Member discussion regarding the methods, varieties and merits of growing tomatoes.
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: May 2015
Location: Pleasant View, TN
Posts: 66
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This makes me so mad. To have a nice beautiful tomato that is wonderful in shape just waiting for that first blush. Then the next time you check on it the squirrels have decided to mutilate it.
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Dec 2013
Location: Jacksonville, Fl
Posts: 820
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If they would just take one or two it would not be as bad. My squirrels like to take just a bite or two out of as many as they can. I really do have to do something to control them. Sorry you lost such a nice tomato to them.
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Den of Drunken Fools
Posts: 38,539
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My possum picks the tomato and eats it like a good little critter out by the watering hole.
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Riding The Crazy Train Again
Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: San Marcos, California
Posts: 2,562
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I feed my wildlife species-appropriate foods and keep shallow pans of clean water for them and no one ever shows any interest in my garden.
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Aug 2014
Location: FL 8b/9a
Posts: 262
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Metro Detroit
Posts: 172
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We have black squirrels up here (actually, gray squirrels but they're black as coal) and those little buggers eat EVERYTHING. It doesn't matter we have plenty of black walnut trees, they'll target the top of my garbage cans and chew the darn lids off. They've even eaten thru the siding of my house, power line, telephone line, and cable line. If I didn't live in town, I'd shoot every one of the little *bleep*s.
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: Illinois, zone 6
Posts: 8,407
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I get horn worms taking out huge bites from fruit. They seem to like the fruit as much as the leaves.
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Mar 2015
Location: NE Louisiana, Zone 8A
Posts: 1,179
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I would use it as bait with a pellet rifle nearby
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: May 2015
Location: Pleasant View, TN
Posts: 66
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It's not really anything to do with not having enough. It really just bothers me after all the effort that you put into it. Oh well....I had a good mess of veggies waiting on me when we got back from our weekend trip as well.
I will try saving the seeds. Will they be viable since the tomato is so green? ![]() Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G890A using Tapatalk |
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Feb 2012
Location: Newfoundland, Canada
Posts: 6,794
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Squirrels eh?
Well that explains who happened to my outdoor tomato with the low hanging fruit last year. I've grown some tomatoes outdoors before and they didn't touch em... must've just figured it out. They've done the same to zucchini though, any chance they get. We have snowshoe hare here that will cut down your crops just for the exercise of using their teeth, leave it all lying on the ground. One year they even mowed the garlic. ![]() |
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Den of Drunken Fools
Posts: 38,539
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: 6a - NE Tennessee
Posts: 4,538
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If you had a good blush of color on the blossom end, then you have a good chance. Save the seeds and plant extra seeds next season to maximize your chance to get a good plant. I don't see a problem with getting a new plant even if the germination rate is a little on the low side.
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Ted ________________________ Owner & Sole Operator Of The Muddy Bucket Farm and Tomato Ranch Last edited by ContainerTed; July 6, 2015 at 05:47 PM. |
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: May 2015
Location: Pleasant View, TN
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[QUOTE=ContainerTed;486826]
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I might just cut it in half and do fried green tomatoes. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G890A using Tapatalk |
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: May 2011
Location: Laurinburg, North Carolina, zone 7
Posts: 3,207
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My hubby has a pellet gun that he used on the doves that were eating all the chicken feed when we were in the city. |
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Feb 2012
Location: Newfoundland, Canada
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