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Old June 19, 2010   #1
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Default What is eating my peppers

Just planted some peppers last week. sweet banana, hot banana, jalapeno. Finally able to get back and look at them, something is eating them faster than they are growing. Bad year, plants were blooming, some had peppers when planted, plants look good, well, the ones that were not under water. Looked at them today, some were eaten half away, no bugs, nothing. What could be he culprit, I will not share. Have to have something to spray or shoot.
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Old June 19, 2010   #2
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If the whole plant was chomped down, my guess would be rabbits or deer.

Not sure what wildlife you have though. a pic would help too.
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Old June 20, 2010   #3
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Sorry, plant still there, just the fruit gone. Gonna shoot somethin.
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Old June 20, 2010   #4
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Last year I had squirrels taking my tomatoes en total to a secret location. I had a double Kosovo growng that they took when it was still green! Hope they got a real bad tummy ache.

They also took bites out of my cucumbers, sometimes leaving them on the vine, other times dragging them 10' feet away before realizing the didn't like them all that much. Eggplant were also taken clean off the plant and taken away.

There is some type of material others mentioned on one of the threads, that can be bought at craft stores and is inexpensive. They hang that over their plants to protect them from critters. I can't remember the name of it but is seems like it's something like 'toulle' maybe, pronounced like 'tool' as I recall. If I'm incorrect hopefully someone will correct me on it. The thread was probably in the 'Pest' forum.

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Old June 20, 2010   #5
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try a garlic pepper spray,,it sounds like vermin (urine may also help deter them)
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Old June 21, 2010   #6
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It's so hard to sit outside in the dark with a full bladder waiting to take aim though... at least that's what DH said...
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