[kilacaLIbud]

Great thread ! I've been having problems with rats and rabbits going after my non" weed " plants. I have corn and squash and tomatoes and orange tree that the rats just can't seem to stop comming so I got a BB gun and a bright flash light and take them out in the tree at night. It's pretty easy as the rats are pretty big and there stomachs are white so u can see them easly 🐰🐭🔫☠

[tree dawg]

I use weled wire can cut a gate to get close

[badmf]

Deadfall traps can kill people too and it's not necessary! You will bring the wrath down on you, better to use passive ways than kill.

[Swamp Thang]

Deadfalls designed to kill small game animals present zero danger to humans, and bring food, not wrath, to the trap setter.

That said, I have never used a deadfall because they are too labor intensive to construct. I have used other means of trapping small game for food, with great success, and have no regrets whatsoever about using such methods, when they were necessary to protect crops while bringing home the bacon, as it were.

It might be helpful to bear in mind that the only real difference, between any non-vegan individual and a hunter, is the degree of removal from the killing of animals, be they wild or domesticated.

[SheltonThompson]

I would say this definitely does seem like an ideal way to keep animals and other pests out of the way from eating up your plants. I think the best part about this is the fact that it would be rather inexpensive. I personally think it would be neat to just simply have a little mini outdoor greenhouse for all the plants, but this works too!

[Gizmo]

question : what is best for guerilla growing, regular chicken wire or green chicken wire ?

[Swamp Thang]

Unless that is a trick question, Gizmo, I would go with green or even camo colored chicken wire, so improve stealth at the location.

[St. Phatty]

Originally Posted by Gizmo

question : what is best for guerilla growing, regular chicken wire or green chicken wire ?

I would say it's whatever blends in best, according to your eye.

A man-made pattern (like chicken wire mesh) stands out differently than a plant.


Also I think the stake (what ties it to the ground) matters.

E.g. gray weathered looking ones vs. new pine.

I think the weathered looking ones are much better stealth wise.

[ladyfarmer]

For the coming 2017 outdoor season up here in Quebec, I'm thinking of going with the usual chicken wire ( 4' plus ) attached to wooden posts fixed around each plant as well as spreading some sort of predator animal urine that I should find at a local hunting supply store.
In the past, I've used moth balls and even javel around the garden perimeter to discourage small animals like ground hogs, muskrats and the like but I'm not sure it works all that well, so now thinking predatory animal urine might work better.

[hamstring]

Of course it all depends on the location i.e. critters and enviroment but what I find is nothing is going to stop hungry critters if they really are hungry and there are no other food sources around.

I start all my seeds in the bush and put a small 24inch x 10inch diameter cage just to protect small seedlings . After they are 3 ft tall they can take a some abuse but I keep the small cage around them because in the fall even a 10 ft tree can be easily taken down by small rodents chewing on the base of the stem because there normal foods sources are dying back.