The squirrels ate almost all my roses
mecherosegarden
10 years ago
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ingrid_vc so. CA zone 9
10 years agoRelated Discussions
Squirrels ate all of the new shoots on my climbing rose bush
Comments (11)hot pepper wax I suspect that actually will help, although you'll probably have to be faithful about reapplying it as often as the label recommends. Squirrels can taste capsaicin just like we can, so they will be repelled by the hot pepper sensations. Those who contend with squirrels eating birdseed intended for birds sometimes pre-mix the birdseed with chili powder, because squirrels can taste the heat, but birds can't (thus it gives the squirrels a reason to avoid that bird feeder while the birds don't notice any difference at all). Oh, assuming you are successful at getting the squirrels to avoid your new climbing rose, I suspect that once you do that this year you'll find that in the future you will have far fewer squirrel problems with this rose, and may very well have no problems whatsoever. I had problems with my Fragrant Cloud and Paul Shirville hybrid teas the very first year I planted them, but after I noticed trouble I sprayed the area with fox urine and after that had no further problems. That was a few years ago and I've had no problems since then. I guess the squirrels lost interest and look for other sources of food. It may be that once the rose and its thorns ("prickles" is the more proper term) are established the squirrels no longer want to bother with it as a food source as long as there are enough other sources of food around for them....See MoreSquirrels ate my camellia buds!
Comments (2)It could also be my arch enemy, the VOLE. They even ate my hellbores last year during the last snow of the season. I just discovered they ate the bark from the base of my little Dawn Redwood. It's been happy for the past 4 years, growing and getting bigger. Yesterday I noticed the bark was missing from the bottom inch not quite totally around the base of the tree. I whould have suspected the rabbit which has eaten almost everything else except the tree was fenced. I guess I have to put 1/2 mesh around it. I think it will survive but this part of spring is always a little disapointing, (the part where you discover all the damage done over the winter)...See MoreSquirrels ate all my tomatoes!!!
Comments (4)The squirrels aren't too bad here this year. We have a feeder for the birds that they completely ignore. Two tubes of safflower seed and one tube of thistle. Doves and chickadees, cardinals, gold finches etc...all love that feeder but the squirrels turn their nose up at it. We have two small squirrel proof feeders with sunflower seed and they tried for awhile to get into it and seem to have given up and satisfy themselves with the droppings under those two feeders. They are the cage over the feeder type. I used to have the spring loaded feeder, but they just weren't lasting long. The spring would give out before the feeder was that old. But, today I went out and found they had disturbed 4 small transplanted hosta seedlings that I had winter sown and just potted up a few days ago, plus I just ordered new iris rhizomes and went to the trouble to follow exact directions to get them all prepared and potted up early in the week. They had pulled them out of the pots, chewed them all up, left 2 of them on the ground and took off with the rest. *sigh* I really wonder if it was the squirrels that ate green tomatoes though. Are you sure it is not a woodchuck?...See MoreRed Squirrel ate 3 of my bluebird babies
Comments (1)Hello Justin, Sorry to hear about your loss but glad they are renesting. We all learn from our mistakes and hopefully nothing happens to your blues this time. Snakes, Raccoons, Squirrels, and large birds are all dangerous to baby birds. I would like to invite you to share your story and join the bluebird nut cafe and we will provide you with all you need to know about these birds. It is way more active and you will get fast answers to your questions. Hope to see you there. http://bluebirdnutcafe.yuku.com/...See Moremecherosegarden
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