Keeping Rabbits From Eating Plants
aloha2009
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6 years agolast modified: 6 years agoZachS. z5 Platteville, Colorado
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what to plant in part sun/shade that rabbits won't eat
Comments (5)In partial shade/dappled shade for me, the nasty, awful, greedy rabbits have not touched: Ferns Hellebores Geranium macrorrhizum and hybrids Geranium maculatum Stylophorum diphyllum Pycnanthemum muticum (in the sunnier areas) Thalictrum Columbines Plants that they love to target: Phlox stolonifera Phlox divaricata Aster cordata (but not Aster divaricata) Geranium phaeum Keep in mind however that if hungry enough, rabbits will eat and destroy ANYTHING, regardless of what books have to say. Even if it is something supposedly lethal....See MoreDo Rabbits Eat Potato Plants?
Comments (2)Hi, Yes, rabbits will eat potato leaves, especially young rabbits. They learn what to eat by nibbling everything. I lost a good crop of potatoes until I got a dog and let him loose in the garden. I was also shocked when all of my apricot foxgloves were eaten, stripped right down to the stems. More so if there is a large population and they are hungry. They will eat almost anything. If you google rabbit proof plants, they will list all of the garden flower types that they don't like. Maybe you could companion plant or spray a rabbit repellent on the leaves....See MoreWhat to put on hosta to keep rabbits from eating?
Comments (30)(Chew-Not®, Deer Off®, Deer-Away® Big Game Repellent, Plantskydd®, Bobbex®, Liquid Fence®, Deer Solution®, Hinder®, Repellex® systemic tablets, and coyote urine) on yews (Taxus cuspidata Densiformis) at 2 different locations in Connecticut. The study included both positive (fence) and negative (no treatment) controls. We planted yews in 2 blocks at each location in the spring of 2006; each block had 12 groups of 6 yews. We randomly assigned one of the 12 treatments to each group of yews within each block. We applied repellents based on manufacturers’ label recommendations for the 2006 and 2007 growing seasons and recorded application costs. We derived a protection index based on plant size and dry needle weights at the end of the 2007 growing season. In general, repellents that required more frequent application performed better. Bobbex® ranked highest, but was the most expensive repellent treatment. Hinder® performed nearly as well at a fraction of the cost. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/268445587_Effectiveness_of_deer_repellents_in_Connecticut...See MoreRabbits eating my peas! Questions about protecting the plants
Comments (4)Step over the shorter wire. For the taller cut the wire next to where the twists end so you have a line of wires sticking out bend these into hooks. Drive a piece of rebar or small board as tall as the fence into the ground. loup the hooks over the rebar. When you want to go into that area apply pressure to unhook the fence. You may want to drive another pole a short distance from the first and tie the fence to it because new wire has a tendency to spring back and you can end up with nasty scratches. All gardeners should be current with their tetnus shots and keep a tube of their favorite scrape stuff handy. The scrape stuff will be used at least once a season so why go shopping for it after you need it. The wire can be taken down when the peas go dormant unless you replant for a fall garden. If you planted snapping peas you may need the 4 ft wire until August if you are lucky and the summer is cool. Snapping peas are wonderful but mine always outgrow and bend over late in the season during a good year. Now that I have given you way too much chit chat have fun gardening. I am curious what are you keeping the foxes out of. Most wait until the tomatoes are ripe before eating anything. Contrary to most childrens tales rabbits won't eat carrot tops unless there is few other food choices. They may bite off one or two of the tops but unless you are growing the tops for butterflies you won't miss their damage. Squirrels now will eat lots of things from your garden or just dig them up and leave the poor plant lying there. Putting out low pans of water for the squirrels and rabbits will help prevent plant damage later in the season. esp tomatoes which squirrels eat for the moisture....See Moremstywoods
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