Deterring Raccoons

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Anitabryk2 Long Island, NY(Zone 6b) Aug 24, 2006

Ok, I'm officially ticked off! The raccoon gets every tomato before I do! I was even going to pick it a bit early and have it ripen in the house, but he gets those too!!

What do you folks do to deter the masked marauder?

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Indy Alexandria, IN(Zone 6a) Aug 24, 2006

This year i had raccoons on the early sweet corn for the first time in about a dozen years. I set up an all night radio station and put red pepper on some of the ears.

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Lilypon Moose Jaw, SK(Zone 3b) Aug 24, 2006

Next year plant pumpkin seeds at the top/bottom/sides of your corn rows.

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Indy Alexandria, IN(Zone 6a) Aug 24, 2006

I did at the raccoon "entrance" end. .............Still wondering what that does.

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Lilypon Moose Jaw, SK(Zone 3b) Aug 24, 2006

They don't like the feel of the stalks/leaves under their tender tootsies.

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Lilypon Moose Jaw, SK(Zone 3b) Aug 24, 2006

Especially the sharp thorns.......I also trained the vines to grow up/down the rows as well as surrounding the patch (about 8 feet out all around the corn patch).

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pajaritomt Los Alamos, NM(Zone 5a) Aug 25, 2006

A friend of mine had raccoons, fishing in his Koi pond so he set out a radio nearby. It didn't work until he set it on a country and western station. Honest! Or at least that's what he told us.
Betty

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Sequee Carmel, NY(Zone 6b) Aug 25, 2006

LOL! They must be Hip-Hop 'Coons!

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garden_mermaid San Francisco Bay Ar, CA(Zone 9b) Aug 25, 2006

Either that or they are too busy dancing the texas two-step and country swing to eat the tomatos. :)

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