China_cat
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Sat Jul-14-07 04:16 PM
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Good thing my tomatoes are at an end |
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I had only put in 6 plants in containers and got about a bushel off those (quite a surprise that I got that many) and there have been only a couple left ripening and maybe 3 or 4 green ones left. But when I checked this morning, the 2 that were ripe were chewed into, one of them half gone.
I know we've got some big bugs around here but I've never seen any of them leave toothmarks, so I think maybe squirrels got these last tomatoes. Kind of surprising that they didn't get into them sooner.
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japple
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Sat Jul-14-07 05:57 PM
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1. Sometimes birds will get them. Mockingbirds, in particular, |
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seem to like pecking holes in tomatoes that have just begun to ripen. I was out in the garden earlier today, and the mockers were raising hell all around me. I threatened them, and they settled down. We actually have a pretty good relationship, even if they do terrorize the cats.
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China_cat
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Sat Jul-14-07 06:30 PM
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2. No, I'm not talking holes, I'm talking 'bites' |
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and I've never seen a mockingbird with teeth. :9
Not big enough to be the possum that lives out back so I'm pretty sure it was a squirrel.
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Gormy Cuss
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Sat Jul-14-07 06:50 PM
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4. Squirrels nibble on my tomatoes. |
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Not many, because they don't really like them, but enough to convince the acorn-brained rodents that they aren't tasty fruit like plums or persimmons.
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Sat Jul-14-07 06:49 PM
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Sat Jul-14-07 06:57 PM
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5. Not in lower SC, unfortunately. |
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I love the little buggers and haven't seen any in years (never here) and then only in northern climes.
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Mon Jul-16-07 08:36 AM
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7. Ours are just recently ripening, got very lucky this year! |
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Rain has been WAY above normal but it doesn't seem to have hurt them...I'm getting huge 'maters...most over 12 ounces and luckily no critters have gotten to them.
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Tue Jul-17-07 09:07 AM
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8. I have a big problem with birds eating mine. |
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They peck the tomato and then wait for the bugs to show up.
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Mon Jul-23-07 10:42 AM
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9. Our squirrels and dogs |
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love tomatoes and have had a good time with the potted ones on a balcony. I noticed Blue Jays hanging around the other day but never saw them actually on the plants. There was a Black Krim that had huge bites that the Question Mark Butterflies were attacted to. I enjoy the antics and happily give up a few tomatoes for the critters.
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