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Offline mishca09

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squrriels.
« on: October 01, 2014, 08:19:13 PM »
we had corn that was almost ready, and today a squrriel ate all 7 ears of corn and he was rather smug about it as he sat on the neighbors fence eating a kernal of corn while he looked me in the eye. Then he calmly jumped to near by tree branch while I called him all sorts of vile names. He waited until I went back into the house and then came back to make sure he got ever last kernal.

damn squrriels.

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Re: squrriels.
« Reply #1 on: October 01, 2014, 08:27:10 PM »
 :o Nooo... What a pity!
That's when a Molotov cocktail could come in handy.  :D

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« Reply #2 on: October 01, 2014, 08:33:47 PM »
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Re: squrriels.
« Reply #3 on: October 01, 2014, 10:28:19 PM »
Get some really hot cayenne pepper and sprinkle it on the corn husks.  They don't like it.  Once they burn their little tongues a couple times, they'll avoid the corn.  You have to reapply it after the rains, though.

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« Reply #4 on: October 01, 2014, 10:47:03 PM »
thanks 6.  what about cabbage ? some type of bug ate the whole cabbage head and ate most of the collard leaves.

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Re: squrriels.
« Reply #5 on: October 01, 2014, 11:34:34 PM »
Could have sworn we already had a squirrel thread, I believe I suggested punji pits lined with toothpicks?

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« Reply #6 on: October 02, 2014, 12:20:49 AM »
thanks 6.  what about cabbage ? some type of bug ate the whole cabbage head and ate most of the collard leaves.

The cabbage head was probably devoured by the larvae of some moth, i.e. a caterpillar.  I'm not sure how aggressive you want to be in terms of pest control, or if you are averse to chemicals.  My parents swore by Sevin.  http://www.gardentech.com/Learn/FAQs

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Re: squrriels.
« Reply #7 on: October 02, 2014, 09:37:02 AM »
You must be an expert on squirrels 6 by now, did you ever sort your p[roblem out.

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« Reply #8 on: October 02, 2014, 10:41:05 AM »
thanks 6. I try not to use chemicals in the garden.

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Re: squrriels.
« Reply #9 on: October 02, 2014, 02:46:30 PM »
Put a speaker in the garden and play Taylor Swift's We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together on an endless loop.  You'll never see the blighters again.

Come to think of it, you might not see another living thing in your garden and the corn would probably shrivel up. 
Don't put off until tomorrow, what you can put off until the day after.

There is an exception to every rule, apart from this one.

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Re: squrriels.
« Reply #10 on: October 02, 2014, 04:58:50 PM »
Estragon: I can't go on like this.
Vladimir: That's what you think.

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« Reply #11 on: October 02, 2014, 05:22:32 PM »
Put a speaker in the garden and play Taylor Swift's We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together on an endless loop.  You'll never see the blighters again.

Come to think of it, you might not see another living thing in your garden and the corn would probably shrivel up. 

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Re: squrriels.
« Reply #12 on: October 03, 2014, 12:51:31 AM »
thanks 6. I try not to use chemicals in the garden.

I don't either, but I never know what other people might do, so I suggested it.  Cayenne is about as radical as I get.  Here's some info about what might be causing the damage.  Frankly, sometimes, picking the little buggers off the plants is about as an effective cure as you can manage.  Larvae of various insects often, in caterpillar form, are really destructive.  http://www.clemson.edu/extension/hgic/pests/plant_pests/veg_fruit/hgic2203.html

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« Reply #13 on: October 03, 2014, 02:27:39 AM »
I just imagined you with dual plastic squirty guns full of pepper spray, just wrecking the poo out of squirrels days.

Like boris and natasha never even dreamed of. Civil rights violations for every squirrel.