chikastuff
♀ 35288
Member # 35288 |  Posted: 1:22 PM, October 3rd (Thursday), 2013 |     |
I'm planning on planting bulbs this weekend (I'm in Z6a). What are your go-to methods for repelling squirrels, etc. I'd like to avoid hot pepper and urine, though I have a three year old who would LOVE to go pee outside.
Is chicken wire really the best method? Sounds like a PITA to me.
Me- 32
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Posts: 382 | Registered: Apr 2012 | From: New England |
woundedwidow
♀ 36869
Member # 36869 | | Posted: 1:33 PM, October 3rd (Thursday), 2013 | |
I'm in zone 7a, and have both my yard and a lakeside woodland lot to plant, so no chicken wire for me - too large and too labor intensive. Instead, I just plant bulbs that either the squirrels, moles, and deer won't eat - like daffodils and narcissi, squills, camassia, and hyacinths, and muscari that spread so well (TOO well sometimes). If I were planting tulips I would try hot pepper flakes - no urine from me!
Be careful what you wish for the most - you may get it.
Posts: 587 | Registered: Sep 2012 | From: VA |
still2suspicious
♀ 31722
Member # 31722 | | Posted: 3:11 PM, October 3rd (Thursday), 2013 | |
For years I have gotten a little blue pill,  (oops, but true) from the nursery, that repels squirrels. Put it in the hole, when you plant, and they leave 'em alone. Works every time!
Me: BS
Him: WH
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