around perimeter of ground. (did this last year) this works well if you plant them all next to each other in a box like configuration and just make a big netted box around the plot with bricks layed down. i may get the rare chipmunk who digs underneath the bricks but for the most part this is a 99% efficacy deterrent for me. 2) have you tried tying tightly the netting to the trunk of the bush underneath where all the berries are? this works pretty easily too. did this this year. the chipmunks i've learned are ready to risk everything for the blueberries so they are tough and cunning little guys. gotta do something so their path from the ground to the berries is blocked. hope this can help and good luck....See MoreHelp! Dog Eating Roses
Comments (20)Dogs are "man's best friend" because they live to please you. If you punish them, whether it's with a fly swatter, pepper or a spray of water, you do nothing more than make them afraid of you or sneaky. They don't grasp your point. It's important to think about training ourselves to understand how to motivate them to please us - if you don't want them to do something, provide them with a better alternative or teach them something that's within their grasp, like a simple and direct command (one that's unthreatening and clear in meaning). If you're having some trouble grasping the concept (as I certainly did when I began raising our dogs), check out an animal behaviorist or trainer. There are so many that are excellent. I cringe when I think of all the dogs that are punished because we as their owners are unsure of how to teach, regardless of our good intentions. Sue...See MoreHELP! What is Eating My Roses & Weeping Cherry?
Comments (1)The cherry might have Eastern Tent Caterpillars--do you see webs? The remedy is a BT product such as Di-pel. This is harmless to beneficial insects. Tent caterpillars will drop down and travel, and they do eat roses. They are good-sized, fuzzy and tan with a dark longitudinal stripe. Look on the underside of rose leaves for greenish-white worms (rose slugs) and squish them. Di-pel doesn't work on these, but it would work on other caterpillars on roses....See Morechipmunks eat my lily buds
Comments (12)I know this is an old post, but I am a new gardener. I planted my lily bulbs in very tall 3 foot pots since I don't have a lot of yard. I get to move the pots when the sun moves since my house usually throws a giant shadow on the back yard around 3 pm, so I just keep moving them over and over, to the edge of my yard. I live in a planned community where the homes are hardly 50 feet apart. We have recently seen deer, randomly running down the street at night. Three times now my lily buds have been sheered right off around dusk. I'm convinced it is deer because the lily stalks were about 2.5 feet tall in a 3 foot pot. The stalks did not appear to be bent at all and the buds were chewed clean off. I understand now how frustrating this can be after I've put in all the effort at caring for these plants for 2 months now and now I won't see any flowers until next spring. I feel your pain Curious. The deer also ate an entire full Simpson lettuce plant which would seem entirely too much for a few chipmunks. There was probably 4 large salads worth on this plant, so I'm convinced it was deer. 20 sunflowers juvi plants had their top leaves chewed right off also. The suburban deer are being pushed out of their woods by bulldozers to build these communities, leaving them hungry and this is the karma. *sigh*. Now I am not only saddened by my plants being destroyed, but at the the thought of hungry deer and their newly born doe. Lose-lose situation. I've moved everything up to my deck and put up a baby gate. The chicken wire fencing would be a great option in my opinion except the naggy HOA would claim it was tacky and fine me. The only reason I am growing everything in pots after carefully germinating everything inside under lights and heat is because I am moving to an 11 acre farm in 2 weeks. I will take everything with me and plant it in the ground there....but now I'm down about 25 plants. *sigh* The deer are worse out there... Anyone know of any herbal concoctions that are plant safe that can be sprayed around the garden to thwart the deer off?...See Morejim1961 / Central Pennsylvania / Zone 6
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