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Pumpkins are a classic symbol of the fall season, but they can easily be eaten by squirrels. Here, we teach you easy ways to deter critters from your gourds.
Add perennial mint plants around the edge of your vegetable garden to deter squirrels. However, be diligent because mint spreads rapidly. Pull extra plants, dry the foliage, and sprinkle it in ...
Here’s how to discourage squirrels from becoming a nuisance in your home and garden.
repels insects, may deter cats [5] Clovers: repel aphids and wireworms [3] Common lantana: repels mosquitoes [1] Coriander: repels aphids, Colorado potato beetle, and spider mites [3] Cosmos: repel the corn earworm: Crown imperial: repel rabbits, mice, moles, voles and ground squirrels [6] Dahlias: repel nematodes [2] Dill
Scarecrow in a field Rat guards: steel or aluminum discs attached to the mooring line to prevent rats from boarding a ship Ultrasonic bird repeller. An animal repellent consists of any object or method made with the intention of keeping animals away from personal items as well as food, plants or yourself.
Bacteria of the genera Chromobacterium, Janthinobacterium, and Pseudoalteromonas produce a toxic secondary metabolite, violacein, to deter protozoan predation. Violacein is released when bacteria are consumed, killing the protozoan.
How to stop squirrels from digging up and eating your spring-flowering bulbs
Plant defense against herbivory or host-plant resistance is a range of adaptations evolved by plants which improve their survival and reproduction by reducing the impact of herbivores. Many plants produce secondary metabolites, known as allelochemicals, that influence the behavior, growth, or survival of herbivores. These chemical defenses can ...