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- We asked "What are you struggling with this spring" and you answered. Christy Wilhelmi of Gardenerd talks about how to keep squirrels at bay this spring. Find out what works and what doesn't.
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Thank you!!! Really like this video!!! VERY HELPFUL!!!♥️
Great advice, thank you.
Thanks, I appreciate the video!
Great tips!!!
Very helpful tips thanks
I've been looking for an attractive way to protect plants from our hungry urban deer. This it! You did an excellent job!
Thanks for the advice and suggestions . My peach trees are under attack and I need something like yesterday . Thanks again
This was too cute!! 😂😂
• A concoction of petroleum jelly mixed with hot sauce, chili & cayenne pepper smeared along the outside of my flower beds & planters worked like a charm keeping the squirrels from digging up my flowers - until it no longer bothered them!
• Dozens of plastic forks inserted around the perimeter of my beds & pots - worked great until the squirrels figured out how to knock them away.
• Long strips of aluminum foil wrapped around the perimeter of my beds & pots worked for 2 weeks until the squirrels figured out how to jump over it!
• Thought I finally found the solution with mothballs until the squirrels figured out how to bat them away!
• Both Irish Spring & Cinnamon only invited more squirrels!
• This year I'm trying extra heavy, tight-knit wire mesh cut to size & embedding it just below the top of the soil. Fingers crossed!
Don't you hate how well they learn? It's really frustrating, and you tried all the things that often work. Physical barriers are going to do the trick. I am holding that for you.
I have super squirrels who make holes through any netting.
Yeah, we keep sewing up the holes and it keeps them at bay a few more days until they find or create a new opening.
I have a squirrelfestation, but the neighbor's cats are helping a bit.
I have tried many online "tricks", but none have worked better than the cats.
True! Although as cats age they tend toward observation rather than hunting. At least that's what's happening with Mittens over here. Dogs are pretty much useless in this situation. Squirrels just taunt them. Cats are definitely the way to go.
I had an outdoor cat who jogged on the roof. She was outstanding at keeping away squirrels.
catch and cage squirrels and get them work out in rotating wheels(like hamsters) to generate power to your garden lightings. my dad abt to poison them with rat poison to deter from his durian trees but i told him indirectly will poison own self due to poop seeping into soil .fallen to deaf ears.
Not to mention he'll kill anything that eats squirrels unintentionally. We recommend against poisons. So it's good that you told him.
good to know. at first these local squirrels only took a few bites out of my tomatoes. now they have learned how to pick the whole damn fruit off. either that or the neighbor kid is hopping the fence and taking them. 🤔
Here’s a solution - eat the squirrels!
That works in places where killing squirrels is not illegal (it is in some places).
🤣🤣 my parents use to eat squirrels before I was born when they lived in the south. After watching Duck Dynasty, I just might🤣 My mom said they are really good.
If only I knew someone who'd be happy to take them for this purpose! (to eat em!..)
Why don’t you try it yourself?
😂😂😂😂😂😂
I've tried Irish spring in my hanging pots , seems to have stopped them burying food in them. I think the smell of the soap might signal that someone else's territory. I watched a video where the lady said tulle stops them cos they don't like their claws getting caught in it. Her suggestion was for on top of the bird feeder and hanging pots. Moth balls was an option for in the roof.
Tulle is an interesting idea. It seems to be working for a couple of my fellow gardeners at the community garden I belong to. Moth balls, however, are really toxic and should not be used anywhere around animals or food crops. We've tried Irish Spring and it was ineffective here, but if it's working on your squirrels, yay!
I had a squirrel bury a little green apple in a pothos propaga
Toon pot I had outside for the summer! 😂 I was so confused
@@janinebean4276 They're full of surprises, those squirrels. At my community garden we have black walnut trees coming up all over the place because of the squirrels.
We have several squirrels is my yard however my neighbor has a very large fig tree that they eat and does not bother my apricot tree.
For now… As they breed, they’ll need more than those figs.
I’m not a fan of squirrels? I’ve tried just about everything and they still destroying my plants. If I could use something stronger I would
Can pollinators get through rat wire?
Yes, if it's a 1/2" mesh they can get through.
