How to get rid of rabbits eating my plants?
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Question by CF.Wife: How to get rid of rabbits eating my plants?
Something has been pulling the plants out of the ground in my backyard vegetable and flower garden. I had a full row of corn pulled out, some pea plants, and even an Easter lily. I’m not quite sure what is pulling them out, but I suspect it is a rabbit. What can I do to stop this? I have already had to replant a lot of my garden since much of it was pulled out … and if it gets pulled out again, it will be too late to replant.
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7 Responses to How to get rid of rabbits eating my plants?
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Put up a fence.
spock014
July 5, 2013 at 1:29 am
I’ve read that talc and human hair are deterrents.
She Hulk Smish
July 5, 2013 at 2:29 am
Rabbits typically will chew it down to the ground but not pull up the plants. you might have a gopher problem. Try wrapping drier sheets around the plants it seems to help they don’t like the strong smell.
claygal
July 5, 2013 at 2:43 am
i went to a sporting shop and got some fox cent and that seems to work so far
Zimmy
July 5, 2013 at 3:15 am
Try some rubber snakes or cut up a hose to make it look like snakes.
Put a strong smelling bar of soap on a stick and put it in the middle of your garden.
jean ann j
July 5, 2013 at 3:43 am
A shotgun.
Just kidding – it actually sounds more like a rodent, such as a vole or gopher (although if they’re pulled out and not eaten down the stem, it’s probably not a vole).
Your best is to get a fence. If you weren’t trying to protect plants, I would say flooding, but unless you want a mote around your veggies, that doesn’t make much sense. After that, though, you’ll have to elevate to hav-a-heart traps (which just trap the animal so you can release it somewhere else) or a toxic approach, like poison.
Start with a short fence and see if that helps. Good luck.
zeureeka
July 5, 2013 at 3:45 am
Definitely put up something to fence in the area if possible. Chicken wire works, or you can find other metal fencing at a hardware store, but make sure it’s at least a few feet high and doesn’t have large holes. Stake it out so the fence is at least a couple feet away from the assaulted vegetation in every direction. Additionally, you can put down blood meal, human hair clippings, and/or cayenne pepper. If you sprinkle any or all of those around the fence, and around each plant, that should take care of above ground pests. There are specific poisons and traps for ground dwelling animals, but you should try the aforementioned steps first because they tend to be less costly and less harmful in the long run.
nekochan3110
July 5, 2013 at 4:01 am