What Will Keep Squirrels Out of My Potted Plants?
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Squirrels are digging in my plant pots. HELP!
Comments (14)I realize this is 6 years later in this thread, but maybe someone else will answer. I have a squirrel problem (digging in my pots) and am just afraid to pot hot pepper flakes. Won't that burn the plants?? I have citrus trees in pots, among other things. Just worried when I start watering them and the flakes go into the soil if it'll damage the roots....See MoreHow to keep squirrels out of newly planted bulbs
Comments (3)We found the biggest threat to tulips in our garden was the voles, but virtually any hungry rodent will find them if they are hungry enough. Putting chicken wire over or around them may keep some of the squirrels out of them but it won't deter the burrowers. Voles (field mice) don't hibernate and if you have tulips, they have a ready made food supply. We also found the solar powered rodent repellers helpful as well, although not 100% effective and triple the density that the manufacturer recommends. (If they say one every 75 feet, put one every 25 feet.) After losing 3000 tulips that served as the winter buffet for a variety of critters, it wasn't lost on us that no one bothered the daffodils. When we replanted, we planted a mix of daffodils and tulips and that has worked quite well for us. We plant in clumps of mixed tulips and daffs throughout all of our beds. So far, we have lost precious few....See MoreNetting to Keep out Squirrels
Comments (2)Hmmm. Looks like my bed. Rotten squirrels. I even plant a sacrifial tomato plant for the little rodents. I am wondering myself what to do this year and thought I'd bump you back up. I've been thinking of doing a "hoop-house" with netting until the trellis has to be used. I had not considered burying wire - wouldn't that make transplant's problematic? But I suppose wire right over the beds would too. FWIW, I found that wads of dog hair actually do help - I get some from the groomers - but it does look like hampsters have invaded my garden....See MoreKeeping squirrels out of garden AND trellising tomatoes
Comments (6)The pesky squirrels like to mess around in my garden too. They 'plant' black walnuts that sprout and grow roots a foot deep before they show any foliage above ground. I have to dig holes down to china to get them out. One thing I found helpful is either landscape fabric or a very thick layer of newspaper covering every possible inch of soil, and then some mulch on top of it to make it look nicer. If the squirrels dig down through the mulch and hit the fabric/newspaper layer, they give up and plant their darn walnuts elsewhere. Of course, if your squirrels are doing other things in addition to digging, the fabric/newspaper wont help much....See Morerhizo_1 (North AL) zone 7
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