Extreme Fig Protection

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Smaritza

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Posted 1377131905	Reply with quote #1

I had 4 ripe figs and they were swiped!! I've noticed bites in my tomatoes, too!! I saw a raccoon the other night, so I think that varmint is the culprit. Squirrels might be their accomplices. So, I have some old fencing and bird netting. My beautiful fig trees look like widows in jail. The next thing I plan to do is place peppermint and ammonia around my yard and hopefully it will move somewhere else. I'll post a pic as soon as I can figure out how to shrink the pics. __________________ Smaritza Bronx, NY Wishing for: Ronde de Bordeaux, Aubique Petit, Pananas Purple, Longue d Aout, Lebanese Red, Ischia Black, Scott's Black, Martineca Rimada, Tarantella, Jolly Tiger, Nero,

FiggyFrank

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Posted 1377133459	Reply with quote #2

I've gone as far as caging my 1st year trees since the deer seem to devour everything else in my yard. Hope you get to enjoy some figs soon. __________________ Frank zone 7a - VA

susieqz

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Posted 1377136489	Reply with quote #3

i've never seen a coon leave a food source while alive. good luck. ps: they have long memories. __________________ susie wish list: nothing. i can't grow cuttings . right now, i have 6 trees showing no signs of fmv. i'd like to keep it that way' i was told that if i couldn't deal with fmv, i should grow peaches, so i got a peach tree to live with my clean figs.

rookie

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Posted 1377144253	Reply with quote #4

like the alligator guy say's, Choot em! or at least trap them and relocate them because like susie said they won't leave a food source. __________________ Scott, Long Island ,NY All my figs have been exposed to FMV,some have it, some don't. It doesn't seem to bother them so it doesn't bother me.

rafaelissimmo

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Posted 1377146021	Reply with quote #5

I have the same problem with my tomatoes and figs, if you look up Bill Figs in the forum he talks about a trap he uses for squirrels and then he relocates them far away. I hate 'em as they ruin my efforts. I am tempted to get those traps. Shiny tape works for birds. Good luck! __________________ Zone 7b, Queens, New York

ChillyNPhilly

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Posts: 365

Posted 1377173975	Reply with quote #6

I sprayed the perimeter of my front garden where the figs and everything else good is, with PLANTSKIDD (sic) and that was the end of all gnawing varmints. __________________ Donna Philadelphia Zone 7

WillsC

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Posted 1377176555	Reply with quote #7

I always relocate squirrels....from above ground to below ground. Ok well I just like the saying:) We live on a lake so they go in the lake and pretty soon a gator comes and gets them as they disappear pretty fast.

Smaritza

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Posts: 319

Posted 1377187399	Reply with quote #8

This is my set up for the figs. I am also gonna try the plantskydd. I don't see myself trapping it and driving anywhere. I'm too chicken!! Attached Images image.jpg (796.62 KB, 19 views) __________________ Smaritza Bronx, NY Wishing for: Ronde de Bordeaux, Aubique Petit, Pananas Purple, Longue d Aout, Lebanese Red, Ischia Black, Scott's Black, Martineca Rimada, Tarantella, Jolly Tiger, Nero,

susieqz

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Posted 1377187657	Reply with quote #9

dead is better. why move them where they can bother other people? you can use a have-a heart trap, but then use a .22 i may look quiet and shy, but i get fierce when defending my crops. __________________ susie wish list: nothing. i can't grow cuttings . right now, i have 6 trees showing no signs of fmv. i'd like to keep it that way' i was told that if i couldn't deal with fmv, i should grow peaches, so i got a peach tree to live with my clean figs.

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