Rats Are Eating My Tomatoes

RE: Rats Are Eating My Tomatoes By PIKKA (283) Profile Blog! Contact This might be the time to grow upside down tomatoes. You don't have to buy the kits. You just have to figure out some way to string/hang some container that you can punch a hole in on the side or bottom. Or use a heavy plastic/feed bag of some kind. Strong wire of some sort is also needed. Sounds awful. Do you live in city or rural area? Posted on 07/23/2009 | Report Spam or Abuse RE: Rats Are Eating My Tomatoes By lolly. (Guest Post) I tried chili powder all over tomatoes. It just made them hungrier. This is the first year that I have had this problem. Interestingly they go for my big tomatoes and not the cherry ones. Posted on 08/25/2008 | Report Spam or Abuse RE: Rats Are Eating My Tomatoes By Cindy (Guest Post) Sprinkle red pepper around the plants. My mom swears it works. I'm having the same problem and am going to try it today. Posted on 07/03/2008 | Report Spam or Abuse RE: Rats Are Eating My Tomatoes By Bobbie (Guest Post) I am having the same problem! I don't know what to do. They are eating MOST of my tomatoes. My dogs can't catch them. Don't know what to do! Distressed in Texas Posted on 06/19/2008 | Report Spam or Abuse RE: Rats Are Eating My Tomatoes By (Guest Post) I use taller cages, make some with chicken wire or some smaller hole openings. Posted on 06/13/2008 | Report Spam or Abuse RE: Rats Are Eating My Tomatoes By Great Granny Vi (415) Profile Contact Maybe get a couple of big cats ?? GG Vi Posted on 06/12/2008 | Report Spam or Abuse RE: Rats Are Eating My Tomatoes By Nance (Guest Post) Many animals hate citrus smell. Maybe you could put lemon peels near your ripe tomatoes. Also, you could make a solution from blended garlic, hot peppers, and a little cooking oil to make it stick, and coat your tomatoes with them. (Just an idea - good in theory, but I don't know if it'll work.) Good luck! Posted on 06/12/2008 | Report Spam or Abuse RE: Rats Are Eating My Tomatoes By Poor But Proud (529) Contact I read in Mother Earth News a long time ago that mice and rats don't burp, so putting down sodas that attract them, make their insides "pop" for lack of a more graphic expression. Try it, or google "pest control" and see if you can get some help there. I spent a lot of time in Alaska, and they hang 5 gallon buckets from hooks on their porches, and grow tomatoes out the bottoms and flowers out the tops. If you can make your tomatoes inaccessable, that might help, too. Good luck. Posted on 06/10/2008 | Report Spam or Abuse

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