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[buckyboy]

A rabbit has been eating my plants. I went to check em, and I saw him leaving the area. He ate 2 whole, so they're history, but theres a couple that only have the leaves left on one side, and the stem has been topped. Will they make it, or should I start more seedlings? They were on their 4th set of leaves. Thanks. I'm going to kill the next one I see. I'm pissed!

buckyboy Reviewed by buckyboy on 04-16-2008. problem A rabbit has been eating my plants. I went to check em, and I saw him leaving the area. He ate 2 whole, so they're history, but theres a couple that only have the leaves left on one side, and the stem has been topped. Will they make it, or should I start more seedlings? They were on their 4th set of leaves. Thanks. I'm going to kill the next one I see. I'm pissed! Rating: 5

[stinkyattic]

Start more seedlings just in case. Put chicken wire cages around your plants so bunnies can't git em. Sometimes when you plant so early that your plants look like the tastiest thing around... sucks man.
Here's something to cheer ya up:
RecipeSource: Coniglio Alla Molisana Stewed Rabbit With Sausages

[Greenthing]

I think it is a good good thing to have the chicken wire set under the ground so the bunnies dont get under the wire.

[buckyboy]

Thanks. I'll try and find me a little fence. I tried urine, maybe that'll work. He did'nt mess with the bigger plants. I wonder why? Maybe he's just working his way over there.

[buckyboy]

I just read up on some stuff called deer-off. Ever heard of it, or used it. It supposedly works on deer, squirrels, and rabbits.

[eevus]

i heard spraying a mixture of tabasco sauce/peppers and water around your plants will keep most animals away.

[Greenthing]

Hi, the chicken wire is the old way to do it its been tried and tested here in England, so why take a risk.
Pissing will leave a sent for a day or so but if it rains it will wash away so you need to to be doing a lot of pissing buckyboy.
And there is more than one way to skin a Rabbit.

[jsn9333]

I cannot use chicken wire because I start seedlings close to my house in an area that is not as hidden as I would like it to be, and I don't want to draw attention to it. So what works well for me is to keep my young plants each in their own two liter bottle with the top cut off filled with soil to within an inch or two of the top for each seedling. That way rabbits/and squirrels can't reach up and over to the young plant and eat the leaves off. Of course if your planting 100 plants in a field, this would be impractical.

In my experience rabbits and squirrels don't mess with bigger plants, only young ones... probably because the leaves are more tender. So once the plants have grown up (and they have plenty of room to grow in the two liter bottle) I transplant them. I actually put them in bigger pots, but you could put them into the ground at that point too b/c they are big enough to where rabbits wouldn't mess with them.

I've never had a problem with deer, but I think that is only because not even deer are crazy enough to wander into the snake, tick, and spider infested hell-swamp I do my grow in.

[Greenthing]

I cannot use chicken wire because I start seedlings close to my house in an area that is not as hidden as I would like it to be, and I don't want to draw attention to it. So what works well for me is to keep my young plants each in their own two liter bottle with the top cut off filled with soil to within an inch or two of the top for each seedling. That way rabbits/and squirrels can't reach up and over to the young plant and eat the leaves off. Of course if your planting 100 plants in a field, this would be impractical.

In my experience rabbits and squirrels don't mess with bigger plants, only young ones... probably because the leaves are more tender. So once the plants have grown up (and they have plenty of room to grow in the two liter bottle) I transplant them. I actually put them in bigger pots, but you could put them into the ground at that point too b/c they are big enough to where rabbits wouldn't mess with them.

I've never had a problem with deer, but I think that is only because not even deer are crazy enough to wander into the snake, tick, and spider infested hell-swamp I do my grow in.

Looks like you have your pobs sorted jsn9333 for the type of terrain that you go in.

[eyesmohk]

did you pick up any wire yet buckyboy? its kind of a long term solution, but ive been growing bamboo in my garden and it keeps the animals away from EVERYTHING else! deer and rabbits LOVE it, and it grows so fast...they eat the small bamboo leaves and dont even bother with anything else.