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Defending plants from an asshole squirrel (thelemmy.club)
submitted 5 months ago by sneekee_snek_17@lemmy.world to c/nativeplantgardening@mander.xyz
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I've wanted a butterfly weed plant for years and this year I finally just decided to buy some small ones and remove any guesswork. That night the idiot squirrel that lives on my property dug them both up, so this is my solution to protect the new one i was graciously given for free from the same nursery i got the others.

I used like ten 6" landscaping staples to anchor the wire, and if the squirrel gets through that I'm gonna lose my shit

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[-] 9limmer@lemmy.zip 8 points 5 months ago

Would it help to spray a mix of blended chilis and/or cayenne pepper powder on the plant and surrounding area?

[-] seathru@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 5 months ago

It probably would. I got the squirrels to move out of my attic this way... But then the wasps moved in.

[-] sneekee_snek_17@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

Probably, but i wanted a no-shit solution since this was plant #3

[-] Illegalmexicant@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago

I planted deer resistant plants and it turns out that every deer has to take a bit to know this.

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