Ive only gotten to pick and eat 1 big tomato off my plants this year. Was going to pick this one this morning. Damn squirrels got it 1st.
by cubfan101
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daddysxenogirl
We are battling also, I work right next to the window where I have the plants growing on the deck and been mid- work call “hold on gotta run some squirrels off!” They LOVE our little female melon buds. Everyone else in my house is like “well are you leaving food out for just them?” but I don’t think that would work, they would just eat everything and then my plants
PeskyPolak
I have the same problem since we have some large pine trees behind our house that squirrels nest in. I’ve used cheap bird netting from the dollar store that I chop up into pieces and wrap around my tomatoes. It keeps those furry bastards away. Highly recommend!
FarmNGardenGal
I’ve had this issue crop up in the past. Whenever it happens I keep an eye on my garden during the day and let my Jack Russell mixes out when I see squirrels in my garden. After several instances of having to run for their lives, the squirrels learn to stay away.
Enough_You86
A daisy bb gun can be your friend
CactusDonut
Triazicide works wonders. Kills bugs, and keeps critters away.
We have a big oak tree in the garden that is dropping nuts like crazy, and the squirrels are going after the acorns instead of the tomatoes. Just dumb luck.
NexityDesigns
Depending on your local laws, .177 will do.
JoelNehemiah
I just ordered some Squirrelenators. If they help I’ll let you know.
anntchrist
Put water out that they can access. Often when they go for high water crops like tomatoes it is due to thirst not hunger.
GentlemanUrbanFarmer
I bought a gallon jug of ground cayenne pepper and dusted the garden and the fences. They don’t like it at all. But they still got my produce on days that the rain washed it away before I could reapply.
Pitiful_Speech2645
I am the “Furry Father” of a beautiful terrier mix who proudly defends our farm from squirrels and rats. His body count has to be in the thousands.
Muchomo256
They ruined my sunflowers and in the process broke my other plants. Destructive.
jpeetz1
I’ve shot a couple this year and keep an air rifle next to the door. It’s too bad because I don’t mind squirrels in general but I can’t have them destroying my harvest. I’ve got a reasonable fence, but once they figure out where the good stuff is there’s no help for them. On the bright side, our local bobcats and foxes seem to clean em up pretty quickly when I toss them on the hill.
Quirky-Manager-4165
Same feelings. All the big beautiful tomatoes at the bottom of the vines get half eaten exactly when they start to get the slightest ripe in color
Punchasheep
Had this problem in early summer. I added a bird bath and a feeder and they don’t bother my fruit anymore!
_Sasquatchy
We live in the PNW (Washington) and have several squirrel nests in the back of our forested acre lot.
We keep nestboxes, feeders, cattle bones for calcium, etc for at least 1 family group and a juvenile born in the spring we named Raspberry.
Never once have they bothered our garden – except a single hazelnut tree that we effectively donated to the cause.
In fact, we ENCOURAGE them. My partner adores our many squirrel local species – sometimes too much (she is vaccinated for rabies now due to a friend not sharing the sentiment. )
Squirrels are opportunists and they have great memories. They always go for the easy path for food, so give them feeders between where the live and your garden.
If they eat your tomatoes, they are actually thirsty, so leave dishes filled with stones and water for them to drink and they will leave them alone. Harvest when toms are orange, before the pests and wildlifea problem. problem. Ripen on the windowsill on its shoulders.
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We are battling also, I work right next to the window where I have the plants growing on the deck and been mid- work call “hold on gotta run some squirrels off!” They LOVE our little female melon buds. Everyone else in my house is like “well are you leaving food out for just them?” but I don’t think that would work, they would just eat everything and then my plants
I have the same problem since we have some large pine trees behind our house that squirrels nest in. I’ve used cheap bird netting from the dollar store that I chop up into pieces and wrap around my tomatoes. It keeps those furry bastards away. Highly recommend!
I’ve had this issue crop up in the past. Whenever it happens I keep an eye on my garden during the day and let my Jack Russell mixes out when I see squirrels in my garden. After several instances of having to run for their lives, the squirrels learn to stay away.
A daisy bb gun can be your friend
Triazicide works wonders. Kills bugs, and keeps critters away.
I have been having squirrel war 3 myself also.
I hear ya, but you can still eat that.
Me too
https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_nkw=under+lever+air+rifle&_sacat=0&_sop=1. No need to spend more than $100 for a decent squirrel/deer/coon deterrent piece.
We have a big oak tree in the garden that is dropping nuts like crazy, and the squirrels are going after the acorns instead of the tomatoes. Just dumb luck.
Depending on your local laws, .177 will do.
I just ordered some Squirrelenators. If they help I’ll let you know.
Put water out that they can access. Often when they go for high water crops like tomatoes it is due to thirst not hunger.
I bought a gallon jug of ground cayenne pepper and dusted the garden and the fences. They don’t like it at all. But they still got my produce on days that the rain washed it away before I could reapply.
I am the “Furry Father” of a beautiful terrier mix who proudly defends our farm from squirrels and rats. His body count has to be in the thousands.
They ruined my sunflowers and in the process broke my other plants. Destructive.
I’ve shot a couple this year and keep an air rifle next to the door. It’s too bad because I don’t mind squirrels in general but I can’t have them destroying my harvest. I’ve got a reasonable fence, but once they figure out where the good stuff is there’s no help for them.
On the bright side, our local bobcats and foxes seem to clean em up pretty quickly when I toss them on the hill.
Same feelings. All the big beautiful tomatoes at the bottom of the vines get half eaten exactly when they start to get the slightest ripe in color
Had this problem in early summer. I added a bird bath and a feeder and they don’t bother my fruit anymore!
We live in the PNW (Washington) and have several squirrel nests in the back of our forested acre lot.
We keep nestboxes, feeders, cattle bones for calcium, etc for at least 1 family group and a juvenile born in the spring we named Raspberry.
Never once have they bothered our garden – except a single hazelnut tree that we effectively donated to the cause.
In fact, we ENCOURAGE them. My partner adores our many squirrel local species – sometimes too much (she is vaccinated for rabies now due to a friend not sharing the sentiment. )
Squirrels are opportunists and they have great memories. They always go for the easy path for food, so give them feeders between where the live and your garden.
If they eat your tomatoes, they are actually thirsty, so leave dishes filled with stones and water for them to drink and they will leave them alone. Harvest when toms are orange, before the pests and wildlifea problem. problem. Ripen on the windowsill on its shoulders.
Then stop f’n em, jeesh