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Salem, NY

Help! My plants keep getting disrupted in the hoop houses! I fertilized with fish and seaweed and the next morning my plants were vandalized!! The sneaky pest keeps digging underneath my hoop houses, makes a big mess inside and then leaves!!! I tried cayenne pepper, and fox urine but it must have plugged it's nose!! Any suggestions???

5/26/2010 6:39:01 PM

Pataskala,OH

Do skunks like fish?

5/26/2010 10:01:41 PM

Menomonie, WI (mail@gr8pumpkin.net)

Ohhh yeah...they also love the fluffy light soil and the worms that a good pumpkin patch has. If it is not touching the plant let him be..

Live trap + Chicken Egg = captured skunk

Captured Skunk in Live Trap + Garbage can full of water= Skunk who can not swim

5/27/2010 1:57:17 PM

Mill Bay, British Columbia

Skunks are carnivores and keep the rat and mouse population in check...they've never bothered my patch but they most likely were attracted to the fish smell....are you sure they are skunks and not racoons?

5/27/2010 2:24:33 PM

Burt NY

stop using the fish . they will still dig your plot up for a few more nights . I know it happend to me last year.

5/27/2010 2:30:48 PM

Pataskala,OH

My dog drunk a whole quart of fish fertilizer I left outside once. LOL

5/27/2010 3:17:01 PM

Salem, NY

Of course, the skunk is after my 1180 Pukos!!! The havaheart is ready and activated with fish and an egg! Thanks for your help!

5/27/2010 7:29:00 PM