Pest Control - Rat deterrent for outdoor garden

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Rat deterrent for outdoor garden

Thornhill

2006-03-17, 12:21 pm

Here's the situation:

I'm part of a community garden located in downtown Philadelphia next to
the Schuylkill River and a park. We have rats as large as cats that
love to eat tomatoes and sunflowers. Every year we put out hundreds of
dollars in rat poison, though I don't think it's very effective. I'd
like to try using some kind of deterrent; any suggestions? From doing
some googling, it looks like Shake-Away Fox-Bobcat Urine Powder might
be an option. Are there any chemicals I should be looking at also? How
about an electronic ultra sonic device? Thanks.

Lar

2006-03-17, 5:21 pm

In article <1142608700.916169.156330@p10g2000cwp.googlegroups.com>,
seth.levi@gmail.com says...

I'm part of a community garden located in downtown Philadelphia next to

the Schuylkill River and a park. We have rats as large as cats that

love to eat tomatoes and sunflowers. Every year we put out hundreds of

dollars in rat poison, though I don't think it's very effective. I'd

like to try using some kind of deterrent; any suggestions? From doing

some googling, it looks like Shake-Away Fox-Bobcat Urine Powder might

be an option. Are there any chemicals I should be looking at also? How

about an electronic ultra sonic device? Thanks.

I have yet to see anything work, including the fox/coyote urine granules
to keep them away and my situations are usually small or confined areas,
much less the open area you are describing. I have had success treating
customer flowers that seemed to attract rats/squirrels with a product
called ROPEL, but you would not want to use it on anything you are
growing for food.
--
Lar

Oh, if only Noah would of been a bit more wise,
he surely would of swatted those two flies.

to email....get rid of the BUGS

Thornhill

2006-03-18, 5:21 pm

Lar wrote:
> In article <1142608700.916169.156330@p10g2000cwp.googlegroups.com>,
> seth.levi@gmail.com says...
>

I'm part of a community garden located in downtown Philadelphia next to
>

the Schuylkill River and a park. We have rats as large as cats that
>

love to eat tomatoes and sunflowers. Every year we put out hundreds of
>

dollars in rat poison, though I don't think it's very effective. I'd
>

like to try using some kind of deterrent; any suggestions? From doing
>

some googling, it looks like Shake-Away Fox-Bobcat Urine Powder might
>

be an option. Are there any chemicals I should be looking at also? How
>

about an electronic ultra sonic device? Thanks.
>

> I have yet to see anything work, including the fox/coyote urine granules
> to keep them away and my situations are usually small or confined areas,
> much less the open area you are describing.

I know some people who claim to have done tests by laying down a
perimeter around a garbage can and it worked. I was thinking of putting
the urine in containers all throughout my garden so to concentrate the
smell.

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