Re: Pepper (Capsican) and urine for woodchucks?

I plan to use a pepper spray on my sweet corn, other vegetables, and
pumpkins this year. One of my friends makes his own pepper spray and it
has kept the deer, etc. away from his garden and has not harmed his
vegetables.

George Heyne
Rochester, Mn

On Tue, 30 Jun 1998 SteveS012@aol.com wrote:

> I recently saw the stores selling birdseed laced with capsican (hot pepper)
> powder to deter squirrels from eating the seed. Supposedly the pepper has no
> effect on the birds.
> WELLLLLLLLLLLLL if it works on them (and on all of us mammals!), why not for
> gophers/woodchucks, etc.? I bet if they DID take a bite out of a leaf, they
> wouldn't take another! Anyway, I guess the question is, IS IT SAFE to apply on
> a pumpkin plant?!
> 
> Also, they are now actually selling coyote and bobcat urine in our gardening
> center. (I am not making this up)! Does anyone know if these urines would
> really be of any use to deter gophers at all?!
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