Re: %#$*@ Squirrels!

Robert Allen (Robert.Allen@Eng.Sun.COM)
Mon, 29 Mar 93 22:54:46 GMT

>>>>>Last Fall I had problems with a squirrel who liked nothing more than to
>>>>>come dig up my D. binata "marston giant" up and leave it out in the
>>>>>sun....I tried everything short of murder to no avail - each afternoon I
>>>>>would come home an d fin it uprooted....
>>>
>>> You should have tried murder.
>>
>>Have you tried spraying your plants periodically with a some sort of
>>potion? A little nicotine sulfate or pyrethrin might give them a bad
>>experience without killing them; if they both learn to avoid your plants
>>and keep other squirrels out, might be worth it.

I'd rather use the nicotine sulphate on a blowgun dart...

R.