I have just watched a video of a skunk really enjoying an nocturnal meal of a bar or Irish Spring soap attached to a tree. I don't know about squirrels -- but have sprinkled it around my flower bed last night for the first time. Also just watched a video of a guy testing a number of different environmentally friendly pest sprays -- was horrified to find that I seem to have WASTED a lot of money over the years o Neem oii. The BEST was the cheapest -- just adding a bit of dishwashing soap to water worked quickly -- super effective. Problem is that it's really a "contact" killer -- covering all your plants with a spray of this isn't good for the plants or soil he says. (By the way, he had live buys like Japanese beetles in Mason jars, timed the experiements, cleaned the nozzles in-between, etc -- so while not a lab test -- it looked pretty accurate0>
I laughed when I read your comment about the skunk snacking on Irish Spring soap. That tracks. Just be careful with the dishsoap, because it doesn't discriminate between good bugs and bad bugs. I feel the same way about neem oil, only a last resort, and not great for beneficials either.
Squirrel stew!
😂😂😂
Robbie and Gary Gardening Easy use tule (look thru fabric) that squirrels, birds hate to touch! Imagine that!
Yes, tulle and muslin work well if you don't have floating row cover.
Will bees still go in to a cage that’s been constructed to keep the squirrels out of crops like cucumbers & melons? I was afraid to use a cage as that was my thinking that it would also keep pollinators away then I’d get zero fruits. 🤔. Thanks.
If you use 1/2" mesh or netting the bees and other pollinators can still get through.
@@Gardenerd thanks, that’s what I will try. Hope birds don’t get tangled in it though. Don’t know if I could handle trying to release a scared bird.
Co2 bb pistol or sniper. Definitely the way to go for your garden . One shot hit, they don’t come back lol😂
Gamo Swarm Magnum Gen 2 .22 and a pot hold digger was my recipe.
We've had our two peach trees for 10 plus years and we've never had a single peach! We're surrounded with oak trees. Almost one in every yard. The squirrels live everywhere. One of them lays on top of my fence post and naps. 🤬 Looking right into my kitchen window. Even having a dog that's in the yard most the day doesn't work. I've given up at this point. My peach trees are now ornamental. 😂😭
Sorry to hear. They are very frustrating. I know some people have had luck trapping them, but it's illegal in some places. Others have had luck by putting out a water source. They are looking for water in the fruit they steal.
😂😂😂 I know your pain!
@@Gardenerd Good information. I didn't know that. I did notice that my water fountain that doesn't leak or over spray was low on water in a couple of days.
They stole all of my potatoes, and they are working on my tomatoes now.
We have a big tomato garden along with about 4 squirrels in our immediate area. These little pests have never once touched our tomatoes.
Squirrels got over 70% of my harvest this year. Nearly all the watermelon, cantaloupe, cucumber and tomatoes. :(
Sounds like it's time for some cages to keep them out, if none of the other options offered in this video help.
Yep-me too!!! Destroyed the same things for me :(
So far, Irish spring soaps are working
Glad to hear it. Our rats thought shavings of Irish spring were amusing. But it does work for some!
SQUIRRELS ATE OUR IRISH SPING
LOL! I think they ate mine too.
What!
Same for me.
Can you put the actual name of the fabric you laid down on the garden? It is hard to make out the spelling in the video
Floating row cover goes by many names. What you see in the picture is a Summer Weight garden fabric from Gardener's Supply. There are more industrial brands like Agribon, which caters more to farmers and offers insulation against frost as well as pest protection.
Maybe show it working.
The squirrels eat all of my fruit. I had to take out all of my stone fruit trees and used bird netting. They chew right through the bird netting and get inside. Like little chewed through holes in that bird netting. eThey chew through all of my physical barriers. They get inside of all my floating row covers, they get through all of my bird mesh, they get through everything! Even branch clusters! They EAT through the netting! I think its because we now have invasive East Coast Fox squirrels. They don’t care. I can only grow what they won’t eat.
What kind of netting are you using? The polyethylene woven & spun bird netting that I just got from a FL farm supply seems like most critters won't be chewing through it.
