What can I do to keep rabbits and bugs away from watermelons, cucumbers and muskmelon? And what kind of bug is eating my plants?
Hardiness Zone: 4a
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For rabbits, try spreading dried bloodmeal around each plant, or around the perimeter of your garden. Rabbits don't like the smell and should stay away.
Other ideas:
~plant lavender or catnip around the perimeter of your garden
~ hang garlic cloves or make a spray of garlic cloves and water in the blender then spray around the garden
~sprinkle cayenne pepper around the plants
As for the bugs, I'm not sure which kind is eating your plant. I have similar holes in my plants that I have always blamed on my roly-poly pill bugs. I think it might actually be a slug. I've heard that you can get rid of both by putting beer or yeast mixed with water in a clean pop can or small bowl and burying it up to the top. The slugs will be drawn by the smell and end up drowning themselves (or get very intoxicated :) I have yet to try it, but my grandfather swore by it.
Hope that helps...
Looks Like earwigs
Try 3 drops dish soap in spray bottle 12oz
spray around Plants
every week till gone
After searching the internet, it "seems" that on some of my watermelon plants I have "Bacterial Wilt"... however, these plants are starting to come back, grow bew leaves and look healthy... should I let them grow or get rid of them?
another one of my plants... if anyone has any idea whats growing, let me know. I forgot what I planted & where... so the names on the pictures might be wrong. Also, I have seperated these plants so they are not all smooshed together like this any more
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