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| Cissik |
Posted - Jun 21 2017 : 08:17:43 AM
I've planted 6 seedlings. Some mini tomatoes. There are no signs of slugs, but 4 of the smallest plants disappeared. No signs of trauma.. I'm stumped. My wienerdogs keeps rabbits out of the garden area so I've ruled out the furry one.
Any ideas? I live in the NW, we don't have snails. Do squirrels eat little plants?
Sylvia
Kent, WA
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| laurzgot |
Posted - Sep 24 2017 : 6:52:36 PM
Did not do well this year in my veggie garden. Only a few tomatoes, cukes and squirrels ate what was left. Then hurricane Harvey came through runied my late summer crop. Bummer. Cleaned it all up and tilled yesterday.
Hugs,
Laurie
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| ceejay48 |
Posted - Sep 24 2017 : 1:07:47 PM
Yes, squirrels are a menace!! Very disappointing. I've also had ancho peppers disappear . . . whole peppers, not mature yet! Have NOT harvested one pepper or zucchini this year. The one zucchini plant I had got powdery mildew so, since squirrels had massacred it I just dug it up and threw in the trash! I have two eggplant plants and have gotten TWO eggplants total!
CJ
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| Cissik |
Posted - Aug 19 2017 : 10:32:19 AM
Wow, the squirrels have been way too busy in your garden!
Sylvia
Kent, WA
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| farmgirl68 |
Posted - Aug 19 2017 : 04:23:28 AM
Oh, CJ, I'm so sorry!
Katie #7422
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| ceejay48 |
Posted - Aug 18 2017 : 8:40:37 PM
SYlvia
Squirrels are wreaking havoc on my garden! Beets, lettuce, chard, spinach and zucchini blossoms are GONE!!!
Discouraging!
CJ
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| Cissik |
Posted - Jun 21 2017 : 11:28:40 PM
My plants are in raised beds. But I am wondering about squirrels.
Sylvia
Kent, WA
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| AnnieinIdaho |
Posted - Jun 21 2017 : 10:13:29 PM
Hi Sisters,
Maybe it is a mole or gopher. I do see the Northern Idaho squirrels eating all kinds of weeds and wildflowers here. They are voracious and eat much of the plants in our meadow area. I have seen them "eying" my garden. We ended up putting chicken wire around my planter boxes in addition to the fencing. We also laid chicken wire down in the garden boxes first, then weed cloth, then the soil. We have had no gophers in the garden since doing this.
Have fun gardening.
Annie
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| hudsonsinaf |
Posted - Jun 21 2017 : 08:39:35 AM
Sylvia - I have no clue, but mine are disappearing too, as did my tomatillos! We have six foo fencing around it, so no deer, hardwire around the bottom, so no rabbits. I'm clueless!!!
~ Shannon, Sister # 5349
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