Squirrels Problem!

[nicolette]

Squirrels are eating my baby lettuce that I just planted. Is there a why to deter them from the garden?

 

[Junochick]

Squirrels are eating my baby lettuce that I just planted. Is there a why to deter them from the garden?

Squirrel traps are wonderful, Amazon for about $12. I bought a humane trap and relocate them

 

[Molpet]

sprinkle hot pepper on the plants... most mammals don't like red pepper and they sell for big$$ some to mix in bird seed to keep the squirrels away.. people spice is usually cheaper.have to reapply when it rains and have to wash your produce.

 

[nicolette]

So like red hot chili flakes?

 

[Molpet]

So like red hot chili flakes?

the ground ones https://www.webstaurantstore.com/regal-ground-cayenne-pepper-5-lb/1020707838.html

 

[nicolette]

the ground ones https://www.webstaurantstore.com/regal-ground-cayenne-pepper-5-lb/1020707838.html

So when you rinse your lettuce that you've put cayenne pepper on the taste on the lettuce doesn't stay?

 

[GardenDmpls]

I use a mix of garlic and Jalapenos in the blender with water. I will add a drop of soap to help it spread and a little oil to make it stick. Sometimes I add cayenne. On eggplant and tomatoes, it usually wears off before we harvest. Try putting out some water for the squirrels. Sometimes squirrels eat our veggies to get water, when no other source is available.

 

[KandyHenry]

The squirrels are going to come on the lettuce. The pepper spray can work for this to keep them away from the lettuce.

 

[moniquem]

.22 rifle works good too

 

[Dinosaur Feed]

Let me tell you. When I was growing up my father would trap them using a humane trap and then he would tell us kids he was taking them to the mountains to live. Found out later he was euthanizing them with the car exhaust...