tomatoes on the ground

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Posted by bibbus 7b (My Page) on

Sun, Jul 6, 14 at 19:40

My first 6 tomatoes are sitting on the ground. I'm afraid rabbits will get to them or that they will rot on the ground. I've never had this happen before. I plan to circle the cage with some kind of screen or barrier to try to deter the many rabbits but should I put cardboard or newspaper under the tomatoes? Or are they ok on the ground which is covered with leaves? Any other ideas? It will not be easy to get a barrier around the plant.

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Posted by DBrown2351 5 (My Page) on
Sun, Jul 6, 14 at 21:14

If it's just the one plant put a liberal sprinkling of ground cayenne pepper around it. If you have several plants consider it a peace offering and let em have it if they want it. Rabbits and other critters will often take a bite , spit it out and go on their way. This often happens to my lower tomatoes.

Looks like they're sitting on mulch, no need for anything else under them

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Posted by bibbus 7b (My Page) on
Mon, Jul 7, 14 at 19:14

Thank you. Its just the one plant where the tomatoes are this low. I will try the cayenne pepper.

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