RE: OT - squirrel repellent
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- Subject: RE: [iris-talk] OT - squirrel repellent
- From: T* C* L* A*
- Date: Fri, 17 Dec 1999 09:58:34 -0800
From: "Title, CDR Lynn A." <titlel@spawar.navy.mil>
"ro-pel" is our friend - great product, terribly bitter, soak any
non-foodstuff plant materiel in it and I guarantee our little wild brethren
will leave it alone. It's the only reason I have tulips and hyacinths at my
house, nicknamed "Squirrelheim" for the 14 squirrels I counted on the lawn
at closing. Keeps deer off my azaleas, too. Home Despot sells it, plus more
nurseries are starting to sell it in their bulb sections.
Lynn
-----Original Message-----
From: Glenn Simmons [g*@swbell.net]
Sent: Friday, December 17, 1999 11:19 AM
To: iris-talk@onelist.com
Subject: Re: [iris-talk] OT - peony branch
From: Glenn Simmons <glsimmon@swbell.net>
"Title, CDR Lynn A." wrote:
> From: "Title, CDR Lynn A." <titlel@spawar.navy.mil>
>
> Help! Those damned squirrels broke a foot-long branch off my small tree
> peony, comprising about a third of its bulk, poor thing. It came off
flush
> with the main stem. This happened yesterday evening.
> 1) The broken branch has about five buds on it. Is it worth trying to
> root it? How do I do that? Am I too late?
>
> 2) There's about an inch-square patch of bark missing from the main
plant
> where the branch had attached. Should I put tar-type wound dressing on
it?
> What else do I need to do to rescue the wounded child?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Lynn
This is no help in answering your question Lynn but it is concerning
squirrels.
We have 6 walnut trees, 2 hickory trees, 5 black cherry trees and numerous
other plants that produce berries the squirrels like to eat. Needless to
say,
our yard is a kind of squirrel haven. We have 2 dogs and 2 cats that enjoy
hunting and eating the squirrels (the cats are by far the better hunters)
but
they don't even put a dent in our squirrel population. We live inside the
city
limits so it is against the law to discharge a firearm of course so what are
we
supposed to do about the ever increasing squirrel population?
We have to stay on our toes when we plant new irises because the squirrels
seem
to enjoy digging our new plantings up and replacing them with nuts. This is
no
joke, the squirrels actually replace what they dig up! We have found our
new
rhizomes any where at any location in our yard and even up in the trees!
This
is bad because the squirrels don't take the labels with them. We tried
tying a
plastic name plate to the rhizome with a piece of copper wire but most of
the
time the squirrels will bite through the wire or the plastic label so we
find
these also scattered around the yard. Does anyone have any idea what we
need
to do about this problem other than cutting our trees down?
Glenn
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Springfield, Southwest Missouri, USDA Climate Zone 6
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