bonemeal lured

slugworth · June 12, 2017

I planted tomato plants this week and put a little bonemeal in each hole.
This a.m. I go out there and some creature ripped up 2 of the plants to get at the bonemeal.
I replanted but they were pretty distressed as was I.
Anybody ever have that problem before?
Why it only picked on 2 plants I don't know.

RayR · June 12, 2017

Some of you folks have some weird critters hanging around your gardens. I heard of people having their plants dug up because they fertilized with liquid fish but bone meal too?

Sherry_AK · June 12, 2017

Squirrels love it.

bower · June 12, 2017

Some critter ripped a couple of rose bushes out, that I had planted with bone meal, come to think of it.

I didn't think it was for the bone meal though and I assumed it was a two legged variety critter, not hungry but just mean.

Seriously though, I put bone meal in every garlic hole and nothing is digging them up, not fox, squirrel, neighbor pets... nope.

brownrexx · June 12, 2017

Skunks will dig up a lot of different fertilizers. They dug up Blood meal in my garden this year.

slugworth · June 12, 2017

Hope it was just curious and doesn't go after the other plants.
The bonemeal is stinky.

gothicgardens · June 12, 2017

I know how that feels. I have had over a dozen tomato plants dug up by raccoons. They left their tracks on the ground cover. I used Tomato Tone and the coons went down the rows digging and some they dug the plant out and destroyed them and others they just dug up some dirt around the plant. Had to quit using this brand of fertz and only use fertilized water now.

greenthumbomaha · June 13, 2017

Just had this happen to me recently, on peppers and tomato. I used granular Alaska Fish Fertilizer. See my thread on Silly Pesky Critters for photo. Wire chicken fence and deer netting seems to be keeping them out.

- Lisa

oakley · June 13, 2017

Happened to me last year. Tomato tone. A spoon scoop in each planting hole but i trench
so most of the digging was off to the side. 3 or four holes, lost one plant. Carefully dug.
That bed has a chicken wire fence around it.
Probably chipmunk. Set a trap and caught nothing.
No more holes. Probably made it sick. May have taken it back to its nest.

Why i always have back-up plants.
One years it was bunnies. (Why i fence). Then voles or something that goes underground.
Snakes have moved in...my new best friends.

Used tomTone for years and before that tomsAlive without incident...
This year i just raked it into the top layer after double-digging.

slugworth · June 15, 2017

50 miles away I planted plants in ma's garden with bonemeal in each hole.Something ripped up a pepper plant to get at the goods underneath.
No tracks in the soil but crows were watching me plant.
I hate when that happens.

Scooty · June 15, 2017

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sherry_AK

Squirrels love it.

If it isn't squirrels, its the raccoons for us. Bonemeal only goes in the ground if there's fencing to keep them out.

June 12, 2017	#1
slugworth Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: connecticut,usa Posts: 1,152	bonemeal lured I planted tomato plants this week and put a little bonemeal in each hole. This a.m. I go out there and some creature ripped up 2 of the plants to get at the bonemeal. I replanted but they were pretty distressed as was I. Anybody ever have that problem before? Why it only picked on 2 plants I don't know.

June 12, 2017	#4
bower Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Newfoundland, Canada Posts: 6,794	Some critter ripped a couple of rose bushes out, that I had planted with bone meal, come to think of it. I didn't think it was for the bone meal though and I assumed it was a two legged variety critter, not hungry but just mean. Seriously though, I put bone meal in every garlic hole and nothing is digging them up, not fox, squirrel, neighbor pets... nope. Last edited by bower; June 12, 2017 at 08:00 PM. Reason: add!

June 12, 2017	#2
RayR Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Cheektowaga, NY Posts: 2,466	Some of you folks have some weird critters hanging around your gardens. I heard of people having their plants dug up because they fertilized with liquid fish but bone meal too?

June 12, 2017	#3
Sherry_AK Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Alaska Zone 3/4 Posts: 1,857	Squirrels love it.

June 12, 2017	#5
brownrexx Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2016 Location: Southeastern PA Posts: 1,420	Skunks will dig up a lot of different fertilizers. They dug up Blood meal in my garden this year.

June 12, 2017	#7
gothicgardens Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2013 Location: Eldon, Iowa Posts: 48	I know how that feels. I have had over a dozen tomato plants dug up by raccoons. They left their tracks on the ground cover. I used Tomato Tone and the coons went down the rows digging and some they dug the plant out and destroyed them and others they just dug up some dirt around the plant. Had to quit using this brand of fertz and only use fertilized water now.

June 13, 2017	#8
greenthumbomaha Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Omaha Zone 5 Posts: 2,514	Just had this happen to me recently, on peppers and tomato. I used granular Alaska Fish Fertilizer. See my thread on Silly Pesky Critters for photo. Wire chicken fence and deer netting seems to be keeping them out. - Lisa

June 13, 2017	#9
oakley Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2015 Location: NewYork 5a Posts: 2,303	Happened to me last year. Tomato tone. A spoon scoop in each planting hole but i trench so most of the digging was off to the side. 3 or four holes, lost one plant. Carefully dug. That bed has a chicken wire fence around it. Probably chipmunk. Set a trap and caught nothing. No more holes. Probably made it sick. May have taken it back to its nest. Why i always have back-up plants. One years it was bunnies. (Why i fence). Then voles or something that goes underground. Snakes have moved in...my new best friends. Used tomTone for years and before that tomsAlive without incident... This year i just raked it into the top layer after double-digging.

June 15, 2017	#10
slugworth Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: connecticut,usa Posts: 1,152	50 miles away I planted plants in ma's garden with bonemeal in each hole.Something ripped up a pepper plant to get at the goods underneath. No tracks in the soil but crows were watching me plant. I hate when that happens.