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| Hi fellow gardeners,
I am planting tomatoes in Savannah, GA for the first time, and I have managed to get beautiful, tall and wonderful tomato plants over 2 ft tall. The plants have started to bear and produced huge beefy tomatoes. However, something has been devouring my crop! The bites are fresh which leads me to believe this feast occurs in early morning. I suspect squirrels are the culprits but I am not certain Could you please help me identify these creatures? Also, if you could provide any remedies to protect what is left of our crop, I would greatly appreciate it! Here is a link to the pics: https://picasaweb.google.com/WatsonLegacy/GardenWoes?authkey=Gv1sRgCNW Fw4uA7aWk6wE# Thank you! |
Image link: What creature is eating my tomatoes? (31 k)
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- Posted by BurgeoningGardener none (My Page) on Sat, Jun 4, 11 at 10:59
| No sign of caterpillars or droppings and none of the leaves are eaten. Whatever it is eats the green tomatoes. I have tried sprinkling cayenne pepper on the tomatoes, tying them up with pantyhose and nothing is working at this point :( |
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- Posted by therustyone TX 9 (My Page) on Sat, Jun 4, 11 at 11:14
| I am having similar problems, But here the varmint waits for the tomatoes to ripen. I bought a granular repellant, I baited them with a ripe tomato. I'm really thinking the culprit(s) I'll also looking for a more sure-fire bait for them. I'll be watching this thread Rusty |
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| The sharp raggedy edges of the damage look like bird damage. But I've not seen it that extensive previously. Perhaps some one will comment about squirrel damage. |
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