Monkey help

Hi All,
First of all, sorry if this is in the wrong forum area...

I live in Malaysia. I have a roof garden where I am currently growing Bananas and pomegranates & ciku fruit trees. I also happen to live next to a forest (more like jungle) reserve area. Anyone have any humane ways of saving my fruits from the macaque monkeys? Last month they stole the pomegranate. Last week one tore off the 'heart' of one of my banana trees.

Maybe if you spray everything with hot pepper extract regularly they will be deterred.

Spraying's a good idea. What about wrapping the fruits?

Not a method I have tried. We have deer. It's a work in constant battle and pepper sprays havent worked on deer, or coon, or ants either for that matter. I wish you luck, I truly do.

I thought I had issues with critters until I read this post. Lol Mothballs might deter them but they are posinous so you can't let the monkeys get them. You can put the mothballs in a soda bottle poke holes in the side of the bottle, replace the top and hang it near your plants. The smell deters many animals. Just a thought.

Safe to say most of us have never seen a macaque in action. I am familiar with chimpanzees and highland gorillas having grown up with several. They all adore fruit. Isn't it traditional to make fruit prayer offerings to monkeys in your part of the world? This must make things more challenging for you. Would love to ssee photos of your roof garden.

Wow what a problem. I too want photos. All I could think about is a big cage, but that would cost a lot of $$$

Great to see you posting again. All of our gardens are a WIP. LOL The one problem with using Hot Pepper spray is if it gets on their hands it can get in their eyes etc...they can do severe damage to themselves trying to get rid of the pain.

Unable to take pictures as it's been raining heavily in the evenings. Hopefully this weekend, if I can get up early enough, I'll snap some images of the roof garden.

On a side note, I saw a wild boar last night walking happily along the road. We live next (literally neighbours) to a rainforest jungle so I shouldn't be too surprised.

I am a native Floridian. Monkeys have never been a problem but introduced bird species are. It is not such a big problem for the hobbiest home grower who might be peeved but can afford to share. It's a huge problem for the farmer/commercial grower whose livelihood depends on the crop.

A few images of the roofgarden.

1. Ciku tree
2. The Banana trees sans banana
3. The pond from the Ciku tree side
4. View of the Lettuce tree
5. View of the Ginger plants, with the pond to the right

1. Pomegranate tree on the right
2. The jungle next door
3. Surinam cherry
4. Bougainvillea
5. Surinam cherry

1. Alamanda that's just under 6' tall

Wow what a beautiful garden! I guess if it is your home the only thing to do would be to make a big cage, attached to the rails and walls. But this might be an apartment building? In that case I think you are just going to have to give up on fruits, and enjoy the flowers.

Your garden is amazing! No wonder the monkeys love it.

Very beautiful! I sold my childhood home in South Florida last summer. We had many of the same trees. We had a hedge of Surinam cherries over one hundred feet long.

We never gave them special care. They were maintained at five feet tall and were approximately four feet across. The gardener would prune them as a hedgerow each week. Yes, the birds like to nest and eat the fruit. Snakes like the birds and eggs. Turtles dig in the sandy soil below the shrubs to lay eggs. As kids, we used to have cherry bomb and rubberband sling fights with the ripe fruit. We didn't have snowballs. :)

Your garden is so containerized. It must be a lot of work to maintain such an organized collection in a warm climate.

I wish I could share photos. I'm on a tablet but maybe if I check photos from the computer of my now gone home.

Beautiful cherries! Not like the cold weather types. One day they are bitter, the next sour, a day or two to enjoy and then they are rotten. There was a time in the development of South Florida that Surname cherry hedges divided almost every property line. They were brought there as a potential fruit preserve crop. But, their season is short, they have no shelf life, the product/space ratio is not economical and the seeds are toxic. Can you tell I grew up with a wholesale produce parent? South Florida kids are the main beneficiaries with parental warnings not to swallow seeds. Jojomzz's cherries are at the perfect point for eating.

Found my leaf monkey pictures!

What an incredible tail!

So cute!

Great pics and beautiful garden. Hate to say it, but the monkeys are cute, too, although I'm sure they must be annoying.

I have an idea that might work, if the device is available in your area. The device, called 'scarecrow', is a motion activated sprinkler. It swings around suddenly and shoots a strong jet of water at anything which comes into the area. It was designed to scare deer. I used one for years to protect my roses. A few times I forgot it was on, and I nearly jumped out of my skin when that jet of water hit me on the back of the neck.

Here is a google link and a Amazon link of the device: http://www.amazon.com/ScareCrow-Motion-Activated-Animal-Repellent/dp/B000071NUS/ref=sr_1_1?s=lawn-garden&ie=UTF8&qid=1456800929&sr=1-1&keywords=scarecrow+sprinkler
https://www.google.com/search?q=scarecrow+water+device&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjdgNPsvZ7LAhWSuB4KHQY3AtsQsAQISA&biw=1158&bih=643

The link pushed your post over the edge. I didn't think of the scarecrow, that's a great idea.