Re: Something is eating my pumpkins Help!
- Subject: Re: Something is eating my pumpkins Help!
- From: vince a*@yahoo.com
- Date: Sat, 12 Jul 2003 21:22:39 -0700 (PDT)
- List-archive: <http://www.hort.net/lists/pumpkins/> (Web Archive)
Could be mice, rats, chipmunks or squirrels. I wrap an old tee
shirt gently around the females or place a plastic cup over
them and cover the cup with a piece of cloth to help avoid
damaging the buds.
If you think it is mice or rats (which it sounds like to me),
also place some mice/rat bait around the patch.
vince
--- BChris1335@aol.com wrote:
> I've now lost four pumpkins to damage by a critter.
> I'm assuming that
> they are micebut I'm not 100% sure. I've lost all fruit on my
> 846 even before
> they have a chance to be pollinated. I just lost a nice
> softball sized fruit
> on my 845. I can see what appear to be teeth marks in the
> pumpkins. The damage
> is on the under-surface and the 845 fruit was covered with
> Remay to keep the
> sparrows out. I'd be happy to send photos is anyone is
> interested but more
> importantly how do I stop this kind of damage? Been growing
> for five years now in
> the same patch and have never had this kind of problem before
> (did have a
> nest of mice under pumpkin once but they didn't cause any
> damage). I've spread
> some Decon around on the soil around the plant hoping to kill
> the little
> buggers. Any suggestions?
>
> Brian Christensen
> Rexburg, Idaho
> P.B. 847.5 #, 2001
>
>
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