would coleus bedding plants be a good choice in an area where squirrels always eat everything you plant?
2006-07-02 06:30:48 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Home & Garden ➔ Garden & Landscape
A little secret to keeping squirrels out of your garden. Put peppermint oil on cottonballs, and place them throughout your garden. Peppermint smells good to us, but repels squirrels.
2006-07-02 06:34:02 · answer #1 · answered by firerookie 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Coleus are beautiful plants - they'd probably eat those too. Put in your search bar: "Pet Keeping with Marc Marrone" he's an animal expert and might could give you an answer. Or, maybe try putting chicken wire around the tree on the outside of your plants - I dont think they could get through that - just make sure you have wire on the top too and connect it to the tree. Might not be too beautiful - but it would keep them from eating your flower's but it's worth a try.
2006-07-02 06:35:05 · answer #2 · answered by You'llneverguess 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Take a whole bulb of garlic and 2-4 really hot peppers. Put them in your blender with 2 cups water. Liquefy, pour into a glass container and let set overnight. In the morning, strain this mixture through a cheesecloth and then add 2 more cups of water. Pour into a spray bottle. Spray all over your flower bed and even a little on the tree. Squirrels hate garlic and if they take a bite of a flower, the hot pepper will keep them from taking another one. Just lightly spray your flowers. Repeat after a rain. This mixture will keep in the refrigerator for a week. This formula also works on garden plants for keeping bugs from eating your veggies. Good luck. I hope this helps.
2006-07-02 08:45:06 · answer #3 · answered by organic gardener 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
okay just get an empty gallon of milk , fill them up with water(4) and place them in the four corner of the yard and wooola they are no longer around your flower bed.if does not work go to Big 5 and buy a BB'S GUN AND SHUT THEM
2006-07-02 06:39:54 · answer #4 · answered by ohhhhhhhhhhhhhh 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
this may sound daft to you cos i'm sure they must be real pest's to you,i don't get many so i love it wen i do nfeed them snd watch them,i like them loads-anyway if they're a bother you can get little electic thing's to put out a frequency to keep them away but can sometimes upset to madness any nearby pet's that can't get away ir explain to their owners why they're goin mad' the wolf stuff sound's great though.x
2006-07-02 06:39:14 · answer #5 · answered by Tommy D. 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is a good question, and one that has been the source of confusion for me for quite a while.
2016-08-20 05:43:32 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I went on line and bought dry powdered wolf urine, it was cheap. You sprinkle it around and it keeps most animals away.
2006-07-02 06:33:40 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
most home and garden stores sell granulated fox urine. sprinkle this around your new seedings .
2006-07-02 06:34:04 · answer #8 · answered by t_mccoin 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