Re: meanest squirrel on earth
- To: pumpkins@mallorn.com
- Subject: Re: meanest squirrel on earth
- From: S*@aol.com
- Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1998 17:50:56 EDT
In a message dated 98-07-27 16:03:10 EDT, you write:
> I'm in the escalation phase of a pitched battle now, and I was wondering if
> anyone on the list can help...
>
> 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:
>
> (1) urinating round the patch
O.K., now that is disgusting!
> (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
>
> 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.
>
Better than being pissed ON. Think how your poor pumpkins feel! ARGGGH.
> 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?
>
> 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
>
Uh, ever try....FEEDING the squirrel?! I mean he is hungry, so FEED him. Put
stuff that he would prefer and move it away from the pumpkins. Sunflower
seeds, corn, peanuts, etc. Other than that, a fence would help keep him away,
too.
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