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leaf19 · 08-04-2009, 06:07 PM

Hey guys, Ive been checking out gardening forums all morning and I can't find a good solution to whatever is eating my pumpkins!! I think its maybe raccoons at night.. maybe Squirrels?! ...

anything I can buy and spray on them.... I have a big garden with lots of stuff so im betting whatever it is will move on to the other stuff after the pump!

homebrew420 · 08-04-2009, 08:07 PM

Garlic, cayanne, pyrethrumand or neem. Don't forget the Dr Bronners castile soap, to help spread that love/death

Mr. Greengenes · 08-05-2009, 12:24 AM

Cayenne pepper sounds like a great idea. Even better might be habanero. One bite and that critter will be whistlin' dixie from both ends!

lidspinner · 08-05-2009, 02:59 AM

I had deer eating my pumpkins one year....it didnt matter what I put n them, they still ate the pumpkins....I tried hot pepper and even chemicals.....the best defense I finally found was to put salt blocks every 20 yards around the garden......soon as i did that, I only had a few pumpkins go down....thy chose the salt.

Sheriff Bart · 08-05-2009, 03:38 AM

woodchucks eat mine
get a shitload of hot peppers, soak them in rubbing alcohol, strain, apply around your patch
dont use alcohol on the plants
or put up a fence

snowman06 · 08-05-2009, 03:47 AM

how bout liquid fince

08-05-2009, 03:49 AM

.22 rifle and a 12 year old

webguy · 08-05-2009, 06:29 AM

in the blender i put 7-8 habenaros, few raw eggs, chili powder, couple bulbs garlic,few onions, cayenne power, pepper, and let it ferment a few days. add whater else you can find- blood, urine, dead roadkill...

they at my whole garden up last year.

leaf19 · 08-05-2009, 10:38 PM

Thanks a lot guys! I'll do a little of everything! Im almost sure its a Squirrel... I saw him starring me down this morning as I looked over the pumpkins

Someone at the garden store told me I should try something called Hot Pepper Max But the bottle says its only for transpiration and moisture for the leafs... hmmm.

08-04-2009, 06:07 PM	#1
leaf19 New Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 8	Pumpkin Trouble Hey guys, Ive been checking out gardening forums all morning and I can't find a good solution to whatever is eating my pumpkins!! I think its maybe raccoons at night.. maybe Squirrels?! ... anything I can buy and spray on them.... I have a big garden with lots of stuff so im betting whatever it is will move on to the other stuff after the pump!
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08-04-2009, 08:07 PM	#2
homebrew420 Master Electrician/Caregiver Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Northern Colorado Posts: 516	Garlic, cayanne, pyrethrumand or neem. Don't forget the Dr Bronners castile soap, to help spread that love/death
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08-05-2009, 12:24 AM	#3
Mr. Greengenes Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 1,507	Cayenne pepper sounds like a great idea. Even better might be habanero. One bite and that critter will be whistlin' dixie from both ends! __________________ "The first principal is not to fool yourself, and you are the easiest one to fool". R.P.Feynman
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08-05-2009, 02:59 AM	#4
lidspinner Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Midwest USA Posts: 121	I had deer eating my pumpkins one year....it didnt matter what I put n them, they still ate the pumpkins....I tried hot pepper and even chemicals.....the best defense I finally found was to put salt blocks every 20 yards around the garden......soon as i did that, I only had a few pumpkins go down....thy chose the salt.
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08-05-2009, 03:38 AM	#5
Sheriff Bart Deputy Spade Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Rock Ridge Posts: 1,130	woodchucks eat mine get a shitload of hot peppers, soak them in rubbing alcohol, strain, apply around your patch dont use alcohol on the plants or put up a fence __________________ I am only here to entertain the most absurd of ideas
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08-05-2009, 03:47 AM	#6
snowman06 Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: somewhere in the east filled with herbs and spices Posts: 115	how bout liquid fince __________________ undefinedundefined
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08-05-2009, 03:49 AM	#7
r13f Guest Posts: n/a	.22 rifle and a 12 year old
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08-05-2009, 06:29 AM	#8
webguy Member Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 247	in the blender i put 7-8 habenaros, few raw eggs, chili powder, couple bulbs garlic,few onions, cayenne power, pepper, and let it ferment a few days. add whater else you can find- blood, urine, dead roadkill... they at my whole garden up last year.
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08-05-2009, 10:38 PM	#9
leaf19 New Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 8	Thanks a lot guys! I'll do a little of everything! Im almost sure its a Squirrel... I saw him starring me down this morning as I looked over the pumpkins Someone at the garden store told me I should try something called Hot Pepper Max But the bottle says its only for transpiration and moisture for the leafs... hmmm.
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