Cheech Posted September 28, 2002 Report Share Posted September 28, 2002 Can you give me some tips on deterring animals from an outdoor crop without using fences? I want to be able to spread my crop out so that they blend in, making fencing unpractical and fencing would defeat the purpose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boulder Posted September 30, 2002 Report Share Posted September 30, 2002 Have a look under plant security forum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oswald Cobblepot Posted November 23, 2002 Report Share Posted November 23, 2002 Spread a few mothballs around the area......... Animals hate anything that smells of chemicals, & insects don't care for them either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest stoney42o Posted June 2, 2003 Report Share Posted June 2, 2003 what about the smaller animals??? my plants always get these lil grey big things under the leaves...heaps of em...any ideas how to get rid of them without damaging my plants? their only young Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Field_of_Light Posted June 2, 2003 Report Share Posted June 2, 2003 shotgun? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest stoney42o Posted June 2, 2003 Report Share Posted June 2, 2003 yeah, and im driving Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
white_cluster Posted June 2, 2003 Report Share Posted June 2, 2003 There is nothing but cages in some cases mate. I used to live deep in a granite quarry and the wallabies and possums would stop anything. I used to trudge up my mountain with a ton of chicken wire and some stakes and make a few small cages say 2m x 2m, then Bring a box of plants in 200mm pots with plants in em up to the cage. and keep the plants there till about 2 1/2 to 3ft. Then move em out. Even after moving them out I would still have 1/2 my plants get eaten beyond repair, but the survivors would take off too quick to be destroyed and after that nothing could eat em. The Bottom of some plants will get bare but once they start flowering the big pests dissappear and the really little ones come along. Anyway, my cages needed a sealed roof and all and couldn't be entered. I had possums get in my first unroofed cages and kill all the plants. Another option would be to plant your little fella in the ground make a little cage around the plant, and remove the cage when the plant is about to grow out of it.Personally as small plants I'd rather have em all together, it is a waste to walk a few hundred mtrs to give one plant a glassfull of water. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest weekprik Posted June 2, 2003 Report Share Posted June 2, 2003 get traps, cages and a shotgun, thatl take care of the problem,you can try planting garlic around the area as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrshigh Posted June 2, 2003 Report Share Posted June 2, 2003 hey Have u tried putting pins in the stems?? Ive seen this done, apparently it works!Or have you got a dog you can tie up near your plants for a few days?? Roos hate dogs Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest stoney42o Posted June 4, 2003 Report Share Posted June 4, 2003 does rain and mothballs mix? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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