what to do about animal eating tomato?
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Ok, What Animal Eats My Plants?
Comments (4)Thought I should follow up on this post... I had several plants delivered from HCG after using the search tool for my requirements (xeric, rabbit-proof), etc... these plants (seedlings) have done better than most other plants I have purchased (mostly from Lowes). I chose a convenient week for the deivery so when they showed up I just popped them in my raised bed right away. It has been almost two months now and they are doing great. Of course, it is raining quite a bit now! But they were doing really well for weeks before all that started. I am converted....See MoreWhat animal eats ripe tomatoes?
Comments (30)If you have an animal problem, pick the tomatoes at the first blush of pink. Place them on a plate in the house, out of the sun. They will ripen there and be delicious. Just before frost, I pick every green tomato and ripen them indoors that way....See MoreHow do I keep animals from eating my veggies?
Comments (5)since you have a raised bed I suggest building a 4x10 (or maybe even two 4x5' ) cages out of chicken wire (instructions can be found in the sq foot gardening book) Then you could even find some way to affix them to your raised bed (Maybe some sort of bent metal staple to hold the cage down) it should keep the bunnies out. alternatively you could just put up some chicken wire around your raised beds. i plan to make the cages though :)...See MoreWhy do they only eat my unripe tomatoes?
Comments (4)It sounds to me like rodents. If you lived here I'd say tree-rats (squirrels). They need to discover it and being the social animals they are, they tell the whole squirrel neighborhood. So suddenly that can happen. They are very sloppy eaters and mercilessly slobber fruit all over and seem to like taking bites out of green fruit and leaving them half finished. They massacred my green strawberries. Short of exterminating them, the best bet is to get a dog or cat. Or put a motion activated noisemaker. I tried putting hot pepper powder - the Capsiyummiest, and they just mocked me and ate away. Other people say it works, so I can only tell you what I saw, day after day. Once rodents discover a taste they like there is no stopping them and they develop a mischievous obsession to maximize your pain. I had to go to a support group to try to get over mine ;-), but nothing ever cured me....See Moreyolos - 8a Ga. Brooks
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