Re: meanest squirrel on earth
- To: pumpkins@mallorn.com
- Subject: Re: meanest squirrel on earth
- From: "* R* H* <k*@ampsc.com>
- Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1998 15:10:08 -0700
At 11:55 AM 27/07/98 -0700, you wrote:
>I'm in the escalation phase of a pitched battle now, and I was wondering if
>anyone on the list can help...
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>Turns out a squirrel (I hope it is just one) in the nieghborhood has
>developed a taste for the tender ends of pumpkin vines, AND young female
>flowers. It is a hungry little devil too. It's consumed 4 females just
>before pollination, and about half a dozen vine ends so far. I've tried:
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> (1) urinating round the patch
> (2) putting pepper spray on the vine ends and young female flowers
> (3) covering the flowers and vine ends with remay socks, and
>tenting the
> pollinated flowers.
> (4) a rat trap
> (5) a non-lethal squirrel trap
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>So far, no luck. The remay protected the females, but the squirrel has
>just shifted its attentions to the vine exposed between the remay and
>ground. It ate the end off the main vine of my main plant this morning and
>I am pissed.
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>What are my next steps? A chicken wire fence? Any tricks to making it
>more effective, like curling the top foot out and away from the patch?
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>I am the sort of guy who would consider high tech remedies too. Someone
>out there must have fantasized about this.... what did you come up with?
>
> Dan Shapiro
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Dan, Squirrels are easily attracted by using peanut butter smeared on the
trip plate of a live trap, they can then be released in the woods miles from
your pumpkins. If that does not work, remember, "I love defenseless animals,
especially in a good gravy" Cheers Keith
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