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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 6 มิ.ย. 2024
- Remember the Squirrel Apocalypse of 2018?
Most of New England and I do, and here's what I'm prepping for 2019 with!
[Checklist]:
-Poultry Wire
(www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...)
-Wire Cutters
-Tape Measure
-Potted Plant (for weight)
-Zip Ties
-Wire (optional, for supports)
Hopefully I don't only get four Carmen Peppers this year!
Check out the video to see more! - แนวปฏิบัติและการใช้ชีวิต
Heck, I’m 74, but even I can build that. I’ve been looking for something simple like this. Was going to just have the curved tower, but I like the pipe idea better. Thanks
Thank you too! Glad it was simple and accessible to you!
I'm so happy I saw your video. I bought 5 new rose bush's this year. They had just started to bloom. They were very full of buds. I was so excited. Because these were fragrant roses. And expensive. Can out one morning and every flower and bud's were gone. No idea what ate them. But I don't want that to happen again. So thanks for sharing your idea and you great video.
WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN ALL MY GARDENING LIFE!!!! The squirrels have decimated my kale and carrots on my porch. They just keep digging no matter how much cayenne pepper I sprinkle. When the rain washes it away it is literally a wrap! Thank you for this DIY video. I ordered some chicken wire a week ago and I’m still waiting for it to come in, and I’m glad I saw your video to learn how to install it. Thank you again!
Simplee Flow Glad you liked it! Haha, I just wanted to avoid building a frame you know? I’m sure this won’t work for EVERYTHING but hey, probably for kale etc. Good luck!
Same thing happened to me. I used cayenne pepper and plastic forks with the points sticking up. But the squirrels still destroyed my lettuce.
Best video I'll seen on plant cages and I loved your co-star cats! Thanks for posting it!
Thanks so much! Happy you like my boys! :)
This is so smart for beginners that dont want to spend a small fortune on a big setup. Im glad I stumbled upon your video when I looked this problem up. I thought there’s no way I could have a plant in my backyard with all the birds and squirrels!
I had to make these to keep whatever was chomping off the top of flower bulbs in pots in front yard
We have squirrels and groundhogs.
the ground hog on my property destroys everything, literally knocks pits over and digs everything out of the pots
You, sir, a treasure to humanity. Thank you so much!
Thank you for I just came across some free chicken wire. I have tomato plants growing. As a first-time Gardener I could not understand how the chicken wire would support the tomato. What I see from your video I still need support on the inside. Thank you!
Nice Mike. Trying my first cherry tomatos and am trying to pre-empt squirrelmageddon. Thanks for the video!
You are the only one I found that gave me good video. I have squirrels that I’m everything on my apartment patio. Thankyou
Thank you too! Hope it helps!
Good stuff. Squirrels and rats have been digging up my crops for a few seasons now. I don’t know why I didn’t think to put up some deterrent for them sooner.
This was the type of content I've been looking for. Thanks for the video.
THANK YOU!!! This was so awesome and needed because I'm having a war on squirrels as well!!!! They decimated my bell peppers and tomatoes last year and I'm still angry about that!!!
Wishing you the best! Hope it helps! Thanks so much
Thank you so much for this tutotial! You made ut look so easy! Just got home from picking up everything I need to make these so wish me luck! Thanks again. Happy gardening!
For sure! Good luck!
Tks for details from top to bottom diy.
Made some tomato plants this spring.
We have a lot of squirrels skunks and now a raccoon that frequent our backyard.
Keeping fingers 🤞
Thank you!! The little vermin have become the bane of my existence and it's become an all out war... Watching them on the railing, as they stare at me through the window, eating my hard work... This will be the year I win!! 🍅🐿️🍅
Let me know how it goes! Wishing you luck! Thank you too, and you're very welcome!
Pretty neat. A thing that will get easier after reps I'm sure. Good job young man.
Note: Zip ties are pretty expensive and break down after a few seasons. Light gauge wire will do the trick just as well. And it's reusable . . . and you've got the wirecutters already.
Wondering how your cage does when the pants get bigger and wilder than you expected. Have you extended them midseason?
Good questions. The cage was built for the max sizes Ive personally encountered with how I do the peppers and tomatoes. No more than a hobbyist here. I havent needed to resize in the years Ive used this technique, as usually the plants' sizes are limited by the pot anyway.
