Pepper Problems

[@marycampbell4160]

You keep trying you are going to get them!!

[@GrammaRosesHomestead]

You know it!

[@oxenrat]

So lovely to see you growing our native spinach, hello from New Zealand. We had a rat problem with peppers in February, which is our summer down here. I ended up trapping half and getting the dog to find the other half. Blooming pests!

[@GrammaRosesHomestead]

Thank you for watching! Your spinach tastes good! I'm glad to have discovered it. I hope my rat problem ends successfully like yours did!

[@lesliemouriquand9467]

I'm using tulle netting (the stuff tutus are made of) to protect my plants. Critters hate it as they catch their claws in it. It gives a plant that has been nibbled on a chance to recover and grow new leaves, etc. You can order a bolt of tulle on Amazon or look for it in a fabric shop. For less than $20 I got a bolt with 140 yards on it that is about 54 inches wide. I wrap entire containers with it, and spread it out to entirely cover a row of seedlings.

[@GrammaRosesHomestead]

What a great idea. I have some tulle. I'll try that.

[@lesliemouriquand9467]

@@GrammaRosesHomestead hope it works for you.

[@grannybee6805]

Your garden is such a beauty, I hate to hear about this problem. Hope things work out for you.

[@GrammaRosesHomestead]

Thank you! I have about decided I'm going to have to go to a U-Pick garden to get mild peppers this year if these don't re-grow.

[@salliebeard1899]

Good luck... We all love peppers

[@GrammaRosesHomestead]

I love peppers too, and I'm so frustrated!

[@AfnansBrother]

Good luck. Nice garden. Stay connect.

[@GrammaRosesHomestead]

Thanks for visiting

[@judyfinnegan374]

Dear gramma rose. Hope you can outsmart those critters! Lots of luck!

[@GrammaRosesHomestead]

Thanks. I hope so too.

[@sandysledge8248]

Get the rat bait boxes, that you put the bait in, nothing else can get it, but a rat. I had a great problem in my chicken yard, got rid of them in a week.

[@GrammaRosesHomestead]

That's a really good idea, but I'm afraid my dog would eat a poisoned rat.

[@clee3521]

Gramma Rose's Homestead the dog won’t be able to get to the poison in the bait boxes. It’s safe for dogs and cats.

[@sandysledge8248]

@@GrammaRosesHomestead I had that concern, but never saw a dead rat, they go back underground and die and dry up..

[@GrampyCampy]

They love bacon grease too! I think the little buggers are getting wise to the peanut butter sometimes, or ya could get or borrow a good mouser cat 🐈

[@GrammaRosesHomestead]

Good tip. I have three cats inside the house who are afraid to go outside!

[@GrampyCampy]

Gramma Rose's Homestead I have three that stay in and two that go out, I am working on getting all to go outside! For potty visits!

[@heatherfoley4945]

Yikes! I'm so sorry about your peppers! My garden gets vandalized by raccoons and I think skunks. I would never have thought rats would eat pepper plants, I only grow hot peppers for myself. Maybe wood rats. I have 6 cats that might keep my rodent population in check. They are inside outside cats, they have a cat door to get in the house. Only the raccoon has mastered using the cat door so I barricade it at night but I think that angers the racoon and he takes it out on my plants. The struggle is real. Your garden is so beautiful! Good luck! :) Oh I just had a thought for future use. Spray the sweet pepper plants with hot pepper spray? Maybe?

[@GrammaRosesHomestead]

Thank you! Pepper spray is a good idea. I'll make some hot and try it. My cats are inside cats - actually afraid of outdoors. I'm so glad I haven't had a raccoon in my garden. They're terrible pests.

[@sarahmcalpine2058]

A good hunter-cat is a great idea!

[@GrammaRosesHomestead]

I think so too!

[@pattigsbh4392]

That is frustrating!! Hate you have rats. Hopefully the traps will work. ❤🙏

[@GrammaRosesHomestead]

Me too!

[@southernladywithmanyhats7428]

Will a pill bottle fit down in the trap hole? You could put cotton down in it and then add the peanut butter so you don;t have to use sooooo much p. butter in the bottle.

[@GrammaRosesHomestead]

It's worth a try. Thanks for the suggestion.

[@glenokla4079]

Gramma Rose, would like a lid off of Soy sauce, pill bottle, or Steak sauce work in the hole? If not maybe just take some Reynold's Wrap foil and just shape it to the size of the hole. Good luck dear!

[@GrammaRosesHomestead]

Great idea

[@glenokla4079]

@@GrammaRosesHomestead , thank you!

[@debzyj376]

Dogs love peanut butter....be mindful. 😀 💐

[@g.cosper]

Good luck

[@veracampbell9583]

I’m so sorry about your peppers. Do you think it could have been rabbits? I sure hope you find out. God bless you.

[@GrammaRosesHomestead]

I have seen rabbits, but my garden is fenced and I've never seen one inside the fenced area. I have caught 3 rats, so that's what I think it is this time too.

