On 6/25/2012 4:29 AM, atec77 wrote:
> On 25/06/2012 4:29 PM, Somebody wrote:
>> I was coming down the driveway this afternoon and the damn squirrel
>> ran past
>> me, with a green tomato in it's mouth. One of my tomatoes... Anyone ever
>> built a tomato cage to keep squirrels out? I think that is the only
>> hope...
>> I have tried: chicken wire, wolf urine, plastic snakes, tin foil on
>> string.
>> Nothing keeps the evil vermin away.
>>
>> I read somewhere last year, the only fool proof thing is a cage over the
>> plant with a lid that can be opened and clasped closed. I love fresh
>> tomatoes and am not growing them for some very rude squirrels. If I
>> can't
>> have them, I will take the plants out.
>>
>>
> couple of tethered rat traps should fix it
>
Many years ago, I used a Havehart trap for squirrels in an effort to
keep them from young peach trees. I caught 20 of the tree-rats and
deported 19 of them (one of them died from heat exhaustion after a
neighborhood cat enjoyed an afternoon frightening the beast in the cage)
to a place about 5 miles away. However, I did not notice any decrease of
the beasts in my garden as others just moved in and I did not get any
peaches either.

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Jim Silverton (Potomac, MD)

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