As for the zip ties? Its what I had, 😆
I was more focused trying to convey the general idea of the cylinder protection since it worked wonders for me!
Thanks so much for this video- exactly what I'm looking for, simple and effective-thank you again!
So happy it helped!
Hello-thank you so much for your video on the potted plant cage. I am new to container gardening this year and it has all of a sudden dawned on me that I failed to think about the squirrels and the birds that I feed . I even have 6 bird houses up on the side of the house with baby birds so the area is very active . Anyways I became very worried 😦 and was extremely concerned. I have 18 -5 gallon buckets of peppers 🫑 and tomatoes 🍅 planted and more on the way. So I was trying to come up with a plan with no luck. Until I seen your video . Thank you so much 😊! You really saved the day here in South Carolina.
I hope it all goes well for you!! Very glad if I did ultimately help out! Thanks for the comment.
This is the best info I've seen so far and I think it will work
Cool, I've been trying to think of cheapest way to protect my plants,you could also use string tied where needed to support plant.
Thank you for this! Made my tomato cage this week!
Thank you for the kind words! I hope you find success with it for your area!
You inspired me to do one. Turned out great
Glad to hear it! Thanks for responding :)
Best vid on this subject.
Great video , thank you for sharing
Glad you liked it! Thanks so much 😀
Highly appreciated, thank you great vid and time sharing it.
Thanks so much Atu! Hope this helped in some way!
Thank you! Can't wait to try this!!
Thank you so much just what I was looking for👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
Thanks so much Andrea!
Thanks for posting, can't wait to try this for my tomato and strawberry plants on my deck
I didn't even think about adding an access door lol, thanks
great video
You are very thorough! Many thanks. 2021 was a chipmunk invasion where I live in Rhode Island.
Thanks so much! Hope this was helpful for you 🙂
Have you tried it yet? Not sure the type of poultry netting would work on chipmunks, I think they could fit thru that gap
@@tojoes Agreed, but the concept should apply to any gague or width.
*WHAT KIND OF AMERICA DO WE LIVE IN WHERE THE PLANTS ARE PUT IN CAGES, BUT THE SQUIRRELS ARE ALLOWED TO RUN FREE?*
Funny comment , but America has much bigger problems then that.
I love this 😄🐿️
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Good morning love your video will be trying your work. Will let you know later on in the year how it went. For the past few years lots of squirrels keep eating all my tomatoes plants
Best of luck, and thanks for watching!
Love the back ground music! replayed the video just to have it as my chore background 😄
What's the name of it??
Also, the tomato cage - geniuos!
wonderful idea thank you for sharing
Thanks for your kind words!
interesting and inventive
Great video! I am a new subbie!
Great idea thanks!
This was a very good idea. I feed the squirrels and birds year around on my apartment deck but I also grow vegetables and needed to know how I could do both. My only concern now is how to anchor those pots and cages so 70 mph storms don't blow them across the deck.
Thanks so much for the kind words! And good luck.
We do get storms where I live, and they can be severe, and a couple of times per year can be tornadic. I dont know exactly how well this would do in the worst cases, but I can vouch for the pot, if heavy enough, being a great anchor.
Also, the wind doesn't put too much force on it since it's filled with holes. I would consider placing them by a corner or other barrier/railing/deck-side for safety if wind would be a concern in this, as you can not only get support by placement, but then also have more anchoring options close by.
Excellent .. those squirrels are rascals
Find your video to get rid of annoying squirrel. Extremely useful!
Love your idea! By the way, how old is your house?......I noticed the wide baseboards and the electrical outlet in it! My grandmother's 100 yr old house had the same thing because they all had plaster walls with lathe underneath.😊❤
Thank you!
You're very kind, thank you too!
Thank you 🙏
Thank you too! 😊
Great video thanks, if there was any one thing I’d had it’s easier after you put the top on , flip it over and put the plant in
then do the top . Just easier. Thanks
Much appreciated!! Was concerned given that my plant was already so large, and I didn't wanna hassle it too much or its leaves and all.
Fantastic. I have squirrels, chipmonks and deer. Can you show how to make one for chipmonks, please!!
I'd just apply the same structural concepts to a smaller holed (and possibly thicker gague) metal netting :)
Thanks for watching!
