2006-08-04 18:01:05 · 12 answers · asked by N. B 1 in Home & Garden ➔ Garden & Landscape
Some ideas from Jerry Baker (who is a great natural gardener):
"Use your imagination to keep raccoons out of corn. A low electric fence can be run between the rows. Old screens and bushel baskets, propped against cornstalks, act as booby traps to scare them away. Crumpled up newspapers, placed between rows of corn and held down with stones, make crackling noises as raccoons step on them. A string of electric Christmas lights can be draped on cornstalks, and the blinking lights deter raccoons in their nightly foraging expeditions.
"Sprinkle dog droppings, blood-meal, fox scent, or coyote urine around the base of plants.
"Other controls include sprinkling mothballs in areas where they like to congregate, directing loud, "heavy metal" rock 'n' roll (they seem to like "soft" rock or "easy listening" music) at their resting/nesting area, and placing long metal flash tubes around the trunks of fruit trees will keep them from their mission. A Scarecrow Sprinkler could do the trick too. Though raccoons love water, the idea of being forcefully sprayed while foraging for goodies can be pretty effective at sending them on their way.
"Your absolute best defense is probably a good fence, but it can't be just any old fence. It should be sturdy, at least 5 feet high, and have the top 2 feet made of unsupported chicken wire so that it bends over on the raccoon as he attempts to climb it.
"Rattling pie tins, scare tape, steamers, windmills, and the like will initially scare raccoons off, but they are only effective in the short term. Rotate and/or combine any and all of these methods so that the 'coons don't get used to one set pattern. Above all else, be imaginative!"
2006-08-08 13:11:06 · answer #1 · answered by Rachel 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-04-16 21:05:04 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Take into consideration, do you have pets, do you have small children that can get into repellants? There's a product called Critter Ridder that seems to work well on rats, cats, possums in my neighborhood. There are also motion activated sprinklers that will squirt when triggered, harmless but frustrating to raccoons.
2006-08-04 18:06:48 · answer #3 · answered by sparkletina 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
One of the people we met camping had trouble with raccoons. He fried some bacon and then used just the grease to cook some diced habenaro peppers and left that out. we never saw them again that weekend
2006-08-04 18:11:25 · answer #4 · answered by Adam B 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Remove anything they can eat that's the only reason for them to come around. No food no raccoons
2006-08-04 18:25:36 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sprinkle some cayenne pepper around and when they get that in their snoots they will not want to show their faces around there again.
2006-08-04 19:19:18 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
they only come for 2 reasons food and or shelter to nest. figure what they r getting into to eat (maybe garbage cans)take these reasons away and they have no use for u.
2006-08-04 18:34:05 · answer #7 · answered by jesse james 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
why are they coming to your property? there must be something attracting them - do you feed your pets outside, is there any leftover? remove whatever is bringing them in and they'll go away
2006-08-05 01:05:53 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mothballs keep the boomers from eating my flowers and keep the moles out of my yard...
2006-08-04 18:39:05 · answer #9 · answered by wva_butterfly 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Urinate around your yard line. (You'll have to figure out a means of dispersal.)
Sounds disgusting, but it is very affective.
2006-08-04 18:06:00 · answer #10 · answered by JaMoke 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