Re: What's eating my tomatoes?
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  • Subject: Re: What's eating my tomatoes?
  • From: A*@aol.com
  • Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2011 16:21:13 -0400 (EDT)
I'm pretty sure that's what is doing the damage.  
I don't think I could build an effective cage that would not be more trouble
than it was worth.  These little critters can climb anything.  They go right
up the clapboard wall of the house and the screen of the porch.  Also
they are so small they can get through almost any opening.  That's why
I am pretty sure they are the culprits.  Rabbits and groundhogs just
can't get into the garden any more, but these are small enough to get
through the very small opening at the gate.  Also they have at least
two holes in the garden.  
APL
 
In a message dated 8/15/2011 4:15:24 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
cyndi.johnson@edwards.af.mil writes:

I would bet on the chipmunks. 
When mine start to get ripe I get holes in them from birds and also from
June beetles, but the green ones tend to stay undamaged. We have rabbits
and ground squirrels though, they'll eat plenty but so far not the
tomatoes. 
Do they jump? Could you enclose your tomato plants in a cage and then
wrap some plastic around the bottom foot or so, could they climb that? 

Cyndi  

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