I'm so sorry to hear that. Those are definitely aggressive squirrels. Hardware cloth and chicken wire might be your best option for enclosures. They can't chew through that. Also deer fencing is stronger, but probably not strong enough to keep those squirrels from chewing through. Welded wire mesh. that will protect what you're growing in raised beds anyway. Not for trees, but veggies.
@@Gardenerd , yes. I was thinking the same thing. They won’t eat my green foods and a few other things. I’ll just work around them by continuing to grow what they don’t like.
@@danevanpetten4980 , polyethylene woven and spun bird netting is what these invasive Fox Squirrels chew through.
Ground squirrels arrrggghhh
Nothing but nothing works for me. I have resorted to relocating the little pests.
My neighbor spray painted one relocated squirrel tail and relocated it twenty miles away. Two weeks later it was back.
mothballs in a stocking. Squirrels HATE moth balls.
They are also poisonous and very toxic, so be careful of that around food crops.
So do I. So toxic! And it smells awful.
People around my appartment put peanuts for the squirrels and they come dig in my plants pots and garden.😤
Sorry that's happening. They find the oddest places to stash their stash.
My father had 2 passions, gardening (vegetables & flowers) & attracting birds with a wonderful assortment of interesting bird houses. He had a massive vegetable garden & the most beautiful flower beds in the area until a neighbor started pouring 20# bags of peanuts along her back fence line on a regular basis. This put an end to my father's passions. He tried everything to keep them away, but nothing worked. (He even fabricated steel panels around the opening of all the birdhouses, but over time the squirrels chewed right through it!) And now, just last month we've noticed the squirrels have chewed huge holes under the eaves of the shed roofs!
I dont have a garden, had to cut all my trees down, and still they frolic in my yard. I have a couple owls also but they just play games of prey with each other. I want a garden, but I fear it wont make it.
@vickiegray8233 Give gardening a go. Start small, like herbs in containers. The bigger the container, the better the plants chance of survival. Choose things that aren't as appealing to squirrels, like fragrant herbs and salad greens. They are usually looking for fruits and nuts, so those plants should be safe.
They destroyed my begonias.
I trapped and relocated 48 squirrels from my backyard. I wish I had a dog.
Wow! That's impressive.
The same ones kept returning?
FYI: chili pepper can be harmful to critters, if they get it in their eyes they will try to get it out by scratching and can damage their eyes. Horrible. I use rocks on top of soil in my containers and that helps keep the digging at bay, it also looks better than plastic forks, wire, netting (more danger to birds, etc.).
Pellet gun
You forgot to mention shotgun.
this is why i want dwarf fruiet trees cuz the squirrels are horrible
The only foolfproof , 100% guaranteed solution is to buy a shotgun.
Lmfao.
Squirrels aways win..i used.bird netting.
Didnt work so.then i tried chicken wire..just slowed them down about 5 minutes.
I trap mine..but there is an army waiting to move in.
Have three dogs that.chase them all.day long.
I love it when i hear.a.loud.boom..the.evil idiots.electrocuted themselves.
But i also loose power
LMFAO, indeed - about losing power. I wish we could electrocute them here, but it's not legal. Also, it's quite possible that I'd set my mickey mouse house on fire by doing so. We did finally find a solution for protecting fruit trees (check out our video on fruit tree protection with the contraption we came up with). So at least there's that. Good luck!
Lead poisoning😊
how about a AK-47 or a tank.
Personally, I was looking at the Russian hyper sonic missile.
This comment section is heartbreaking
set a live trap with a peach they go in get trapped then I put the cage in a large garbage bag the attach to the exhaust pipe start the engine fill the bag with 10 minutes of Carbon Monoxide they will die in the gas chamber empty in the bag and throw them away
That’s horrible. If your going to kill them at least have the decency to make it quick
Bro, just shoot them.
What the hell is wrong with you!?
Ways to keep squirrels out of ykur garden.....22 caliber
I just went to rural king and got a live trap. Once you catch, it just set the whole trap down inside a trash can full of water and walk off.
Drowning squirrels (or any critter) is illegal where I live.
@@Gardenerd Well... I mean, you could make it look like an accident.
Wow that’s horrible
That’s really cruel. Please don’t do that. Why buy a live trap just to torture and kill them? This is their home too.
You may be a psychopath. Do society a favor and seek help.