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Newville, PA

I had , yes HAD, two pumpkins going and when I went out to check on them...teeth marks! Something was having a midnight snack at my expense. What can you do to help keep the critters from the pumpkins? I dont have the option for fencing, but I dont want to spend all my time creating a wonderful salad bar for the hairy bastards!

7/7/2015 7:59:28 PM

East Jordan, MI

without a fence is tough
We have a dog and cats, so most varmints stay away.

you can try
a radio on a talk radio show - music don't seem to be as effective as people talking
traps
coyote urine
human hair
pepper spray
motion activated sprinkler
motion activated noise (like a radio plugged into a motion light)


Good luck

7/7/2015 9:00:45 PM

Partlow,Va

also
moth balls
cayene pepper
move the dog house to beside the patch

7/8/2015 11:01:31 AM

Newville, PA

Ok, I will give some of these a try, since I do not want my season ruined because of some hungry critters. Thanks for the replies!

7/8/2015 5:20:22 PM

President - GPC

I noticed that rabbits dont like Warrior II, Bifethrin, and Avid... All good insecticides for your patch... I combo it with Eagle II... also very smelly....works better than Coyote unrine ... I have tried both....I also hung up a picture of Eddy next to each pumpkin..Worked well on the rabbitZ... and scared the hell out of BIZ... :)

7/8/2015 5:56:56 PM