Will two-inch chicken wire keep out squirrels?

[Rockandrollin]

Originally Posted by henry

Propane air is lighter this might not be a good plan for smokers :]

When the wind dies down, I will try it at night. Thank you

[henry]

For those of you that need a little more fun and revenge.
http://www.rodentblaster.com/
No way I would pay this price there would be ways to make your own.

[henry]

Rodent control with dry ice, anyone tried this?
http://www.ehow.com/how_5352714_kill...s-dry-ice.html

[Jonnyhat]

i have a JRT who will chase a bear... I have a jrt X pug who has killed a coon

[elight]

I want to give this thread a bump. I am frustrated beyond belief. Last season, the squirrels started to get to my tomatoes toward the end, but not to the point that it ruined my harvest.

Now, at the point where my first tomatoes should be ripening, I had over 100 tomatoes on my plants a week ago, and today I have essentially none. They have eaten everything. I am so dejected after investing so much time and money.

From what I can tell, nothing really works. Would a cage of some sort keep them out? Maybe. I tried "marking my territory" but I'm doubtful that will have an effect.

Maybe it's time to give up on tomatoes in Florida. That would be really disappointing, but I'm otherwise out of ideas.

[Jonnyhat]

I loosely cage them with chicken wire... my buddy does the same thing... only he also electrifies them... he lives on the edge of the woods and not even the heard of deer that lie there go near his tomatoes. Shocking I know

[Jeannine Anne]

There is a theory in the UK that human hair distracts foxes, folks get the hairdressers to save it and put it among the plants. Of course they don't have the same wildlife but it's worth a thought. There is always the theory about Zoo Poo too. I used that in my greenhouse last year and the neighborhood rat that came in to eat the tomatoes stopped coming. I might have been coincidence but I have a bucketful in there now with the lid open!!

XX Jeannine

[Kikaida]

elight, I feel bad for ya. Perhaps one of those yappy varmint dogs would do you well.

[elight]

With a new baby just arrived, getting a dog doesn't seem likely right now. I did order a squirrel feeder and set up a water dish (with a dripper keeping it full). I think it's probably too late for this spring, but hopefully by the fall it will distract them.

Building a chicken wire cage could be an option in the future, but it's too late for this season, and it is so difficult to make any improvements for the fall with my busy schedule and the extreme heat of the summer.

[mashermike]

I use bird netting on the sides of my hoophouse. It's a pain but effective.

[FruitGuyMiller]

I have been very lucky. There are squirrels all over my neighborhood and backyard, but they seem to be very uninterested in my tomatoes. Of course, the eat all of the bird food in my and my neighbor's feeders, and that may be partly why....

I have also shot a few with a pellet gun when they were getting into my grapes.

[Hellmanns]

Lucy Lou is my lil' yappy feist, and she recently treed her first squirrel. I don't have squirrel problems around here!
https://youtu.be/b5YByFpOkMc

[elight]

Lots of new tomatoes on my vines now after they were bare a week ago with all of the near-ripe tomatoes eaten off. I have "marked my territory" a few times and also set up a water dish (which is refilled by a dripper on my drip irrigation system). Last night I screwed a squirrel feeder to the fence on the opposite end of the yard and filled it with peanuts. Fingers crossed.

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[mashermike]

I'd like to have Lucy Lou over for a visit about once a week.

[Worth1]

Originally Posted by mashermike

I'd like to have Lucy Lou over for a visit about once a week.

You should get one or one like it at the pound if you can.
They are great dogs and very little trouble.

Worth