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How to Keep Squirrels Away From Pumpkins
How to Keep Squirrels Away From Pumpkins. Squirrels can cause havoc in any garden. Squirrels are rodents like mice and rats and they especially like garden vegetables, such as pumpkins. You can find squirrels in parks and zoos asking for treats and in forests collecting feed. However, squirrels can enter your garden and ruin your year's work by...
Squirrels can cause havoc in any garden. Squirrels are rodents like mice and rats and they especially like garden vegetables, such as pumpkins. You can find squirrels in parks and zoos asking for treats and in forests collecting feed. However, squirrels can enter your garden and ruin your year's work by eating up vegetables, fruits and plants. This is why it is important to keep squirrels away from your garden all year-round. Fortunately, several inexpensive tools can help you scare away all squirrels from your pumpkins.
Step 3
Mix petroleum jelly and Tabasco chili sauce. Spread the cream on the pumpkin's skin with a paint brush. The spicy hot sensation of the Tabasco sauce will burn the squirrels' mouth and keep them away from your pumpkins.
Step 2
Cut off any branches that hang over the fence to stop squirrels climbing into your garden through tree branches.
Step 3
Set the fence poles around the periphery of your garden following the manufacturer's instructions. Read the manual to find out how much distance you need to leave between each pole and to determine the correct operating voltage for the fence.