[@veracampbell9583]

Gramma Rose's Homestead I thought it was fenced in. Bless your heart. God bless you.

[@flyingpigpreserve8562]

Chipmunks do the same thing to plants. Sorry to hear having this problem. Hopefully you'll be able to get those little devils.

[@GrammaRosesHomestead]

Thanks. I had chipmunks in a previous garden, so I know what you mean. I hope I'll eventually trap all of them.

[@trigelrice7291]

Use caps off of soft drinks, bottled water, etc to replace the missing parts.

[@GrammaRosesHomestead]

I've tried. The hole is smaller. I'm going to have to improvise.

[@StringfieldRidgeFarm]

Oh no! Everything looks good though. Except the peppers. So sorry hope you get it figured out and catch the booger!

[@GrammaRosesHomestead]

Thanks. Me too!

[@hardnackfarms1736]

Uggggg if we could only grow food and have no critters or problems to destroy our crops. So aggravating. I ha e an armadillo destroying a lot. So sorry. Your gardens are beautiful I really, really enjoy your channel! Hope you catch those rats. Wendy❤️🐞🐝

[@GrammaRosesHomestead]

Oooh, armadillos are so destructive! I hope you can control the damage too.

[@patricianaughton-termini3683]

They have glue rat traps! They work.

[@mcatronw]

She said she didn’t want to use them because they are inhumane

[@mcatronw]

Rats can have up to 20 babies every 21 days so definitely keep setting those traps!

[@GrammaRosesHomestead]

For sure!

[@joistevens4454]

I just had deer eat the tops off all my peppers this AM makes me so mad!

[@GrammaRosesHomestead]

It's really infuriating!

[@sulickwv7107]

I had a deer come up on my porch, with stairs, and eat my pepper plants and tomato plants. So disappointing!

[@GrammaRosesHomestead]

I've had deer come up on my front porch before and eat ornamentals in containers. Surprising to say the least.

[@browndogfahmmaine6700]

Time to hire a cat :)

[@GrammaRosesHomestead]

You're right!

[@christinenowling2493]

Maybe try medicine cup. Looks like it would fit in there and they are cheap.

[@GrammaRosesHomestead]

There's probably some kind of cap that will fit. Thanks for the idea.

[@Jess-ny9oh]

So disappointing! Hope your tiny ones get a chance to grow

[@nadineash1297]

👍

[@CharliesMom1956]

How about a live trap for the boogers?

[@GrammaRosesHomestead]

That's a good idea.

[@TheTinkerersWife]

Hardware cloth, the 1/4" grid. Make little sleeves to go around the plants. A physical barrier may be the only way to stop them. Here I kill the rats because where there is one there are hundreds more. I've had several in my compost eating all the worms and most all the things I"d throw out into the pile. It was frustrating. Had to bring out the poison, it was last resort. They had also climbed into the beds and eaten tomatoes and squash and that was not going to fly with this gardener.

[@GrammaRosesHomestead]

Thanks, Patty. I have hardware cloth. Looks like my job today is decided!

[@maryjemisonMaryjay1936]

I hate rats 🐀 what good are they 🐁

[@trigelrice7291]

Groundhogs do that at our house.

[@GrammaRosesHomestead]

Isn't it frustrating!

[@dianaglenn3921]

Maybe birds. I have had problems with them. I had to put up netting. I'd put some poison under the house.

[@GrammaRosesHomestead]

I would love to put poison under the house, but I have pets and if one caught a rat or mouse that had eaten the poison, it would kill it.

[@christyjohnson6967]

Try making peppermint spray.

[@GrammaRosesHomestead]

Thanks for the tip!

[@douglasharlos4113]

That's a shame I have friends that has already started sending Peppers to me bell peppers and banana peppers I'm waiting on jalapeno peppers

[@GrammaRosesHomestead]

I'm going to have to go to a U-Pick farm for sweet peppers this year like bell peppers and banana peppers. My hot peppers are on the other side of the garden and looking good.

[@Fi0434]

Isn’t it mint that deters them? Maybe plant some mint around there!

[@GrammaRosesHomestead]

Thanks for the tip.

[@douglasharlos4113]

Use a soda cap

[@GrammaRosesHomestead]

I tried a soda cap, but the opening is smaller. It didn't fit. Thanks, though!

[@douglasharlos4113]

Let me think about it and I'll see what I can come up with and possibly you can buy replacements just a thought you know it like at a co-op or maybe even on line

[@douglasharlos4113]

Where is there a you pick I would like to go I would also like to go to a real Farmers Market not one of these little makeup stands but they have sitting around town and they have the prices jacked up

[@thegrowinggardener]

Do you have a cat?

[@GrammaRosesHomestead]

I have 3 inside cats who won't step outside the door. Fraidy cats.

[@deborahwagner9033]

oh my

[@rebeccazody1278]

Or get a rat terrier

[@GrammaRosesHomestead]

Good idea.