Rabbit are eating my tomato plants!

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  1. mhud59

    mhud59 New Seed

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    Rabbit are eating my tomato plants, the plants are just stems! How do I keep these little guys from dining on my plants.
     
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  3. Jerry Sullivan

    Jerry Sullivan Garden Experimenter Plants Contributor

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    This is where Agway needs Rabbit wire instead of chicken wire. Take a roll of chicken wire(the rabbit will not know the difference), unroll a circle of wire, enough to encircle the plant and to a height you think the rabbit will not scale(if the rabbit has grappling hooks and rope, all bets are off). Use a wire coat hanger to make u shaped loops to 'tie down' the chicken wire. Agway also sells rabbit food.:)

    Jerry
     
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    Thanks Jerry, This rabbit goes through(over?] a fence and up into a raised garden. I can't confirm it but I think he can fly. matt
     
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    Matt honey, here in Texas we call flying rabbits "squirrels".
    Can you sprinkle some predator urine (coyote, fox) around the raised bed to discourage the little bushytail?
     
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    waretrop Strong Ash Plants Contributor

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    I have a robin eating my pea plants.... I forgot about fox urine but I don't think it will help with the dang robins.

    Barb in Pa.
     

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