Squirrels in my tomatoes

[fishinwrench]

46 minutes ago, snagged in outlet 3 said:

Licks your balls too, huh.   👍 

Used to, before they got hidden in my wife's purse 🙄

[snagged in outlet 3]

5 minutes ago, fishinwrench said:

Used to, before they got hidden in my wife's purse 🙄

I bet the dog misses them😂

[slabseeker]

Poking out my mind's eye now...

[Dutch]

I guess they may have received workman’s compensation and are rehabbing because none have been around for days.

[ness]

I've got my tomatoes up against a 4 foot cedar plank fence, so it's not exactly surprising that squirrels run along the top and grab or chew on tomatoes. I did put in a 3 foot fence that finally defeated the rabbits. But the squirrels, who I'm calling the a-holes of the animal kingdom, are worse than ever. 

I've used the commercial pepper spray and it doesn't work very well. I've made a concoction with hot pepper sauce and it didn't do much either. Saw Marty's post about a homemade spray and got to noodling and Googling on that. I wanted something really hot, cheap and that would stick. Ended up doing 2 tablespoons red pepper flakes in a quart of water. Boiled it for a few minutes and let it cool. Ran it through a coffee filter. Put it into a spray bottle with a couple drops of Dawn, which I think will help it stick. 

So far, so good. This stuff is caustic though. Get a little breeze blowing it back at you and it's gonna make you cough. Doesn't seem to have any negative effect on the maters.