FAB!!!!👍🏿
Thanks so much! Means a lot :)
The things we do to grow 50c 🍅 😃😁
were you able to keep the mice out of your tomatoes? I read mice can enter hole as small as 1/4"
I was only focused on larger rodents. I doubt this would keep mice out, but one could design a similar cylinder with smaller holes!
This was just what weI were looking for, Thank You, Now we need a video to keep lizards and frogs away, we live in Florida,,, any ideas?
Aha! Thanks! As for the smaller animals, I'm sure the same idea would work with more zip ties, and a smaller-hole screening, or wiring setup! Not familiar with the challenges those creatures present :o
@@aeremthirteen2771 YOU can tell I'm not from the country, haha didn't know it came with smaller holes in the screening,, Brilliant!!1 TY
@@irenequintana8017 :) haha, all the best to you!
Question: instead of making an access door, do you think it would be possible to do a few vertical cuts around the bottom of the bottom cylinder, fold the wire mesh out so it lays flat on the ground, and put bricks on it to hold it in place? And then you could lift the whole cage off the top of the plant to access it, and then put the whole cage back in place?
Maybe, I'm skeptical squirrels couldn't solve this over time, but I'm overly skeptical! 😅
If you try, let me know how it goes!
I thought about doing that to but my squirrels are master burglars! They'd have those bricks off in no time!
Enough bobby pins (or longer drip irrigation tubing stakes or ???) staked around bottom row of the chicken wire and then pushed down to ground level so rabbits, squirrels, etc can't push them up and out of the ground? Or along with the vertical cuts mentioned in your post to make it stronger and also keep the rascals from digging under then to the plants. Or maybe a sign saying, "Rabbits and Squirrels, Stay Away!" Or... Somebody stop me! :)
I found my simple solution was not accessible so felt no need to overengineer it.
what type of cutters were you using
I forget exactly, but it was the cheapest pair I could find for cutting wires (electrical) for some electrical engineering projects. I assume most electric wire cutters are similar 🤔
What stops the squirrels from knocking them over? Seems like this would benefit from some kind of bottom
There is a bottom; make sure to watch the whole video! The weight of the pot holds the bottom mesh and the whole structure.
@@aeremthirteen2771 I must have missed that part sorry. Been pretty sick with covid.. kind of in and out of it.
Hey Mike, Great Video. How did this work out last year? Does it hold well in winds and bad weather?
TIA
It held up all season, as long as it needed to, and worked fine. No wind issues since the weight of the plant held it down, and there wasnt much surface area for the wind to grab. Thanks for asking!
Do you have to cut the zip ties each time you want to harvest then?
I just pick my potted plants, and through the door I made. I don't usually worry about taking the whole thing out until it's dead, or next season, at which point I do rezip at one section.
@@aeremthirteen2771 ty! I must have fast fwd through that part oop.
@@HomesteadTexas it's fine haha. I hope this helps you 🙏
Too much trouble, at this point no choice but to declare war on them damn squirrels .😂
Hard to war with them in the city 😅
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The squirrels couldn’t pull off the little door?
Lauren O'Leary nope, no issues.
How do you access the plants?
6:19
Wish me luck, it's a war between the squirrels and me this year
Let us know how it goes! 😀 I hope it works for you!
You video is good, I think this should work, I have to get my tomato 🍅 this year
Cage per pair rakhenge to sar kaiyese denge ??pelz tell me
I can't translate this well. Are you able to try in English? Im sorry! 😕
Hi sir ,but squirrels can chew the chicken wires
Depends on the metal, and the squirrel. For my hex mesh here, I have had no issue for years in Maine, US.
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Thanks!
Will this keep out chipmunks...I am at war with them
No guarantees here, but I bet with the right size (width) wire (smaller than what I used), you could make it so!
Why not just buying 5 ft long cage for the tall plants?
Not sure what such a product is (I've not seen it before, or just havent run into it for whatever reason), and I'm not sure there was any available where I was able to buy these things. :)
They don't access the plant through the door
Nope, its twisted shut and re-closed.
Chicken wire? You mean right
All synonyms! :) I think I used the technical term or generic name on the packaging for this video.
Aren't' chipmunks small enough to fit through those holes?
So sad seeing plants in cages.
No, no, no, it's just like elementary school, they need guidelines and rules (wires and walls) to grow effectively and bear fruit knowledge? Lol
Thank you!
Thank YOU
Thank you!
Thanks to you too! You're very kind.