organic pumpkin predator prevention
- To: pumpkins@mallorn.com
- Subject: organic pumpkin predator prevention
- From: D* S* <d*@leland.stanford.edu>
- Date: Fri, 12 Jun 1998 09:27:05 -0700
- References: <003101bd95b9$83b04e60$9ba02299@default>
Confessions: I did this last season, and it seemed to keep out the
squirrels. It would be great if it worked on moles and gophers too.
Dan Shapiro
>Anyway, Jerry Baker says:
>As most of us know, animals (predators) 'mark' their territory, and
>lesser animals (prey) tend to avoid those areas like the plague.
>Well, man is the "ultimate" predator.... He suggests getting a
>gallon milk jug, a funnel and use it as a urinal. Keep it capped,
>and let it age a while (the longer the better, but I have found that
>even a week works well). I have 2 caps, one to seal and the other
>with holes to work like a "sprinkler". I go around (after dark,
>obviously) and "mark" the perimeter of my territory (read garden).
>It really seems to work!!!
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