Hello again Mama's,
I planted some beautiful-use to be beautiful- petunia's and those darn bunnie's seem to LOVE my flower's for some reason, they don't touch the neighbor's flower's, only mine! I tried the dog hair-very stinky!, chili powder to try and keep them away from my petunia's and YET they find a way to get at them! I even go out there and chase them away, and may I say, the bunnie's this year are very agressive! They aren't even afraid! So I was wondering if any of you Mama's have had this problem and have you found a solution to keep them away? Thank's once again in advance!
The fence thing wouldn't work either, I live on a corner lot and so I have them planted at the end corner of our house where it's right by the sidewalk-street. Fox urine? Hmmm? I heard about cayote urine and I always see them out at night by us but am afraid that that may attract them to our home which would be a bit scary! I literally asked my neighbor for dog hair only because I read online that dog hair would keep them away which did not work, but the smell was disgusting! Where do I buy "blood meal"?? Do Menard's or Home Depot sell it?
There is something called liquid fence it keeps away the bunnies chipmunks and deer. we live right acorss the street from the forest preserve and it works wonders
good luck!
The only thing for it might be a Have-a-heart trap (lettuce or carrots for bait) so you can release them on the other side of town or out in the country.
You don't say where you live or if you are in the country or not.
I planted a beautiful garden. And 4 50feet rows of green beans. The rabbits almost got them all. A friend of mine was a game warden. He told me if the rabbits are in your garden there is no restrictions on hunting them. I planted 200 feet of beans and harvested 13 rabbits. (They tasted good too!)
For those that say, "Aaaawwww poor bunnies." There were plenty of green fields they could have found food in. I left them alone in their fields. I only "harvested" them when they attacked my garden.
Good luck to you and yours.
My husband's dogs kept catching rats under the neighbor's citrus trees and presenting them on our back porch! GROSS! Because of the dogs, we were afraid to use poison, and because it's gross and you have to empty nor throw them away, we didn't use traps. We searched online and found the information for the granulated bobcat urine...and then found a place that carried it. I have to say, we sprinkled it around liberally, I couldn't smell anything, but that was the end of the rodent situation! We don't have dogs in the back yard anymore, but to this day, 8 years later the squirells won't even go in our backyard! Bobcats are a natural predator to rodents so their "presence" scares them away.
We used Chili Pepper and put it back out weekly and this has stopped our darn bunnies so far. I kept blaming the kids until the I asked the neighbor and she said it was a bunny. Oops!
i sprinkled ceyene pepper on my tomatoes plants and the surrounding area. We havent had any issues. I know some people put it in a spray bottle with water and spary thier larger plants with it.
Buy a box of blood meal and spread it around your flowers. Reapply after a rainfall.
Plant plants around it that they don't like.
Maybe something stinky, that will repel them.
Herbs.... strong tasting and strong smelled ones.
Our pet rabbit does not like those.
Our rabbit also does not like Cilantro.
Maybe plant that around.
Blood meal can be found at garden stores.
Have you tried a fence type thing, like you put around tomato plants?
I don't have the exact recipe for something my parents use to keep the deer from eating their landscaping and plants at their cabin, but I can get it for you if you are interested. In a blender they mix up eggs, water, cayenne pepper and I think one other ingredient. Then they pour the liquid on the plants. It's the only thing they've found to save their plants from the deer. I assume it would detract bunnies also. My neighbors use chicken wire fencing.
Want a cheap trick? Baby powder! Sprinkle it at least a foot wide (more if big or lots of bunnies) around your flower beds (or garden) -- and remember to redo it should it rain or heavy dew!
I've heard marigolds work
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I found moth balls were the cheapest and easiest for me. It was a bit stinky, but it worked.
Plant marigolds around the border of your garden...bunnies and deer hate them.
Call your beauty shop and have them save you a bag of hair clippings from one day. (Gross, I know. But it works.) Sprinkle the hair clippings lightly around (and over) your flowers. Rabbits hate the smell of anything human. It worked for us.
I really don't know what to say about the bunnies but I did see bloodmeal at Home Depot! I think they even carry it at Wal-Mart. It's used like an organic fertilizer a lot so look where they have that type stuff in the garden sections. Miracle-Gro has it, and I'm sure there are other brands as well.
I have tried everything. Nothing worked either.
We finally put about a 3 foot green fence around the plants. Only way to keep those annoying creatures out!
I heard if you put used kitty litter around your flowers that it deters bunnies. IDK if it is true or not.
I've seen some places selling something like a fox urine extract - might not smell too good but might be worth a try. They are also naturally afraid of ferrets - maybe something with ferret odor?
They ate most of my new flowers too and all of our raspberry bushes and peppers!
